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Enterprise Portfolio

»  Enterprise Portfolio: Customer Times releases on July 23 (July 21, 2008)
The July issue spotlights new innovations to manage data with speed and power: new storage technology with increased disk utilization by up to 50x and scalable data protection; topping the recent TOP500 Supercomputers list with HP BladeSystem, including the world’s first 2-in-1 server blade; and our new ultra-scale, ultra-fast Performance Optimized Data Center.

»  Enterprise Portfolio: Strategies for IT Equipment Renewal & Replacement During Difficult Times: webinar replay (July 14, 2008)
Are you interested in minimizing your IT costs to realize greater efficiencies? Listen to this replay that explains how you can realize greater efficiencies and create value in this challenging economic climate by taking a portfolio approach to your IT equipment.

»  Enterprise Portfolio: HP prescribes an IT solution for Shandong Provincial Hospital (June 30, 2008)
To boost the development of the Shandong Provincial Hospital, HP has deployed the HP Superdome server, StorageWorks EVA and related software. Learn how this has resulted in guaranteeing continuous system operation and lowered business risks.

»  Enterprise Portfolio: Johnson & Johnson China (June 16, 2008)
Johnson & Johnson China adopted a virtualized environment by deploying HP Integrity Servers, HP-UX 11i v3 and the HP Virtual Server Environment to shift spending from maintenance and management to supporting business growth.

»  Enterprise Portfolio: HP Labs advances sustainable IT with new research projects (June 16, 2008)
Three initiatives are developing new technologies and business models to leave a lighter carbon footprint: reducing the carbon footprint of data centers by 75 percent, replacing copper wiring in servers with laser light beams, and designing tools to measure and manage the energy used to develop products.

»  Enterprise Portfolio: Latest Customer Times releases June 18 (June 16, 2008)
Top stories highlight the new HP Integrity NonStop NB50000c BladeSystem and the new HP ProLiant BL2x220c G5 blade, the world’s first 2-in-1 server blade. Also featured: HP Neoview’s first year in review, HP StorageWorks 9100 Extreme Data Storage System, and new HP application security offerings.

»  Enterprise Portfolio: The Real Story about where Sun is headed (May 19, 2008)
Are you wondering about Sun? They reported a third fiscal quarter earnings loss of $34M and plan to reduce up to 7% of their workforce, while once again delaying future chip designs and only telling stories about yet-to-be-delivered systems. You might want to consider a migration to HP.

»  Enterprise Portfolio: Building global competitiveness via application modernization at Samsung Life Insurance (May 12, 2008)
Recognizing the limitations of its existing IBM mainframe system, Samsung Life moved its insurance/loan system to an HP open system. Learn how Samsung's conversion, the world's largest mainframe re-hosting project, will reduce TCO by $20M over four years and dramatically improve business agility.

»  Enterprise Portfolio: Banking, payments, and capital markets leverage HP Integrity servers: Solution brief (May 5, 2008)
Banks are evolving into 24x7 financial institutions, payment systems are moving closer to convergence, and capital markets have no room for error. Learn how HP Integrity servers with HP-UX, OpenVMS, and NonStop deliver a powerful and adaptive foundation for core banking, payments, and capital markets.

HP ProLiant servers

»  HP ProLiant: New carrier grade DL385 G5 server on June 17 (June 16, 2008)
This new rack-mount HP ProLiant DL385 G5 CG (carrier-grade) server will help service providers and network equipment suppliers reduce costs without sacrificing reliability and performance. It supports the leading carrier-grade Linux, Red Hat RHEL 5.x and other operating systems.

»  HP ProLiant: World’s first two-in-one server blade joins HP portfolio for powering “scale-out” computing environments (June 2, 2008)
The new HP ProLiant BL2x220c G5 blade, which combines two independent servers in a single blade, offers improved data center performance and cooling techniques, reduced floor space and lower energy consumption. The new BL2x220c extends HP’s portfolio for the scale-out market.

»  HP ProLiant: HP introduces servers, customer management portfolio to reduce costs for midsize businesses (April 7, 2008)
The new HP ProLiant BL260c G5 and HP ProLiant DL120 G5 offers industry-leading power efficiency and affordability for small to midsize esses, and HP also announced an expanded customer relationship management (CRM) portfolio, Linux-based management tools and remote access technology.

»  HP ProLiant: VMware and HP agree to embed VMware ESX 3i on HP ProLiant servers to simplify virtualization (March 3, 2008)
As of March 31, VMware’s ultra-thin hypervisor software, VMware ESX 3i, will be pre-installed and pre-configured on 10 models of HP ProLiant servers. This joint offering will enable the adoption of virtualization with greater speed and simplicity.

