[Vms.sig-hu] Press Release issued from HP yesterday (fwd)

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Tárgy: Press Release issued from HP yesterday

http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2004/040209b.html

HP Strengthens Industry-standard Offerings with New Servers and 
Storage 

New products enable customers to reduce costs while simplifying 
change 

PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 9, 2004 
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HP (NYSE:HPQ) today expanded its portfolio of 64-bit servers and
enhanced its storage solutions to further broaden customer choice in
standards-based computing. Delivering solid performance and flexibility
that allow customers to meet the changing demands of their 
businesses,
the new offerings include: 

HP Integrity servers based on Intel(r) Itanium 2(r) processors; 
an enhanced line of HP 9000 servers powered by new PA-RISC-based 
PA-8800
processors; 
HP StorageWorks tape libraries and pay-per-use capabilities; and 
the HP NonStop Advanced Architecture based on Intel Itanium 2
processors. 
"Standardization is key to building an adaptive enterprise, in which
business processes and IT are linked dynamically," said Mark Hudson,
vice president marketing, Enterprise Storage and Servers, HP. "Today's
storage and server announcements deliver on HP's commitment to 
provide
focused innovation based on industry standards so customers can 
reduce
IT and business costs while simplifying change."

HP 9000 servers: Greater flexibility to meet evolving business needs

HP has refreshed the HP 9000 product line with the next generation of
PA-RISC processors - the PA-8800 dual processor module. These 
systems
share common components with the Integrity server line, enabling 
smooth
customer evolution to future platforms. They offer outstanding
investment protection and performance as well as increased capacity 
and
scalability.

Existing HP 9000 customers will be able to upgrade existing PA-8700
based servers by replacing the processors with the PA-8800 
processors.
This "in-box" upgrade capability helps protect customers' capital
investments. Further, HP customers will be able to upgrade PA-8800 
based
systems to either Intel Itanium 2-based HP Integrity servers or to the
next PA-RISC processor, the PA-8900, when it becomes available. 
The industy's leading UNIX(r) operating environment, HP-UX 11iv1, runs
on both the PA-8700 and PA-8800 based servers. As a result, 
customers
aren't required to requalify applications or infrastructure to take
advantage of the new processor technology. This level of investment
protection is unrivaled in the industry. 
PA-8800 based servers deliver an up to 50 percent performance 
increase
over PA-8700 based servers with the same number of processors. 
Moreover,
when PA-8700 based servers are upgraded with dual-module PA-8800
processors, customers gain twice the central processing unit (CPU) 
count
in the same system - doubling capacity and enabling up to 2.5 times
better performance. 
The new servers feature many of the same components as HP Integrity
systems, enabling a smooth evolution to Itanium-based platforms. 
These
components include cell boards, cabinets, memory and the HP zx1 and
sx1000 chipsets. At the processor level, the PA-8800 processor features
the Intel Itanium system bus. 
"HP has consistently provided reliable, scalable hardware, allowing us
to optimize the performance of our mission-critical applications," said
Scott Womer, manager, Systems Engineering, Atmos Energy 
Corporation.
"With the PA-8800 line of servers, HP will provide a valuable platform
for our needs today and a steppingstone to Integrity with in-box
upgrades. HP enables companies like ours to handle planned and
unexpected growth through increased flexibility. Teamwork is the
defining link in all our experiences with HP."

In addition to the new 128-way HP 9000 Superdome server, the new 
HP 9000
PA-8800 based servers include the 32-way HP rp8420-32 server, the 
16-way
HP rp7420-16 server, the eight-way HP rp4440-8 server, the four-way 
HP
rp3440-4 server and the two-way HP rp3410-2 server. 

HP Integrity servers: Optimized for the enterprise

HP also introduced a new entry-level Integrity server, the HP rx1600,
which provides enterprise capabilities at an estimated U.S. price of
less than $3,000.(1) This 64-bit server is especially suited for
clustered and scale-out environments running Linux or HP-UX in
telecommunications, commercial database, Web services and
high-performance technical computing environments. It features up to 
two
Low Voltage Intel Itanium 2 processors and offers high density with a 
1U
design. This enables customers to deploy up to 40 servers per two-
meter
rack. 

