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Going Beyond 24X7 Uptime and Reliability - Global Leaders Think Bigger!

cjdreher| March 22, 2011
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No more IT silos

Have you tried to make a purchase online or conduct a banking transaction only to find the site down for system maintenance or some unexplained reason?  Craved an update on an urgent breaking news story only to experience an error message or inability to post a new comment?  Wanted to perform a new query for management but been unable to access siloed data in a system down for maintenance or unable to keep up with demand? It's still obviously true today that mission-critical systems powering the most critical day-to-day operations in an organization better stay up 24x7 with rock solid reliability or customers will leave or get irritated, opportunities will be missed in this Instant-On world with instant gratification expectations, productivity will go down.  But 24x7 uptime is not enough today, especially given very difficult financial constraints and demands to do more with less many are experiencing today.  What are you leaving on the table by keeping your mission-critical systems silo'd?

 

HP has been talking about converged infrastructure a lot lately - I'm sure you've noticed.  This is because we strongly feel it is the best future for us, and more importantly our customers.  IT managers dealing with modern mission-critical workloads today also require the ability to manage and redeploy resources quickly, automatically, and globally – all within tight budgets.  Monolithic siloed applications just don't do the trick as often any more - they introduce real risk of system complexity and underutilized resources.  Few can afford that today.  Furthermore, as new technologies and delivery models emerge and gain acceptance, such as cloud computing, this complexity could increase and handcuff business agility even more if not managed early and with the right strategy. 

 

Today's leading organizations need greater flexibility to dynamically react to business demand with optimized resources while delivering real business performance.  A common modular mission-critical platform meets these needs, both now and in the future.  

 

Several of us have been blogging about more things we are doing at HP to keep advancing along the converged infrastructure path with our partners and customers, and about the real business impact customers are realizing utilizing our new products.  A few important things to highlight today:

 

1) More HP Integrity and NonStop customers realizing benefits today:  converged infrastructure is being deployed by leading global companies worldwide like AOL and Daiwa.  Customers are achieving 24/7 fault-tolerant resiliency, always-on application availability and the industry’s premier service levels.    

 

2) HP's Mission-Critical Converged Infrastructure embraces new delivery models: Technology moves fast - it always has. Mission-critical applications stay protected with the high availability and robustness in HP BladeSystem Matrix with HP-UX on Integrity servers, and now you can save days or weeks of time architecting infrastructure for applications and services with easy to use, new cloud maps.  Learn more about this from my colleague and cloud expert, Loretta Nierat in her Cloud is Here! blogs

 

3) HP's Mission-Critical Converged Infrastructure lineup just got even stronger with a new entry from NB500000c HP Integrity NonStop.JPGIntegrity NonStop:  Double the scalability and nearly twice the performance in the same data center footprint with the new quad-core Integrity NonStop BladeSystem NB54000c. It's delivered on the industry’s top blade platform, and joins the Integrity BL860c i2, BL870c i2 and BL890c i2 to run on the Intel® Itanium® Processor 9300 series. NonStop fans are really going to appreciate that we've built on an incredibly strong workhorse heritage with the new NB54000c server - it has expanded availability, reliability, scalability and latency features.  Easy in-cabinet blade upgrade too when migrating from dual to quadcore.  Get the details about the new HP Integrity NonStop NB54000c server .

 

And we're just getting started this year.  Lot's more to come!

 

 

~ Cynthia

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prashantn(anon) | ‎03-31-2011 07:37 PM
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IMPS will work on 01/04/2011, isn’t this great? All other banking channels, except ATM’s will be closed. RTGS  and NEFT will be closed.

http://goo.gl/srXTe

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  • Kirk Bresniker is the Vice President/Chief Technologist for HP Business Critical Systems where he has technical responsibility for all things Mission Critical, including HP-UX, NonStop and scalable x86 platforms. He joined HP in 1989 after graduating from Santa Clara University and has been an HP Fellow since 2008.
  • I’m the worldwide marketing manager for HP NonStop. I’ll be blogging and tweeting out news as it relates to NonStop solutions – you can find me here and on twitter at @CarolynatHP
  • Cynthia is part of the HP ExpertOne team. ExpertOne offers professional IT training and certifications from infrastructure refresh to areas that span across the datacenter like Cloud and Converged Infrastructure.
  • I have worked with NonStop systems since 1982. I am a Master Technologist for HP and am part of the IT SWAT organization, the Cloud SWAT and work with HP Labs. I report into the Enterprise Solutions and Architecture organization.
  • Joe Androlowicz is a Technical Communications and Marketing manager in HP’s NonStop Product Division. Joe is a 25 year journeyman in information systems design, instructional technologies and multimedia development. He left Apple Computer for Tandem Computers to help launch G03 and hasn’t looked back yet. He previously managed the program management team for the NonStop Education and Training Center and drove the development and growth of the NonStop Certification programs.
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  • Luke Oda is a member of the HP's BCS Marketing team. With a primary focus on marketing programs that support HP's BCS portfolio. His interests include all things mission-critical and the continuing innovation that HP demonstrates across the globe.
  • I’m the Worldwide Product Marketing Manager for HP Serviceguard Solutions for Linux in BCS. I’ll be blogging about the latest news and enhancements as it relates to this product.
  • Greetings! I am on the HP Enterprise Group marketing team focused on Content Marketing for Business Critical Systems. Topics I am interested in include mission-critical computing, scale up x86, and Converged Infrastructure, Converged Systems.
  • As a Managing Consultant for HP’s Enterprise Solution & Architecture group, I collaborate with client business and IT senior management to understand, prioritize and architect advanced use of data and information, drawing insights required to make informed business decisions. My current focus leverages event-driven business intelligence design techniques and technologies to identify patterns, anticipate outcomes and proactively optimize business response creating a differentiated position in the marketplace for the client.
  • Vinay Gupta is an HP Distinguished Technologist and the NonStop Manageability Architect. He joined Tandem in 1994 after graduating from Indian Institute of Technology. He has worked on many NonStop manageability applications over time. He works across various groups within NonStop and HP to ensure consistency and interoperability in manageability interfaces and applications. He is also a member of DMTF workgroups.
  • Wendy Bartlett is a Distinguished Technologist in HP’s NonStop Enterprise Division, and focuses on dependability – security and availability - for the NonStop server line. She joined Tandem in 1978. Her other main area of interest is system architecture evolution. She has an M.S. degree in computer science from Stanford University.
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