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August 2006
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August 2006
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» Knowledge to solve your IT challenges
Use the HP Enterprise Library to find the latest news, case studies, white papers, leadership articles, and more.
» DreamWorks animation: Over the hedge
Watch this video on how a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) not only helped in the creation of cutting-edge animated filmmaking, but also improved flexibility while maximising the IT infrastructure.
  » Business in the globalised 24x7 economy
Today’s multinational economy requires innovative global business management strategies. Here are the four key lessons we’ve learned that could give your company an edge.
 
» Mobile employees for global enterprises
At anytime in the office or anywhere in the world, smart wireless solutions empower employees everywhere the business travels.
 
Your features
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» Simplify open source integration
Learn how customers have deployed a wide range of open source, commercial, and hybrid applications across Linux®, HP-UX 11i, and Windows® environments with Open Source Middleware Stacks.
» Get a grip on output management costs!
Rein in your output infrastructure and asset utilisation costs before they run out of control.
» Management software for banking
HP Open Bank is a real-time, 360-degree view of customers, powered by HP OpenView. Read more to find out how to maximise your IT banking environment and see customers clearly across channels. (links to PDF)
» Keep the data centre cool
How can you be sure your printed document doesn’t end up in your competitor’s in-tray?
» Core banking solution brief
Read more about our core banking solution, which uses industry-leading applications from best-of-breed partners and HP’s own services.
» Economical, easy to manage data centres
Compact, easily scalable blade servers reduce data storage’s electrical consumption and require less management while utilising a higher proportion of storage capacity.
» Blades and storage made for each other
HP BladeSystem and StorageWorks solutions have always been built to work together, but now HP is integrating its storage area network (SAN) and blade technologies to get along better than ever.
» Entry-level fault-tolerant computing
Find out how small and mid-sized companies can cost-effectively meet availability and real-time access requirements for critical business applications with the HP Integrity NonStop NS1000 server.
» Four keys to data centre success
What are the most pressing challenges in your data centre today? Chances are they fall into one of the four major areas addressed here.
» Smart IT: What you want when you need it
Want to profit from delivering crucial services, driving innovation and handling the unexpected? Merge business continuity and availability into a single IT strategy.
» Streamline printing for efficient workflows
Learn how HP’s Total Print Management solution helps Indonesian insurer PT Asuransi Astra Buana reduces operating expenses while increasing productivity.
» Keeping your hardcopy data safe
How can you be sure your printed document doesn’t end up in your competitor’s in-tray?
» From hobby store to heat killer
When engineers searched for better ways to power and cool a new server line, they knew it was time to think untraditionally. They found their inspiration in a hobby store.
» Think your IT can’t get better?
You’ve streamlined, consolidated, and reorganised your IT teams to better support business goals. If you think your IT is as good as it can get, read on to find out what’s next.
» Striving for lights-out computing
Learn more about the service offerings designed to move customers towards a lights-out computing environment that can be managed remotely 24 hours a day.
» Resilient IT: Prepare, respond, recover
Get an insider’s view on how a number of organisations have implemented business continuity and availability measures to reduce risks and respond smoothly to the most challenging IT mishaps.
» Data management’s ongoing transformation
Energy efficient, scalable and flexible blade servers are reinventing our concept of data management while empowering business strategy.
» The Real Story on BC&A
This installment of the Real Story series focuses on bringing you the facts on business continuity and high availability.
» Virtual technology, real benefits
Virtualisation is sort of an IT trick that yields tangible benefits. Find out how researchers are trying to achieve greater efficiency and flexibility in the data centre.
» Solutions that accelerate science
Learn more about the technologies of today that are advancing the scientific breakthroughs of tomorrow. (links to a PDF)
» Open-source software for virtualisation
The Xen project from HP Labs aims to develop open-source software for virtualisation and could potentially bring open source to a higher state of being.
» GartnerGroup gives high rating to HP OpenView
GartnerGroup’s evaluation of IT Event Correlation and Analysis applications places HP’s OpenView management software in its "Leaders" quadrant of top IT solutions.
» Tons of tools for a mobile world
HP has introduced more than a dozen products and services designed to make it easy for businesses and consumers to enjoy always-on, always-ready mobile computing.
» Smart storage with ApplQ
With its 2005 acquisition of AppIQ, HP gives companies more control over mix-and-match data storage and the ability to manage data across the enterprise.
» Special report: Business continuity & availability
Interested in how your company can increase uptime, be prepared for disaster recovery, and strive for constant availability? This special report is a collection of articles that may help.
» Breathing new life into old films
Few classic films have been restored because the process is painstaking and costly. But now, HP and Warner Bros. researchers are automating restoration – with spectacular results.
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Improved capabilities
» Update for HP Integrity NonStop
H06.06 is a generally available release version update (RVU) of the HP NonStop Operating System, Mission Critical Edition, supporting HP Integrity NonStop servers. Read about the improved capabilities this RVU offers.
HP NonStop Servlets for JSP v5.0
» Get Java Servlets and JSP functionality
HP NonStop Servlets for JavaServer Pages (JSP) v5.0 Software is now available on HP Integrity NonStop servers. This product delivers easy-to-use Java Servlets and JSP functionality.
Microsoft® Operations Manager 2005
» MOM for Windows® on Integrity
HP is offering two management packs that extend Microsoft® Operations Manager (MOM) 2005, integrating alert processing and hardware resource lifecycle management for ProLiant and Integrity servers.
MPE/iX 7.5 PowerPatch 3
» HP e3000 patch set available
A proactive patch-set for the HP e3000, the MPE/iX 7.5 PowerPatch 3, will help you maximise the value of your HP e3000, and includes defect repairs to improve the features and support of MPE/iX 7.5.
Integrity servers and HP-UX
» HP expands IBM middleware availability
HP and IBM have come together to give customers more choices of IBM middleware running on Integrity servers and HP-UX.
Improved efficiency and performance
» Windows® Server 2003 Scalable Networking Pack
Windows® Server 2003 Scalable Networking Pack enables TCP/IP Offload Engine and Receive-side Scaling for Windows customers with features designed to improve network performance and server efficiency.
HP migration tools and services
» How to transition from Solaris
This short PDF discusses HP migration tools and services that can make the transition from Solaris to HP-UX 11i and Linux® quick and affordable.
HP's Itanium® strategy
» Itanium® for the long haul
Get the inside scoop on how HP's Itanium® strategy addresses the needs of commercial and HPC customers. Integrity systems strike the balance between performance and power consumption requirements.
HP OpenView
» Check out available demos on demand
Learn about the benefits of HP OpenView without leaving your office. The demos are designed for IT staff considering an HP OpenView purchase or technical staff who need to use existing software.

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Your upcoming events
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» Unlocking the strategic value of IT Service Management
» Health Informatics Conference 2006