New models of the HP Integrity rx2600 servers, based on the Low 
Voltage
Itanium processors, offer estimated U.S. entry prices below $5,700.(2)
The rx2600 is ideal for customers who require two-CPU servers with
higher memory and input/output capacity than entry-level servers. 
These
servers also will be offered as nodes within HP XC6000 Linux clusters,
which are scalable up to 512 nodes, for high-performance computing.

Supporting the new Integrity servers is a growing portfolio of software
available with the HP-UX, Linux and Microsoft Windows(r) operating
systems. More than 1,500 applications and tools from independent
software vendors are currently available on the Integrity server line
and HP expects that number to double by this summer. 

Growing numbers of customers are choosing Integrity servers for their
data centers, and to date more than one-third of Integrity Superdome
servers have shipped with Microsoft Windows Server 2003.

"Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and HP Integrity server solutions have
helped establish the Itanium architecture as the 64-bit platform for
enterprise customers who require the highest levels of scalability,"
said Dennis Oldroyd, director, Windows Server Business Group, 
Microsoft
Corp. "Customers trust their data centers to Windows on HP Integrity
servers. In collaboration with HP, Microsoft is committed to delivering
continued improvement in the scalability and performance customers
need." 

HP also announced the availability of the evaluation release of the Open
VMS version 8.1 operating system for HP Integrity servers for software
vendors and early adopters. This version will incorporate native
compilers and tools as well as expanded functionality. OpenVMS is
expected to be generally available for HP Integrity server customers
later this year and adds to the current multi-operating system offerings
on Integrity, including HP-UX, Linux and Windows Server 2003. To date,
approximately 600 applications from more than 280 ISVs are committed 
to
being ported to OpenVMS for Integrity servers.

Enhancing HP's Linux offerings, SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 is now
available on the HP corporate price list for all one- to four-processor
Integrity servers. HP now resells, markets and supports SUSE LINUX
Enterprise Server 8 for both HP ProLiant and Integrity servers. 

As part of its overall fabric infrastructure strategy, HP will support
InfiniBand switches and host channel adapters (HCAs) with Integrity
servers running HP-UX. The InfiniBand capability is ideal for customers
who want to deploy scalable clusters for technical and engineering
applications. InfiniBand is expected to be available in April for
high-performance technical solutions and in the fourth quarter of 2004
for highly available cluster solutions for commercial database
applications.

HP StorageWorks: Standards-based building blocks bring modularity to
SANs

HP introduced a pay-per-use financing program for the HP 
StorageWorks
Enterprise Virtual Array family, including the EVA3000 and EVA5000. A
foundational building block for storage area networks, the EVA family is
built with modular storage components, enabling customers to scale
capacity on demand. In addition, its virtualization technology is
designed to dynamically reallocate storage resources to improve 
capacity
utilization, simplify management and optimize floor space. 

Pay-per-use financing in the EVA family uses metering technology to
track capacity usage and enable customers to only pay for the capacity
they use. This can help reduce cost and risk by providing flexible
storage capacity for businesses with uncertain capacity requirements.
Pay per use also offers consistency through a more predictable expense
structure and eliminates initial capital costs associated with spikes in
storage demand. Additionally, the utility pricing model speeds the
deployment of increased capacity, reduces the need for complex
customization and helps to lower total cost of ownership. 

Designed for small- and medium-sized businesses and enterprise-class
storage environments, the HP StorageWorks EVA3000 and EVA5000 
systems
can hold up to 24 and 35 terabytes of data, respectively, on one
machine. Previously available on the HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP
series for large enterprise customers, pay per use for the EVA family
enables businesses with smaller IT budgets to take advantage of the
reduced costs and risk associated with utility pricing programs. 

