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HP fuels standards-based computing with expanded server line
New HP Integrity, ProLiant 100 series of servers and Linux clusters provide customers performance and innovation, extend market reach
GENEVA, Nov. 4, 2003 – HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced new HP Integrity and ProLiant servers and Linux clustered systems, further expanding the company’s reach to emerging markets as well as traditional enterprise computing customers. From simplifying the needs of growing businesses to delivering high performance for technical computing and enterprise datacenters, HP is setting the standard in the industry for 32-bit and 64-bit computing.
Today’s announcement includes:
- The Itanium®-based HP Integrity rx4640 four-way high-density server and HP Integrity rx7620 eight-way and rx8620 16-way midrange servers, rounding out the industry’s broadest Itanium-based server line ;
- The new HP ProLiant 100 server series -- competitively priced for small- and medium-size businesses (SMBs) and high-performance technical computing customers – including the first of the series: the HP ProLiant DL140 server;
- New HP XC3000 and XC6000 Linux clusters for high-performance technical computing customers.
“The rules of the game have changed in the server market, and it’s clearly ‘advantage HP,’” said Scott Stallard, executive vice president, Enterprise Storage and Servers, HP. “Record numbers of customers are choosing HP servers as the basis for an adaptive infrastructure. It’s a stamp of approval for our approach of focused innovation based on industry standards, and today’s announcements build on that approval.”
Customers, applications, leading performance = Integrity server momentum Adoption of HP Integrity systems has grown steadily as customers deploy the servers for greater performance, scalability, higher availability, lower cost of ownership and multi-OS support. New customers include DenizBank Turkey, Bank Sarasin & Co. Ltd., Switzerland, and Telecom Italia S.p.A..
In addition, all of the top HP applications software partners and leaders in the software industry have committed major application suites to the HP Integrity line. Nearly 1,000 applications are available today for HP-UX, Linux, and Microsoft Windows® Server 2003. Hundreds of OpenVMS applications are expected by mid-2004.
“With more than 35 percent of BEA WebLogic licenses shipping on HP server platforms, our customers can recognize the strength and flexibility of computing solutions from HP and BEA,” said Olivier Helleboid, executive vice president of products, BEA Systems. “Combining HP's new expanded line of Integrity servers with BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1 can deliver industry-leading price/performance for enterprise applications across HP-UX, Linux and Microsoft Windows 2003 operating systems. We're pleased that the porting work has been simple and straightforward.”
HP Integrity servers, which range from two processors to 64-processor Superdome systems, highlight the advantage of innovations built on industry standards. Customers can have the flexibility of standards-based systems and industry-leading performance. For example, HP’s new midrange servers significantly outperform I.B.M. and Sun offerings, delivering double the performance with an equivalent number of processors.
More information regarding record-breaking Integrity server benchmarks is available at www.hp.com/products1/servers/integrity/performance.html.
The HP Integrity server family is the only one in the industry that can run all three of the most widely used operating systems: HP-UX 11i – the industry’s leading UNIX operating system, Linux and Microsoft Windows Server 2003. The OpenVMS operating system is expected to be available on Integrity servers in 2004.
New ProLiant 100 server series for SMB and high performance computing applications To meet the growing needs of the SMB and high performance technical computing markets, HP has extended the reach of the world’s best selling standards-based server line with the new HP ProLiant 100 series. Designed for general-purpose workloads, the ProLiant 100 series offers entry-level availability, moderate expandability and proven dependability ideal for both small and medium businesses and compute-intensive cluster environments.
HP ProLiant 100 series servers provide great value for customers seeking solid performance, engineering and dependability with world-class services and support. Flexibility in purchasing and financing combined with competitive pricing ensures even the most cost-constrained business can deploy industry-leading HP ProLiant servers.
The HP ProLiant 100 series is designed with simplicity in mind, utilizing OS-enabled management tools to ensure ease of deployment and management. With the reliability of ProLiant and expert support from HP, customers can focus on their business, rather than their server.
The new density-optimized, two-processor HP ProLiant DL140 server is the first of the ProLiant 100 server series. Offering floating point performance and cluster scalability, the DL140 server is ideal for grid computing and for cost-conscious customers who want to deploy clustered solutions for high-performance technical computing applications.
