Business and IT Services features from HP http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/cache/11486-0-0-225-121.html Tue, 8 Apr 2008 01:00:00 -0400 Tue, 8 Apr 2008 01:00:00 -0400 hp.com en-us http://welcome.hp-ww.com/img/hpweb_1-2_topnav_hp_logo.gif http://www.hp.com HP.com Home 64 55 Your business still depends on them but . . . Your legacy applications are running on inflexible, expensive mainframes—with high maintenance costs that starve your technology budget for business innovation. What’s more, the skills required to maintain older applications are disappearing fast. At the same time, you’re suddenly facing a new crop of green-field competitors that move more quickly in the marketplace because they don’t have to contend with the legacy application drain. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=587328&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 Many of today’s data centers have reached a crisis point. Designed for past technology generations, their aging facilities and infrastructures are rife with barriers to innovation and competitive success http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=583224&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 In this space, HP has demonstrated a distinctive collaborative approach combined with a clear expertise in the delivery of global services. This agreement is a natural extension of our current relationship. The intention between both parties is to leverage HP’s scale, expertise and industry leadership to ensure Unilever has access to world-class technology at substantially lower costs. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=585031&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 By decoupling individual business applications from dedicated hardware, virtualization lets you pool and share resources to meet business demand. So you can add and modify business applications and services more quickly. You can cut costs with a smaller, simpler infrastructure. You can elevate service levels because your people can access needed resources more readily. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=577543&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 Service-oriented architecture is increasingly recognized as the best foundation for building new application systems while preserving legacy assets. Today, there’s no question about its viability. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=575981&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 More and more companies are modernizing legacy applications to drive business growth with more reliable, efficient IT infrastructures. The Application Modernization Initiative from HP, Oracle and Intel is leading the way. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=570774&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 Build on experience. It’s the optimum way to approach any business technology project—especially one involving service management, where leveraging best practices can help accelerate a successful implementation. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=569146&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 Today’s high performance IT shops need to go beyond operational excellence. Along with delivering superior services at lower costs, IT decision makers now share the responsibility of driving better business results. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=567321&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 Printers are often overlooked when it comes to securing the IT infrastructure. As protection for PCs and laptops becomes more sophisticated, hackers are looking for more vulnerable entry points into corporate or government networks — and finding them. http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/feature_stories/2007/07spa.html If you are running SAP today, this no doubt sounds very familiar to you. Truth is, you’re faced with a tough balancing act: On one side, the pressure to modernize as you upgrade to SAP ERP 6.0. One the other, the need to manage your SAP environment more efficiently. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=562831&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 Teamwork and collaboration are essential success factors in today’s hyper-competitive business climate. That means the lines of communication between your employees, customers and partners need to be open 24x7. Access needs to be simple. Connections need to be instantaneous. Systems need “always-on” reliability. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=553297&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 In the new era of business technology, your enterprise looks to IT to drive innovation, competitive differentiation and marketplace success. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=548641&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 These days, traditional antivirus solutions alone are no longer capable of protecting your vulnerable endpoints. That’s why Symantec has developed next-generation security safeguards: Endpoint Protection 11.0 and Network Access Control 11.0 software. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=548328&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 HP provides complete coverage for the entire lifecycle of your IT infrastructure– from choosing it, configuring it, protecting it, tuning it, all the way to recycling it. This beyond-the-box philosophy, called Total Care, is now customized for the needs of midsize businesses to help them make more efficient use of their limited IT resources and staffing. http://h20384.www2.hp.com/serverstorage/cache/545656-0-0-225-121.html The HP BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure forms the foundation for right-sized, right-priced computing solutions in environments where traditional blades are too big, too complex and too expensive. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=546561&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 A July 2007 Ovum Summit report describes how HP’s Software and Services organizations are working together to optimize the business results of service management initiatives. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=540287&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 One look at the statistics tells you why data center energy efficiency has become a top-of-mind issue http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=540289&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 You know the advantages of Service-Oriented Architecture - and how it can help your company execute business strategy and achieve business goals more efficiently and effectively. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=442094&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 HP’s Insight Control and ProLiant Essentials software portfolios are designed from the ground up for transforming your server hardware to a best-run server infrastructure. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=524140&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 A May 2007 IDC Insight report, “Overview of HP’s Proactive BladeSystem Service Offering,” spotlights the value of this new service for today’s data centers. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=530572&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 The trend toward business technology is bringing transformational change to the IT function. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=526659&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 These days, going “green” is all the rage. The green movement has reached all the way into the data center. Greening up storage can help your company cut costs while doing its share to reduce waste. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=511702&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 Align business with IT to improve your application development performance and reduce the application development backlog with HP Quality Factory Services. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=523451&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 ITIL is already widely considered to be the most accepted and cohesive set of best practice guidance for IT service management. Now the next chapter of ITIL is about to be released. What changes are in store? And what do they mean for your business? http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=505077&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 Clarifying processes around governance, quality and management can drive a broader, more successful SOA deployment — no matter where you are in your SOA journey. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=505000&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 ITIL is already widely considered to be the most accepted and cohesive set of best practice guidance for IT service management. Now the next chapter of ITIL is about to be released. What changes are in store? And what do they mean for your business? http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=505077&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 Say you have two companies in the same business running similar business processes. They even share some of the same customers. Yet one company is more successful than the other. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=484091&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 More and more key business processes are technology-driven. And more and more capital investments are technology-related. Today, IT doesn’t merely support the business. Increasingly, IT powers the business. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=494714&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 March 2007. In the past, IT consolidation was largely viewed as a tactical project designed to lower IT costs. Today, IT consolidation is often a strategic business initiative that encompasses the entire IT enterprise. http://h71028.www7.hp.com/ERC/cache/484434-0-0-0-121.html With the year-end looming and business units requesting next year’s must-have IT projects, many IT departments are looking for ways to fulfill more and more requests—usually without the luxury of bigger budgets or more staff. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=441580&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 With the innovative HP Virtual Connect architecture, the simplicity, efficiency, and flexibility advantages of HP BladeSystem extend beyond the server to the network edge. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=461242&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 After years of turning to centralization and consolidation to drive cost-savings, CIOs today are envisioning transforming IT from a cost-center into a business-innovation center. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=461587&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 Leveraging and applying business information more efficiently and effectively is a growing requirement for enterprises today. As a result, many companies are seeking solutions around business intelligence and data warehousing—and are poised to spend nearly $7.2B on related integration and outsourced consulting services.[1] http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=459353&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 If you’re like most business and IT managers, you watch your budgets. You carefully evaluate new equipment purchases. You never sign on the dotted line until you’ve seen real benefits on the bottom line. Yet IT costs continue to be a major expenditure for businesses like yours. Where does the money go? http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=406039&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 Massive data volumes. Stringent compliance requirements. New mandates to sustain business continuity. Multiple branches with no local IT support. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=457604&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 Making the move to Service-Oriented Architecture brings with it decided business advantages, offering you innovative, flexible ways to solve business problems. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=447684&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 Your IT operations are getting more complex. But you don’t have the luxury of adding headcount. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=446977&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 By applying the expertise the two companies have amassed through years of experience with enterprises around the world, HP & Microsoft Solutions for the People-Ready Business enhance your business agility by empowering your people to succeed. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=402486&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 Increasingly, IT is on the receiving end of a market-driven mandate to evolve from technology-centric to service-centric. This implies a shift in focus from managing and maintaining infrastructure resources to delivering strategic business services. It involves running the IT shop as a business rather than a cost center. And it means that IT is measured on business, as opposed to technology, outcomes. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=442095&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 Industry estimates say some 10,000 older mainframes are operating worldwide, adding up to some 200 billion lines of code. Today’s modern architecture allows for a great deal of lower-cost standardization and agility. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=434558&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 When HP Labs Fellow Chandrakant Patel started looking into energy conservation in data centers, awareness of the importance of IT power conservation was in its infancy. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=437510&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 For the last few years, service-oriented architecture has been hyped as the next big thing in IT. Unfortunately, all the buzz and jargon have left some of us scratching our heads or even dismissing SOA as too good to be true. In fact, many companies are still mystified by it, and, as a result, have not begun the journey to create a faster, more flexible enterprise architecture that better aligns business with IT. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=432883&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 The latest additions to the HP ProLiant server family target today’s data-intensive applications with impressive power, advanced virtualization capabilities and energy-efficient designs. Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® 5300 series processor-based ProLiant platforms deliver high throughput, improved enterprise application performance and up to 90 percent power usage efficiency. And ProLiant DL320 servers are readily scalable systems optimized for high-capacity storage requirements. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=431347&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 HP has announced IT service management (ITSM) enhancements to its mission-critical support services portfolio that help customers plan, implement and continuously improve IT service quality. http://h71028.www7.hp.com/eNewsletter/cache/426394-0-0-0-121.html As the IT organization becomes an increasingly critical link in the business value chain, a highly effective IT Service Management implementation becomes increasingly essential. Based on the comprehensive set of management best practices spelled out in the internationally accepted IT Infrastructure Library, ITSM can be instrumental in optimizing service quality, improving service levels, reducing service delivery costs and maximizing the business value of IT. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=429393&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 One of my favorite movies is "Miracle on 34th Street". You know the one: The heart warming story of how Kris Kringle saves the holiday season for a New York City department store. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=423512&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 Making the decision to move legacy applications from your mainframe systems to an open standards-based environment can bring some significant advantages to your business. You can increase business agility, improve performance and reduce operational costs. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=425104&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 As the nation’s leading satellite television provider, DIRECTV delivers more than 250 channels of 100 percent digital picture and sound to more than 15.5 million customers. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=419941&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 No longer the Cinderella of tools—consigned to the back office and used to run periodic reports—business intelligence tools are assuming their rightful place in guiding competitive strategy in many organizations. Often, by applying the right tools to the right data, companies find they can improve customer satisfaction, identify their best and worst customers, and develop new sales and marketing programs that leverage the information they already have. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=406037&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 Once limited to network-edge point solutions, open source applications and the Linux operating system have moved into the enterprise-computing mainstream. But leveraging the cost, performance and agility advantages the “open source ecosystem” can bring means dealing with a whole new set of uncertainties. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=415931&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 The IT Shared Services trend is gaining momentum. This approach is more than consolidation. It’s a new way to recast IT as a powerful support system for business imperatives and productivity. In this Consultants’ Roundtable podcast, you’ll gain useful insight on how and when to best introduce IT Shared Services into your company. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=415971&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 Ever wonder how other companies reached their decision when choosing a provider to handle vital application development and maintenance services? http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=408183&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 New industry-standard HP Integrity servers provide powerful, cost-effective alternatives to proprietary systems for business-critical datacenter applications. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=394337&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 Ready to transform your traditional help desk? Learn how the 10-year Dow Chemical Company and HP outsourcing relationship has successfully managed the challenge of change. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=393582&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 To gain a better understanding of how outsourcing engagements are working, InformationWeek Research recently surveyed 420 business technology professionals via the Web, asking them to rate the services provided by their outsourcers in a number of categories on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest grade. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=383596&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 Oftentimes, discussions around SOA focus more on technical and development issues. This first in a series of Consultants’ Roundtable podcasts delves into the business value of SOA. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=377241&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 HP appears in the leaders quadrant in Gartner, Inc.'s Magic Quadrant for Storage Services report issued May 25, 2006*. According to Gartner, Inc., vendors in the leaders quadrant "are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market." http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=377242&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 The key success factor for services players, IDC says, is to embrace and encourage standardization and componentization among their peers and partners while building integrated solutions. These actions will benefit their clients and also enhance their own internal ability to quickly adapt to accelerating change. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=363022&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 When you hear global delivery—do you think of some remote resources or delivery center that may or may not be attuned to your true business needs? http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=352736&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 Read the report: HP Clarifies Its Service Strategy for Targeted Customers http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=351508&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 Market conditions can change frequently and unpredictably—challenging your business strategy at every turn. Your ability to adapt to these changes quickly and decisively can mean the difference between success and failure. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=344367&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 HP announced that DreamWorks Animation has implemented an HP solution based on a service-oriented architecture that simplifies and consolidates key business operations. http://h71028.www7.hp.com/eNewsletter/cache/331676-0-0-0-121.html The world's demographics are changing, and experts predict this will soon have a large impact on the market for IT professionals. Forward-thinking companies are beginning to address the issue now, to ensure that they don't suffer from the IT "capability gap" that appears to be just around the corner. http://h71028.www7.hp.com/eNewsletter/cache/331693-0-0-0-121.html Chances are, the items on your list fall within four major areas of concern: Change. Time. Cost. Energy management. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=342224&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 You’ve streamlined. You’ve consolidated. You’ve organized and reorganized your IT teams and priorities to better support the business. But it seems you’ve reached the point where you are as efficient as you can be with your current operating model. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=329693&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 At HP Services, we’re continuously learning, investing, and innovating to deliver the computer industry’s broadest and deepest technology support portfolio. This series of informative feature articles explores how your enterprise can leverage HP support capabilities to drive business growth and competitive advantage. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=329305&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 There’s no question that the Linux® operating system (OS) is rapidly moving through the enterprise. Every day it touches tens of millions of users who don’t even realize it. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/library/GetPage.aspx?pageid=315481&statusid=0&audienceid=0&ccid=225&langid=121 From its inception, HP has been known as a company rooted in cutting-edge research and development, and our R&D focus and investments have paid huge dividends for the HP user base. Over the years, we’ve contributed major advances in virtually every major IT arena. Today, we provide a portfolio of hardware and software products that deliver ever-higher levels of power, performance, availability, and security. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/cache/323286-0-0-225-121.html HP earned a fourth-place ranking in the leaders category for the 2006 International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) Global Outsourcing 100 – the first-ever listing of the world’s top outsourcing service providers. Here’s a look at what makes an industry leader – and an ideal partner to support your sourcing strategies. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/cache/321444-0-0-225-121.html See HP CEO Mark Hurd, and Intel CEO Paul Otellini - along with a special message from Oracle CEO Larry Ellison - and author Geoffrey Moore as moderator. http://hp.feedroom.com/index.jsp?fr_story=FEEDROOM135814&fr_chl=be58cd99f2a004d2dc49b18c2dd0a5ec79dc7d6f Just because outsourcing has become a mainstream business practice doesn't necessarily mean it offers a clear path to better business performance, flexibility, or even cost savings. And it certainly doesn't mean that outsourcing is a one-size-fits-all proposition. As demands and expectations shift, new outsourcing models emerge and fast-morphing players and markets create both greater choices and greater uncertainty – from utility-based computing to handing over an entire business process for outsourcing. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/cache/317501-0-0-225-121.html Is your company’s business expanding — but not your IT staff? Are you under pressure to get technology rollouts and migrations completed in a hurry? Could your organization benefit from a focus on business-building, revenue-generating initiatives instead of everyday operations and maintenance tasks? http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/cache/314916-0-0-225-121.html HP Services fields today’s largest IT support organization, with some 38,000 highly trained people in 160 countries around the globe. Our support delivery personnel average over 20 years of frontline experience. We provide technical education and training for hundreds of thousands of people each year. We manage over 5,000 support contracts for mission-critical environments. We have a worldwide network of 70,000 support partners. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/cache/308183-0-0-225-121.html The masses of data today’s enterprises need to collect, archive, and keep accessible continue to mount. As a result, today’s typical storage infrastructure has become increasingly complex, decentralized, resource-intensive, and expensive. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/cache/307756-0-0-225-121.html The process of outsourcing has been around far too long to be thought of as a revolutionary concept—but it is revolutionizing the way business is done. For many years, small businesses and large organizations alike have hired outside contractors to provide products or services they either couldn’t provide for themselves or simply chose not to provide based on factors such as cost-effectiveness, timing of deliverables to market, the decision to focus on the organization’s core competencies, or a variety of other factors. http://h71028.www7.hp.com/erc/cache/49205-0-0-225-121.aspx?bodycontentparams=303779-0-0-0-121&mtxs=l&-ent&mtxb=B1&mtxl=L1&ERL=true&jumpid=re_EL|FA|020906_outsourcing_l1 Everywhere you look, SOA is hot. It’s touted as the type of change IT must make if the enterprise is going to successfully mange and exploit constantly changing business conditions. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/cache/305931-0-0-225-121.html Whether you’re a large global enterprise or a small business, selecting the right IT services partner starts with the same question: “What do you need?” http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/cache/305104-0-0-225-121.html Building an enterprise grid is somewhat like buying a house. And just as different people approach buying a house in different ways, customers are taking different approaches to building a grid that’s right for their business. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/cache/302663-0-0-225-121.html HP recently announced that General Motors Corp. (GM) has awarded it more than $700 million in information technology services contracts over a five-year period. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/cache/303966-0-0-225-121.html When it comes to building flexibility into enterprise IT, no approach is more effective than service-oriented architecture (SOA). In the last year, thousands of enterprises have adopted SOA, often in the form of Web services. Now that SOA is catching on, enterprises need solutions that make implementation and management easier so they can take advantage of their newfound agility. That's why HP has designed a portfolio of servers, storage, management software and services specifically for SOA implementations. http://h71028.www7.hp.com/ERC/cache/49205-0-0-0-121.aspx?bodycontentparams=293780-0-0-0-121&ERL=true In today’s global marketplace, businesses are always open. Technology is always online. Customers are always looking for more diversified product choices and more responsive services available at a moment’s notice anywhere. http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/cache/300083-0-0-225-121.html Industry experts have long touted grid computing as the future of information technology. 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