HP also introduced the HP StorageWorks ESL E-series tape libraries in
both LTO Ultrium 460 and SDLT 320 industry-standard drive formats. 
The
HP StorageWorks ESL712e and ESL630e enterprise tape automation 
systems
are self-aware tape solutions designed specifically for use in SAN
environments. 

In addition to using reusable components, the ESL712e and ESL630e
libraries offer customers the ability to modularly scale their storage
capacity with additional tape cartridges, and to scale performance of
tape storage read-write functions with additional Ultrium 460 and SDLT
320 tape drives. This modularity is achieved while reusing the
intelligent management features of the E-series tape libraries.

The E-series libraries feature improved storage density within a single,
smaller library design increasing total capacity to 14.2 terabytes per
square foot compared to 9.5 terabytes per square foot on the existing
platform. In addition, when integrated with the HP Extended Tape 
Library
Architecture, customers can benefit from the ability to manage more
storage in less floor space with fewer IT resources. 

Estimated U.S. pricing for the HP StorageWorks ESL E-series tape
libraries begins at $132,000 with expected availability in March.(3) The
tape libraries are expected to be available with native fibre drive
options later this year. 

HP NonStop Advanced Architecture: Optimized to bring flexibility to 24 x
7 availability

HP unveiled the NonStop Advanced Architecture, which will use industry
standards within a fault-tolerant environment. The new architecture will
be based on the industry-standard Itanium processor and supports
industry-standard storage, offering higher performance at a better total
cost of ownership. 

Managed by HP OpenView software, the NonStop Advanced 
Architecture is
the only announced platform that will deliver constant availability and
scalability using industry standards and support for industry-standard
storage. 

Itanium-based servers with this architecture are expected to be
available from HP early next year and will deliver the same scalability
available today - up to 1,024 processors in a cluster and up to 4,080
processors in a wide-area network - along with the added power and
flexibility of standardization. 

More detailed information about all the offerings mentioned above is
available in an online press kit at
www.hp.com/go/standardization/presskit.

Availability and pricing(3)

HP Integrity rx1600 expected to be available in March from $2,800 U.S.
list - includes one 1.0-GHz Low Voltage Itanium 2 processor, 512 MB
memory and one 36 GB disk.

HP Integrity rx2600 available now from $5,700 U.S. list - includes one
1.0-GHz Low Voltage Itanium 2 processor, 1 GB memory, and one 36 GB
disk.

HP 9000 Superdome expected to be available March from $309,000 
U.S. list
- includes four PA-8800 processors, 4 GB memory, chassis, cell boards
and I/O.

HP 9000 rp8420-32 available now from $93,000 U.S. list - includes two
PA-8800 processors, 2 GB memory, chassis, cell boards and I/O.

HP 9000 rp7420-16 available now from $40,000 U.S. list - includes two
PA-8800 processors, 2 GB memory, chassis, cell boards and I/O.

HP 9000 rp4440-8 available now from $21,000 U.S. list - includes two
PA-8800 processors, 1 GB memory, and one 36 GB disk.

HP 9000 rp3440-4 available now from $7,000 U.S. list - includes two
PA-8800 processors, 1 GB memory, and one 36 GB disk.

HP 9000 rp3410-2 available now from $4,000 U.S. list - includes two
PA-8800 processors, 1 GB memory, and one 36 GB disk.

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 the fiscal year ending on Oct. 31, 2003, HP revenue
totaled $73.1 billion. More information about HP (NYSE, Nasdaq: HPQ) is
available at www.hp.com.

(1) HP Integrity rx1600 U.S. list price of $2,800 - includes one 1.0-GHz
low voltage Itanium 2 processor, 512 MB RAM, and one 36 GB hard 
drive.

(2) HP Integrity rx2600 U.S. list price of $5,614 - includes one 1.0-GHz
low voltage Itanium 2 processor, 1 GB RAM, and one 36 GB hard drive.

(3) Actual prices may vary.



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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 Securities and
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Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended Oct. 31, 2003, and 
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