Clustered systems running Linux for High Performance Technical Computing HP’s new clusters are integrated, turnkey offerings, running Linux and a comprehensive software environment. They are designed to meet the most demanding scientific and engineering technical computing needs while delivering the simplicity and robustness typically required for broad commercial use.
The HP XC6000 Cluster is based on the Integrity rx2600systems and the HP Cluster XC3000 is based on ProLiant servers. Each system is available in standard, fully supported offerings up to 512-processors, with larger configurations by request, and features high-speed interconnects from Quadrics LTD and Myricom.
The clusters have widespread support from technical computing application providers. “FLUENT is happy to extend our partnership with HP by supporting the XC product line,” said Paul Bemis, vice president product marketing, FLUENT. “The XC should be of great interest to FLUENT customers, as it shows a high level of performance and scaling with an open standard Linux and a globally supported software configuration that we and our customers can depend on.”
As the leader in high-performance technical computing, HP has formed the HP Collaboration and Competency Network (HP CCN) to ensure that emerging standards and technologies meet the demanding needs of the high-performance technical computing community. The HP CCN is a forum to facilitate wide-ranging collaboration, innovation and competency sharing between HP and customers and partners. The initial HP CCN collaboration areas include Linux on Itanium (Gelato) computational and data grids, global file system for Linux (Lustre), scientific visualization (Sepia), and Linux SMP scaling. More information about the HP CCN is available at www.hp.com/go/collaboration.
HP StorageWorks Secure Path available on Integrity servers The new Integrity, ProLiant and Linux clustered systems are supported by the complete range of HP StorageWorks products. This includes HP StorageWorks Secure Path software, with high-availability and dynamic load balancing features, which is now available with HP Integrity servers. Secure Path software creates and maintains mutiple two-way paths for information to travel between servers and external storage devices, such as StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Arrays. If one lane is blocked, the software automatically directs data to the other lane to eliminate single points of failure.
World-class service and support
As HP expands its offerings into new markets, those products are fully supported by HP Services. With 28,000 Microsoft®-certified consultants, 18,000 UNIX®-certified consultants and 5,000 Linux specialists, HP offers flexible services based on extensive industry-standard technology partnerships. In addition, HP Financial Services offers flexible financing options to help customers acquire the new systems cost effectively.
Pricing and availability
With today’s announcement of mid-range and high-density servers and Linux clusters based on Intel Corporation’s Itanium 2 1.5 GHz processor, HP completes the Integrity server line introduced June 30. It is the only server family in the industry that can run all three of the most widely used operating systems -- the industry’s leading UNIX operating system, HP-UX 11i, Linux, and Microsoft Windows Server 2003.The OpenVMS operating system is expected to be available on Integrity servers in 2004.
The HP Integrity rx7620 and rx8620 mid-range servers are available now beginning at 21,902 € and 65,538 €, respectively.
The HP Integrity rx4640 high-density server is also now available with a list price starting at 13,884 €.
The ProLiant DL140 server, capable of running Windows Server 2003, Red Hat and SuSe Linux, will be fully launched with pricing and availability later this month."
The HP XC6000 and XC3000 Linux Clustered systems are available for December delivery. More information on HP’s high-performance technical computing solutions is available at www.hp.com/go/newforHPTC.
About HP
HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company’s offerings span IT infrastructure, personal computing and access devices, global services and imaging and printing for consumers, enterprises and small and medium businesses. For the last four quarters, HP revenue totaled $71.3 billion. More information about HP is available at http://www.hp.com.
This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include the possibility that the market for the sale of certain products and services may not develop as expected; that development and performance of these products and services may not proceed as planned; and other risks that are described from time to time in HP's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended July 31, 2003 and HP's other Securities and Exchange Commission reports filed after HP's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2002. If any of these risks or uncertainties materializes or any of these assumptions proves incorrect, HP’s results could differ materially from HP’s expectations in these statements. HP assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.
© 2003 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.
11/2003
Contactpersonen voor
de redactie:
HP, Jos Baltes
030 283 32 37
jos_baltes@hp.com
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H&K/MCS
Marieke Leenhouts
023 562 82 08
mariekel@monogram.nl
Hewlett-Packard Nederland
Startbaan 16
1187 XR Amstelveen
www.hp.nl