»  HP ProLiant: HP ProLiant platform supports world-beating performance at London Stock Exchange (February 25, 2008)
London Stock Exchange embarked on an ambitious four-year technology roadmap, resulting in a new, lightning-fast electronic trading system running on HP ProLiant servers. Learn how HP technology increased business capacity by 70% and reduced order processing time from 140 to just 6 milliseconds.

»  HP ProLiant: HP expands ProLiant server portfolio for midsize companies (January 21, 2008)
Four new HP ProLiant server platforms will help midsize customers with limited space, budgets and IT staff. The servers’ easy-to-use tools guide users through system configuration for fast installation so customers can focus on growing their businesses.

HP BladeSystem

»  HP BladeSystem: IDC white paper on HP's new blades (June 30, 2008)
In 'Extreme Computing: HP' s New Blades Target HPC, Cloud Computing, and the Next-Generation Datacenter,' IDC comments on the HPC market and how HP's new BladeSystem c-Class includes features designed to overcome challenges while addressing needs of next-gen technical cluster environments.

»  The HP BladeSystem for Oracle Optimized Warehouse builds on current HP and Oracle solutions for data warehousing. This solution allows medium to large businesses to load their new data warehouses within hours, not weeks, and provides up to 2.5 times higher performance and up to 65% reduced energy costs.

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HP BladeSystem: HP BladeSystem CG Platform enhancements strengthen its appeal to service and core network providers (June 16, 2008)
The HP BladeSystem carrier-grade platform has been enhanced in both its enclosure and its blades to enable the platform to handle larger workloads for telecommunications core networks. Also new is the HP BladeSystem AMC expansion blade, which extends the I/O capabilities of the BladeSystem.

»  HP BladeServer: HP BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure supports HP Integrity server blades with Linux (May 12, 2008)
In addition to the HP BladeSytem c7000 Enclosure, you can now deploy the HP Integrity BL860c/BL870c server blades into the HP BladeSytem c3000 Enclosure with either the Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise Linux operating system. Consult the certification matrix for specifics.

»  HP BladeServer: Monster savings from virtualization on Sesame Street (May 12, 2008)
Sesame Street Workshop faced a budget crunch while needing new Web servers and running out of physical room. The solution: new HP blade servers based on Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise server software. The new approach reduced the cost from $250K every 3 years to $24K every 3 years.

»  HP BladeSystem: HP Blade Workstations provide secure, shared access to MCAD applications (May 5, 2008)
This HP Blade Workstation solution for the MCAD market provides secure, real-time, interactive access to 3D CAD applications and data from virtually anywhere. It’s ideal for those needing to consolidate databases, set up remote offices and provide secure, shared access to MCAD applications.

»  HP BladeSystem: Shorty's a winner of 'Best of the Tests' (May 5, 2008)
HP BladeSystem c3000 wins Network World 'Best of the Tests' Award-– Ideal HPC platform for developers, workgroups. The article details its flexibility of rack/blade modularity, good overall performance, low power consumption and easy-to-use Web purchasing.

HP Integrity servers

»  HP Integrity: Upgrade billing infrastructure with Integrity and HP-UX (July 21, 2008)
This new brochure explains how you can save money by upgrading from HP9000 to Integrity running HP-UX. Not only do you save money in support costs, you get a smooth in-box upgrade, realize significant green savings and boost productivity with performance improvements in HP-UX v3.

»  HP Integrity: Modernize your ERP infrastructure with QAD and HP Integrity (June 30, 2008)
Many ERP solutions run in a legacy infrastructure with too little power and too high an operating cost. Learn how QAD Enterprise Applications 2008 and HP Integrity server blades running HP-UX 11i can reduce support costs, deliver high performance and reduce power and cooling costs.

»  HP Integrity: HP Integrity Superdome and HP-UX 11i v3 sets new benchmark record (June 23, 2008)
This latest TPC-H benchmark shows that the HP Integrity Superdome Server running on HP-UX 11i v3 demonstrates a superior level of performance, functionality, and value within enterprise-class high-end servers.

»  HP Integrity NonStop Support Notes, May 2008 (June 16, 2008)
These are the Support Notes released during May 2008 for the HP Integrity NonStop systems.

»  HP Integrity: Modernize ERP infrastructure with Lawson and HP Integrity (May 12, 2008)
Many ERP solutions run in a legacy infrastructure with too little power and too high an operating cost. Learn how Lawson 9 software and HP Integrity server blades running HP-UX 11i v3 can reduce support costs, deliver high performance, and reduce power and cooling costs.

»  HP Integrity: HP Integrity and HP 9000 server support matrix (March 3, 2008)
The HP Integrity and HP 9000 Server Support Matrix is updated and available now for your business planning purposes.

