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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / AUGUST 11, 2003; VOL. 2 NO. 32
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Breaking News - Platforms:
HP Delivers Next Step On Alphaserver Roadmap
HP has begun shipping the latest product in its roadmap for AlphaServer
customers: high-end, 32-processor HP AlphaServer GS1280 systems. Based on the
most recent EV7 Alpha processor technology, the systems provide customers with
a powerful combination of performance, scalability, reliability, manageability
and availability features.
HP also announced the availability of a suite of software transition tools and
new business practices for customers' long-term investment protection. The
tools and practices are part of the company's Alpha RetainTrust program for
transitioning customers -- on their own time tables -- to Itanium(R)
architecture-based HP Integrity servers.
"Our AlphaServer roadmap is right on schedule, and we are delivering to
customers the foundation for a long-term future with HP," said Rich Marcello,
senior vice president and general manager, HP Business Critical Servers. "Our
new AlphaServer systems offer powerful performance for the foreseeable future
and, when customers are ready, we will help them evolve to Itanium processor-
based HP Integrity servers through the Alpha RetainTrust program."
Since the introduction of the EV7-based AlphaServer family in January, HP has
delivered support for system partitions, instant capacity on demand, more
flexible power and storage choices, and Linux availability on the AlphaServer
ES47 and ES80 systems. New storage options include the HP StorageWorks Modular
SAN Array 1000, Enterprise Virtual Array 5000 and Disk Array xp1024 systems.
These storage offerings also support HP Integrity servers, so customers can
easily transition storage support to future platforms.
Dr. Michael Levine, scientific director at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing
Center, said, "We continue to be delighted by our decision to use this
advanced AlphaServer technology from HP. With their outstanding processor and
memory system performance, the new AlphaServer systems are meeting all of our
expectations in meeting the diverse scientific and complex research challenges
of our users."
In addition to the GS1280 systems, the EV7 processor-based AlphaServer family
includes the ES80 departmental server and the ES47 workgroup systems.
AlphaServer systems run both the Tru64 UNIX(R) and OpenVMS operating systems;
Linux is available on the AlphaServer ES47 and ES80 systems.
More powerful GS1280 systems ranging up to 64 Alpha processors are planned for
later this year. AlphaServer systems based on enhanced EV79 Alpha processor
technology are planned to be introduced in 2004.
Alpha RetainTrust Program: New Tools and License Trade-ins
New custom application transition tools and new software license trade-ins are
now available as part of the worldwide HP Alpha RetainTrust program. The
program, introduced in October 2002 and available at
www.hp.com/go/alpha-retaintrust, is designed to satisfy HP AlphaServer
customers' needs for long-term capacity and growth through joint planning and
active support for a smooth evolution to Itanium architecture-based HP
Integrity servers.
The Alpha RetainTrust program's extensive service offerings provide a modular
approach addressing all aspects of transition with four comprehensive suites
in the areas of platform migration, database migration, custom application
migration and partner application migration.
Adding to the custom application migration suite, the new tools assist
customers in transitioning custom applications from Tru64 UNIX to HP-UX on HP
Integrity servers. This full suite of utilities is available free at
www.hp.com/go/tru64appmigration/.
The tool suite includes a scoping tool, called appscan, to help plan the
porting effort; a porting tool, the Tru64 UNIX to HP-UX Software Transition
Kit, to determine source level compatibility and provide technical
recommendations for moving applications to HP-UX; and a deployment tool,
called Tru64 UNIX Migration Environment for HP-UX, providing the habitat to
make Tru64 UNIX applications native to HP-UX.
Building upon the business practices included with the Alpha RetainTrust
program, the free Tru64 UNIX and OpenVMS software license trade-ins are
available for customers with active "Rights to New Versions" software support
agreements when they move to HP Integrity servers running HP-UX or OpenVMS.
About HP
HP delivers vital technology for business and life. The company's solutions
span IT infrastructure, personal computing and access devices, global services
and imaging and printing for consumers, enterprises and small and medium
business. For the last four quarters, HP revenue totaled $70.4 billion. More
information about HP is available at www.hp.com.
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