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When is continuous business, really continuous?

CarolynFrancis| January 9, 2013
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My name is Carolyn Francis, and 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. Let’s get started! 

In a world that never stops, many enterprises absolutely can’t afford to be unavailable. Downtime, whether planned or unplanned, can cause irreparable harm, such as loss of customer loyalty, loss of reputation, or even financial disaster. Being in the news is not good news when downtime is the topic.

So why is continuous business so important? Because customers never wait. If your service or information isn’t available when they need it, they’re gone. As a result, business failure brings a high cost.

The question is:  When is it okay for your business to be unavailable to your customers? Never?  
 

Solutions for industries that never stop

HP NonStop is designed specifically for the very highest availability level. According to IDC1, "Availability Level 4 (AL4) defines fully fault-tolerant servers, in which redundancy of components, combined with special software, ensures that processing will continue, even if there is a failure in a single hardware component in one area of the system." 

That means NO interruption of work, NO transactions lost, and NO degradation in performance and 100% availability. Absolutely, positively 100% availability. Classified as AL4 fully fault tolerant, this is where the timeless value of HP NonStop comes into play. Enterprises and their customers are able to conduct business continuously. A critical necessity for today’s ‘need-it-now’ world.

 

Many industries like financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing, and healthcare are leading the way in delivering a continuous business environment and HP NonStop is there at the heart of their business:

• Processing 68 million credit card accounts and over 10 billion transactions annually2

• Supporting over 375M subscribers in advanced Telco network applications such as HLR,
  HSS, and other network applications3

• Powering mission-critical applications at 100% of the top 10 global manufacturers4

• Supporting several of the world’s leading medical institutions 5

If you require support for high volumes of online transactions, continuous access to information, and rational infrastructure and operational costs, HP NonStop can help you address these critical enterprise business issues.


HP NonStop. The platform for continuous business.

Continuous business means more than system or application availability measured by 9s. It means business process continuity. The agility to quickly respond to ever-changing market and IT demands. The ability to implement new business processes and keep pace with new initiatives. The elimination of complexity and cost. The protection of data and resources. And the confidence that your business will be continuously on.

HP NonStop customers have long been assured of business process continuity. For core, run-your-business solutions that require continuous business and lowest TCO, NonStop is the answer.

The unique value of NonStop 

HP NonStop delivers a complete and efficient integration of hardware, operating system, database and application services. This integrated stack enables unparalleled availability, data integrity, and scalability, along with lowest TCO in its class6. To learn more we encourage you to download our new family brochure and our new white paper: Business Resiliency - continuous business with HP NonStop.

 

1 IDC Worldwide and U.S. High-Availability Server, 2011-2015 Forecast and Analysis

2 HP 2012 internal sales data, cross-referenced with Nielsen and D&B data

3 Infonetics Service Providers Report, 2011 and TRAI Report, 2012

4 HP 2012 internal sales data, cross-referenced with Nielsen and D&B data

5 HP 2012 internal sales data, cross-referenced with Nielsen and D&B data

6 Richard Buckle, Pyalla Technologies, Research Note, May 2012

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About the Author
  • 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.
  • As a recent college graduate I am new to the world of converged infrastructure, cloud and big data. I am very excited about the innovation HP can bring to the future of mission critical IT.
  • Hello! I am a social media manager for servers, so my posts will be geared towards HP server-related news & info.
  • HP Editor-Enterprise Group: ISS, BCS, Converged Infrastructure (CI), Converged Cloud, Converged App Systems (CAS), and ExpertOne
  • 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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