»  HP Integrity: Life critical healthcare situations rely on HP Integrity servers (March 3, 2008)
HP Integrity servers running HP-UX, Linux, Windows, and NonStop provides a powerful IT infrastructure that delivers reliability and availability, provides power and performance for handling volumes of data analysis, and improves efficiency and quality of patient care while reducing costs.

HP NonStop servers

»  HP NonStop: Differentiate your services, simplify your business (July 21, 2008)
With the power, scalability, continuous availability, and flexibility you get with HP’s Integrity NonStop systems and now the new Integrity NonStop BladeSystem, communications service providers can lay the foundation to upgrade and expand operations.

»  HP NonStop: Evolve and grow in the financial services industry (July 21, 2008)
Financial organizations must capitalize on new growth opportunities, grow profits while providing premium customer service; and improve operational efficiencies while reducing risk. Learn how the HP NonStop BladeSystem supports the success of financial institutions.

»  HP NonStop: Support Notes for June 2008 (July 21, 2008)
Just published: the June 2008 Support Notes.

»  HP NonStop: New NonStop FREEdom program (June 23, 2008)
The new NonStop FREEdom program-- free HP Integrity NonStop BladeSystem hardware and NonStop software for one full year-- frees your business from costly and inflexible IBM mainframes running existing FSI applications. Enjoy a more efficient FSI infrastructure and lower TCO.

»  HP NonStop: June NonStop Computing Update rolls it up (June 23, 2008)
In addition to the new Integrity NonStop BladeSystem, this month’s update rolls up all the NonStop news:
- New NonStop Real-Time Process Monitoring software
- Updates to NonStop products
- RVU H06.14 for Integrity NonStop servers
- NonStop successes, education updates and partner news

»  HP NonStop: NonStop Real-Time Process Monitoring (June 23, 2008)
New NonStop Real-Time Process Monitoring supports optimal performance management by displaying real-time, color-encoded statistics and alerts about the busiest components in Integrity NonStop systems—either by processor, by node, or across an entire cluster of HP Expand nodes.

»  HP NonStop: Pathway with NonStop TS/MP v2.3 (June 23, 2008)
Pathway with NonStop TS/MP supplies a high-performance, highly available, built-in OLTP environment. V2.3 offers significant new features, including Pathway domains for planned outage elimination, raised configuration limits, and further capacity increases.

»  HP NonStop: NonStop ASAP v3.0 (June 23, 2008)
Using customer-defined goals, NonStop ASAP provides in-depth monitoring of HP Integrity NonStop environments. V3.0 includes new monitoring of 1,000+ NonStop TCP/IP and TELSERV attributes and an optional interface to HP SIM.

»  HP NonStop: HP NonStop AutoTMF Update 8 (June 23, 2008)
NonStop TMF ensures database consistency and boosts system performance. However, not all applications are written with it. Instead, many businesses use NonStop AutoTMF. Update 8 includes enhancements such as an AutoCommit feature with optional timer settings as a safety net against data loss.

»  HP NonStop: HP Integrity NonStop BladeSystem education offerings (June 23, 2008)
HP Education Services has updated introductory-level NonStop training to include new HP Integrity NonStop BladeSystem courses. Check the site to view classes such as Integrity NonStop BladeSystem NB-series Server Administration I or NonStop H-series and J-series Operating Systems Application Migration.

»  HP NonStop: Double the performance, half the footprint, all NonStop (June 16, 2008)
Combining the economies of standards-based modular computing with trusted high availability and data integrity of NonStop technology, the new HP Integrity NonStop NB50000c BladeSystem has half the footprint of Integrity NonStop NS-series systems yet delivers up to twice as much processing power.

»  HP NonStop: New NonStop Multi-core Architecture (June 16, 2008)
Read about the NonStop Multi-core Architecture, the new performance-oriented architecture for the Integrity NonStop BladeSystem. Integrating multi-core logical processors with Integrity NonStop hardware and software, it delivers nearly twice the processing power as Integrity NonStop NS-series systems.

»  HP NonStop: 24x7: Weighing in on new HP Integrity NonStop BladeSystem (June 16, 2008)
The Summer 2008 edition celebrates the new HP Integrity NonStop BladeSystem. Read interviews with Standish CEO Jim Johnson about the new system’s TCO and with John Hart from early adopter CME Group. Also included: a sampling of key partners whose applications will run on the new platform.

»  HP NonStop: Redeban Multicolor financial network (June 16, 2008)
By leveraging the four-processor HP Integrity NonStop NS14000 system, Redeban Multicolor gained impressive performance improvement, achieved faster completion of batch processes with lower processor utilization, and enjoyed a quick and easy migration with the assistance of HP technical support.

»  HP NonStop: RVU H06.14 for HP Integrity NonStop servers ships (June 16, 2008)
H06.14 is a release version update (RVU) of the HP NonStop Operating System, Mission Critical Edition, supporting HP Integrity NonStop servers. Highlights include enhancements to Safeguard, NonStop SOAP, and native Inspect software as well as the release of Pathway for NonStop TS/MP v3.2.

»  HP NonStop: GE Healthcare IT extends collaboration with HP on solutions for midsize hospitals and developing countries (June 2, 2008)
This extended collaboration with HP offers pre-configured, pre-installed GE Centricity® Enterprise software on HP Integrity NonStop servers, targeting midsize hospitals and developing countries with lower cost and faster deployment of GE’s clinical workflow solution, Centricity Enterprise.

»  HP NonStop: First look at next-generation HP Integrity NonStop system: HP Technology Forum, Las Vegas, June 16 - 19 (May 26, 2008)
The next-generation HP Integrity NonStop system is being introduced at ITUG Summit 2008. Come see and hear Integrity NonStop technology presentations from NonStop executives, an early adopter presentation, a new system demo in the HP product showcase, and technical breakout sessions.

»  HP NonStop: May 2008 NonStop Computing Update newsletter (May 26, 2008)
This monthly newsletter has the latest information about HP Integrity NonStop and HP NonStop servers.

»  HP NonStop: HP Integrity NonStop Support Notes, April 2008 (May 12, 2008)
Here are the Support Notes released during April for HP Integrity NonStop systems.

»  HP NonStop: Need a dynamic, customized HP Integrity NonStop training plan? (May 12, 2008)
Did you know that HP routinely creates customized training around HP Integrity NonStop technologies? We can mix and match training modules in order to avoid knowledge overlap, ease time constraints, or accommodate your learning style.

»  HP NonStop: Market-leading payments solution at new price point: Solution brief (May 12, 2008)
In response to increasing demand from emerging markets and specialized payment providers, ACI and HP have launched a very competitively priced package. It combines the extensive functionality and proven security of ACI BASE24 software with the robustness of the HP NonStop architecture.

»  HP NonStop: NonStop Servlets for JavaServer Pages 6.0 (JSP): Data sheet (May 5, 2008)
NonStop Servlets for JSP 6.0 includes latest Java Servlet and JSP specifications, Tomcat code fixes, and Tomcat features. New features include the ability to implement standards-based Servlet container technology, memory utilization improvements, a configurable logging mechanism, and more.

HP 9000 servers

»  New HP 9000 Evolution Program Overview site (June 16, 2008)
Come visit the new HP 9000 Evolution website! It has a new look and feel and is well-stocked with information on the evolution process, applications, products, resources and more

»  HP 9000: HP Integrity and HP 9000 server support matrix (March 3, 2008)
The HP Integrity and HP 9000 Server Support Matrix is updated and available now for your business planning purposes

»  HP 9000: HP 9000 Evolution Program and the value of HP solutions to customers transitioning to HP Integrity (May 28, 2007)
This HP 9000 Evolution Program paper is a must-read for HP 9000 customers planning to transition to newer platforms. With HP Integrity system transition, gain the benefits of HP's knowledge base, sophisticated tools, and higher performance and availability at significantly lower costs.

»  HP 9000: HP increases investment protection with enhancements to HP 9000 servers (May 30, 2005)
On May 31, HP announced innovative server enhancements that included new PA-RISC 8900 processors for HP 9000 servers running HP-UX11i, showing HP's decades-long commitment to HP 9000 customers. The new processors complete HP's PA-RISC based roadmap and support transition to HP Integrity servers.

»  HP 9000: New HP 9000 brochure available featuring PA-8900 technology (May 30, 2005)
The new HP 9000 server family brochure is now available. It focuses on the enhanced line of HP 9000 servers powered by the new PA-8900 processor and driven by the HP-UX 11i operating environment. Also highlighted is a smooth evolution from HP 9000 to HP Integrity servers.

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HP AlphaServer systems

»  HP AlphaServer: Austrian business migrates from AlphaServers to HP Integrity servers, bringing greater business efficiency (April 30, 2007)
E-group, an Austrian business association, had 8-year old AlphaServers and wanted a new platform for vital SAP business applications. After evaluating IBM Power5 and HP-UX on HP Integrity servers, they chose HP for greater in-house staff efficiency and increased work throughput.

»  HP AlphaServer: Last AlphaServer orders: October 27, 2006 (November 7, 2005)
Download Rich Marcello's Letter to Customers, which details last order date information and resources relevant to HP AlphaServer systems customers. Also available are the AlphaServer roadmaps, and both the OpenVMS and Tru64 UNIX transition plans.

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High Performance Computing

»  High Performance Computing: HP BladeSystem Servers lead with 35% of TOP500 list of most powerful supercomputers (June 30, 2008)
HP strengthens its position on this ranking of the world’s 500 most powerful supercomputers. HP BladeSystem c-Class servers, including the new HP ProLiant BLx220C, the world’s first two-in-one server blade for HPC and cloud computing, is the most prominent computing architecture on the list.

»  High Performance Computing: Accelerating HPC using GPUs: White paper (June 30, 2008)
This paper provides an overview of the Nvidia and AMD Graphics Processing Units (GPU) products and development environments. A detailed summary of the performance testing done by HP on one GPU+server configuration is provided.

»  High Performance Computing: Callaway Golf drives long with high performance computing (June 30, 2008)
Callaway Golf’s TCO analysis yielded surprising results. With Windows CCS running on HP, they could install a new high performance cluster for less than 25% of the cost of their last one-- while tripling the performance. Jobs that took 40 hours now take 8 on their new HP ProLiant-based HP CP3000 system.

»  High Performance Computing: Platform Computing unveils Platform Manage Suite (June 23, 2008)
Platform Computing, High Performance Computing management software, announced a suite of products to help customers manage resources and control costs within HPC and grid computing environments. Learn more about the 4 products within the new Platform Manage suite.

»  High Performance Computing: New HP and Mercury Computer Systems data sheet (June 23, 2008)
This new data sheet discusses the solution and benefits of Scalable 3D Visualization Framework for scientific and industrial data. Avizo, based on Mercury's ScaleViz and VolumeVizLDM breakthrough technologies, provides a 3D solution that scales with the data and is supported on many HP servers.

»  High Performance Computing: Customer quotes for HP SCI offerings (June 23, 2008)
Customers are supporting the recent merger of the HP HPC and SDI groups into the Scalable Computing & Infrastructure (SCI) organization. Read the customers quotes about the new SCI organization and its offerings, designed to address the unique needs of Web 2.0, HPC and cloud computing customers.

»  High Performance Computing: Integrity-based Supercomputer Finis Terrae (June 23, 2008)
Read about the deployment of one of the largest Intel Itanium-based shared memory supercomputers in the world. Finis Terrae’s unparalleled HPC cluster delivers the application performance, storage power and throughput to handle numerous challenges at Spain's Supercomputing Centre of Galicia.

»  High Performance Computing: Scalable Computing & Infrastructure (SCI) Worldwide events (June 16, 2008)
The Scalable Computing & Infrastructure (SCI) external site, formerly HPC/SDI, now includes future worldwide SCI events. Point your browser here and check back often for updates.

»  High Performance Computing: HPC now on Solution Demo Portal (May 26, 2008)
Visit the HPC-specific iBooth on the Solution Demo Portal. On the Portal, select Servers & Storage, then HPC iBooth. Current topics include Infiniband implementation in a C7000 blades enclosure, Scalable Visualization Array overview, and Windows HPC 2008 Initial Configuration.

»  High Performance Computing: HP helps UCF to study extreme water conditions (May 26, 2008)
To issue more accurate emergency advisories during storms and assess their impacts, the University of Central Florida installed an HP XC Cluster based on Cluster Platform 4000 to improve systems forecasting hurricane-related storm surges, allowing the DOT to plan timely evacuation routes.

»  High Performance Computing: HPC Accelerators: Webcast on demand (May 26, 2008)
On this webcast, you will have an opportunity to listen to HP and NVIDIA discuss which applications are right for accelerators, how and when businesses can determine what acceleration technology to adopt, and what is making accelerators easier to use.

»  High Performance Computing: Multi-core-- What have they done to us now: Webcast on demand (May 26, 2008)
Listen to a lively webcast discussion on the changing HPC landscape as a result of multi-core. Learn about innovations in multi-core from HP, Intel’s software development tools and RapidMind’s multi-core development platform.

»  High Performance Computing: HP helps to power the future of space exploration (May 5, 2008)
Orbital Sciences, needing to improve computation performance and capability to complete design and manufacture tasks for NASA's Orion spacecraft, turned to HP for a scalable clustered computing toolset. Learn more about the HP Cluster Platform 4000BL, based on HP BladeSystem c7000 infrastructure.

»  High Performance Computing: HP-sponsored webinars-- free; HPC knowledge— priceless (May 5, 2008)
You are encouraged to view the six HPC webcasts produced by Scientific Computing on hp.com. Industry experts discuss multi-core, power and cooling, virtualization, CAE, knowledge management and scale-up Linux

»  High Performance Computing: HP helps Audi to increase auto safety (May 5, 2008)
Audi, one of the world’s safest vehicle manufacturers, is using its new supercomputer, based on an HP Cluster Platform 3000BL system, to provide 15.36 teraflop/s of computing performance for crash simulation models and ESI Group's PAM-CRASH 2G simulation software.

HP e3000 servers

»  HP e3000: MPE/iX 7.5 PowerPatch 3 scheduled for late June delivery (June 12, 2006)
MPE/iX 7.5 PowerPatch 3, a proactive patch-set for the HP e3000, includes defect repairs to improve the capabilities and supportability of MPE/iX 7.5 and will help you maximize the value of your current HP e3000 environments as you manage transitioning to other HP platforms.

»  HP e3000: HP e3000 End-of-Support date changes (January 16, 2006)
The final date for HP Support has moved from Dec. 2006 until at least Dec. 2008. In all cases, HP strongly recommends that customers proceed with timely transitions off the e3000 platform. This announcement provides customers with a safety margin to complete their transitions.

»  HP e3000: HP e3000 Transition & MPE/iX training curriculum review (January 16, 2006)
HP offers a comprehensive training curriculum for HP e3000 customers and partners. Transition training includes webcasts, on-demand streaming audio with slide presentations, and in-depth classroom courses.

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Operating Systems

»  Operating Systems: HP contributes Tru64 UNIX Advanced File System source code (June 30, 2008)
HP’s contribution of its Tru64 UNIX Advanced File System source code and related resources to the Linux community will provide capabilities that increase uptime, enhance security and help ensure maximum performance of Linux file systems. It will also serve as a reference implementation of an enterprise system.

»  Operating Systems: Microsoft releases Windows HPC Server 2008 Beta 2 (June 23, 2008)
New features include high availability for the head node, new set of diagnostics tests, command line and scripting support, and improved ClusRun.

»  HP OpenVMS: South Central Power upgrades with HP OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers (May 26, 2008)
South Central Power upgrades and transforms its data center with HP products and solutions, reaping substantial benefits, such as reduced space and power requirements, improved application performance, extended use of data center to avoid six-figure construction costs, and 100% payback.

»  HP-UX: New HP-UX offers different environments, easy admin (May 12, 2008)
According to Campana, an HP-UX customer that recently upgraded to HP-UX 11i v3, more than 150 software components were installed in just nine steps. Also, because of version 3’s binary compatibility with v2, installation was so easy that most software hasn’t required recompilation. Learn more!

»  Linux: HP’s first Linux-powered laptop: the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC (May 12, 2008)
The HP 2133 Mini-Note PC runs Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 Service Pack 1. The Mini-Note PC is targeted at the education market, instead of being a general-purpose consumer system or business PC.

»  HP OpenVMS: OpenVMS Technical Journal– April 2008 (April 21, 2008)
Among the topics in this edition of the April 2008 OpenVMS Technical Journal (V11):
-- Host-Based Minimerge and Automatic Minicopy on Volume Processing in HP Volume Shadowing for OpenVMS
-- F$GETQUI to the Rescue
-- How Flügger Modernized their OpenVMS Applications
-- RMS Collector for T4 and Friends

»  HP-UX: HP-UX 11i v3 is Common Criteria certified (April 7, 2008)
HP-UX 11i v3 OS has received common criteria certification at the EAL 4 assurance level against Controlled Access and Role-Based Access Control Protection Profiles. nPars is newly included in this evaluation. Common Criteria is recognized in 24 countries.

»  HP-UX: HPjmeter v3.0.1 on HP-UX to diagnose Java performance issues (April 7, 2008)
HP announces the immediate availability of HPjmeter version 3.0.1 for HP-UX 11iv1 (PA-RISC), HP-UX 11iv2, 11iv3 (Integrity and PA-RISC). HPjmeter 3.0.1 renders the data in metric visualizers faster with an improved console response besides other performance-enhancement features.

»  HP-UX: New Knowledge-on-Demand webcasts (April 7, 2008)
HP-UX 11i Knowledge-on-Demand webcasts deliver free how-to instruction in one-hour presentation-plus-audio format:
--SAP on HP-UX 11i v3: Maximizing Integrity server performance
--HP-UX 11i v3 performance & scalability
--HP-UX 11i v3 performance troubleshooting: tools & tips - an overview

Software

»  Software: HP Solutions for SAP Business All-in-One solution brief updated (July 21, 2008)
The solution provides companies with high performance and affordable infrastructure using HP business technology, SAP MaxDB, SAP's Fast-Start program, and Linux.

»  Software: Understanding the reasons to move to SOA: webcast (July 14, 2008)
Learn why IT must move to a service-oriented approach in order to drive new innovation. Using SOA transformation and modernization strategies, HP can help you evolve your applications and heterogeneous environments to SOA and shift your technology investments to new business-driven innovation.

»  Software: SPIE builds savings and dependability into data center with HP PolyServe software (July 14, 2008)
Read how this customer decreased TCO by 62% and reduced their energy consumption by 50,000 BTU/hour due to their shrinking power and cooling requirements.

»  Software: Operational BI--Moving from Intelligence to Action: TDWI Audio report (June 16, 2008)
Operational business intelligence (BI) can mean many things. In this interview, HP defines operational BI as putting rich, actionable intelligence in the hands of every business user across the entire information supply chain.

»  Software: New HP software to help IT manage change and resolve problems, reducing risk of downtime (June 23, 2008)
HP Release Control reduces the risk of failure by providing real-time visibility of all change activity. New integrations of business transaction management and problem isolation technologies will also help customers quickly isolate and identify problems before they impact business services.

»  Software: HP and VMware collaborate to help customers seamlessly manage virtual and physical systems (June 23, 2008)
Seamlessly automate the management of heterogeneous environments with the latest HP business technology optimization software. The HP/VMware collaboration will simplify management of virtual environments and produce more trained professionals to assist implementation of joint solutions.

»  Software: Neoview customers operationalizing business intelligence: Video (June 16, 2008)
Neoview customers Sermatech International, Arsenal Capital Partners, Republic Bank Limited, and The BonTon Stores, speak on how HP Neoview and using business intelligence in their operations has improved business outcomes. The 5-minute video describes their tangible business benefits.

»  Software: Banco Sabadell standardizes its IT to increase competitive advantage (June 2, 2008)
HP provided a managed print services solution including standardization of the bank’s entire print fleet with a three-year maintenance contract. Banco Sabadell has achieved a technological advancement that benefits its clients and has more efficient, faster print equipment providing added value.

»  Software: United Overseas Bank (UOB) Malaysia takes charge of IT projects (June 2, 2008)
UOB Malaysia selected the HP Project and Portfolio Management Center solution to ensure that its IT projects are delivered on time and within budget. UOB Malaysia is now able to enforce standard software development methodologies as well as enhance control across all IT projects.

»  Software: HP helps Colonial First State reduce time-to-market for core applications (June 2, 2008)
Colonial First State utilizes HP Quality Center Software to reduce time-to-market for new or updated applications and improve the application quality. Learn how the HP solution reduces testing time, improves visibility into application status and aids identification and resolution of defects.

»  Software: HP ProCurve growth accelerates at nearly 4X industry rate (June 2, 2008)
HP ProCurve experienced year-over-year port growth for the first quarter of CY2008 that nearly quadrupled the growth rate of the networking industry. Learn how ProCurve provides your business the flexibility to quickly meet changing needs of your users, applications and organizations.

»  Software: Using SOA as a Catalyst for Transformation: webcast replay (June 2, 2008)
Do you want to reap the benefits of SOA but not sure how to take the first step? Have you already tried, but became stalled by issues you couldn't overcome? Watch HP's new Applications and SOA Transformation webcast to help you understand SOA pitfalls and learn how to overcome them.

»  Software: HP helps businesses defend against malicious web attacks with new application security offerings (June 2, 2008)
The new HP Application Security Center helps you to discover, fix and prevent security vulnerabilities in web applications. Assessment Management Platform will also be offered through HP Software-as-a-Service. Be up and running quickly and involve the right teams to minimize risk of hacker attacks.

»  Software: HP simplifies database archiving deployments (May 26, 2008)
Companies must manage increasing amounts of information and legal requirements to retain data for longer than ever before. The enhanced version of HP Database Archiving software helps businesses to better retain, search and retrieve critical database information, from creation to destruction.

»  Software: Migration program enables HP customers to embrace Novell identity and security management solutions (May 26, 2008)
A joint migration program enables HP to resell Novell identity and security management solutions while Novell licenses HP Identity Center technology. To ensure access to identity management solutions, HP customers can engage with this program and migrate to Novell’s industry-leading offerings.

»  Software: HP drives desktop virtualization with expanded portfolio, key industry alliances (May 26, 2008)
HP’s full portfolio of Citrix-Ready thin clients and blade client products is now available with Citrix XenDesktop and is certified for compatibility with VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. Look to HP to meet your virtualization needs with the comprehensive remote client solutions portfolio.

»  Software: Operational BI best practices (May 26, 2008)
This Research for The Data Warehousing Institute report, which surveyed 423 corporate IT professionals, explores the promise of operational BI and the challenges of converging operational and analytical processes. Topics include trends, the operational BI framework, and deployment.

»  Software: Target Marketing for Wholesale Payments: white paper (May 19, 2008)
HP Payments Target Marketing (PTM) is a solution framework that improves a bank’s ability to perform enterprise-wide and real-time functions. Learn how PTM uses patterns to address specific opportunities to increase revenue, eliminate revenue leakage and automate business development efforts.

»  Software: HP and Oracle solution for Core Banking: brochure (May 19, 2008)
Built on open architecture and running on industry-standard HP servers, FLEXCUBE offers dramatic cost reductions over legacy mainframe infrastructure and increased flexibility, creating an unfair advantage over competitors. Learn why more than 40% of FLEXCUBE customers have chosen HP as their platform.

»  Software: HP Insight Dynamics - VSE v4 (May 19, 2008)
In March, HP previewed the capabilities of HP Insight Dynamics – VSE, the next-generation of management software to enable businesses to continuously analyze and optimize their Adaptive Infrastructures and received positive press and analyst reception. Now available: brochures, papers, and demos.

»  Software: Reduce costs with HP Care Pack services for power and cooling (May 19, 2008)
HP offers a range of HP Care Pack services that can help you optimize power and cooling costs. Learn how to improve your IT energy efficiency and boost your projected server ROI with these Data Center Transformation Services.

»  Software: United Overseas Bank Malaysia takes charge of IT projects (May 12, 2008)
UOB Malaysia needed to implement a comprehensive governance solution to improve visibility and ensure completion of IT projects. Learn how the HP Project and Portfolio Management Center solution increased overall IT productivity by enabling management to make faster, more-informed decisions.

»  Software: Nine business Intelligence vendors to watch (May 12, 2008)
CIO Insider takes a look at the leading BI vendors' strengths, weaknesses and strategies for the future. This article includes HP-- not yet positioned as a BI mega vendor, but certainly one to watch.

»  Software: HP and ACI Worldwide deliver next-generation e-payments solutions: Solution brief (May 12, 2008)
Learn how next-generation e-payment solutions from HP and ACI provide a proven payment processing engine for all transaction types, with five-nines availability, extensive scalability, the ultimate in virtualization and optimal price/performance all on a highly energy-efficient platform.

»  Software: HP Core Banking solutions: Plotting your course through core renewal (May 12, 2008)
This brochure explores how HP Core Banking solutions enable banks to improve customer satisfaction, innovate new products and bring them to market faster, lower costs, address regulatory pressures and reduce their carbon footprints.

»  Software: HP Grid Computing for insurance: Solution brief (May 12, 2008)
Grid computing virtualizes heterogeneous IT resources so they are available when and where they’re needed. Learn how grid allows insurance companies to provision applications and allocate capacity among business groups that are geographically and organizationally dispersed.

»  Software: HP and Opsol: Robust Payment Infrastructure for ATM and POS solution brief (May 5, 2008)
OmniATM, running on HP Integrity NonStop servers, provides a comprehensive solution for banks to acquire, authenticate, route, switch and authorize financial transactions across multiple input channels such as ATM, POS and kiosks. It provides a full set of functionality to support payment transactions.

»  Software: HP and Opsol: Single Customer View solution brief (May 5, 2008)
Opsol’s Single Customer View solution on HP server technology enables financial institutions to enhance payments and finance-related data with real-time, comprehensive cross channel information to provide a ‘market of one.’

»  Software: Rabobank selects HP Software to optimize service availability and performance: Video (May 5, 2008)
In this video, learn how implementing HP Business Availability Center has improved Rabobank’s customer satisfaction by improving the management of application availability and reducing the mean time to repair and mean time between failures.

»  Software: Applied Biosystems - New Flash Demo (May 5, 2008)
View the HP and Applied BioSystems flash demo on the HP solution demo portal to learn about SQL*LIMS P4, which delivers a fully functional, preconfigured, fully validated LIMS solution that lets companies go live faster, at a lower cost, and more efficiently than previously possible.

»  Software: Esurance turns to HP to support rapid business growth: Video (May 5, 2008)
For Esurance, one of the fastest growing Ineternet-based auto insurance companies in the world, IT is not just part of the business, it IS the business. Learn how HP and Altos Technology Group partnered to help Esurance scale up their IT needs to meet rapid growth requirements while reducing costs.

»  Software: New versions of HP SOA testing products enable customers to quickly turn SOA pilots into enterprise-scale deployments (May 5, 2008)
HP has introduced new versions of its HP Service Test and HP Service Test Management products to help businesses make SOA a seamless part of their quality and management infrastructure. Learn how to quickly progress from initial SOA pilots to enterprise-scale deployments.
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