To: Diamond Jim who wrote (58180 ) 6/17/1998 4:04:00 PM From: Diamond Jim Respond to of 186894
JUN 17, 1998, M2 Communications - Hewlett-Packard Company today announced that its HP OpenView enterprise-management solutions will support HP's future IA-64 (Intel Architecture, 64-bit) based systems. HP OpenView will be HP's premier management solution for IA-64 environments. "It is our goal to provide best-in-class enterprise-management solutions to help our customers solve their problems and realize the business benefits of their IT investments," said Olivier Helleboid, general manager of HP's OpenView Software Division. "We will continue to work with Intel and other partners to ensure HP customers have the most flexible, scalable and high-quality enterprise-management solutions available." HP and Intel co-developed EPIC (Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing), the technology foundation for IA-64. HP believes that IA-64 will enable unification of UNIX and Windows NT operating systems on a common architecture and intends to offer IA-64 systems with both operating systems to enterprise customers. Customers will be able to manage IA-64 systems with HP OpenView enterprise solutions in HP-UX(1) or Windows NT environments. HP intends to lead the way in IA-64-based systems management. "HP's enterprise customers have benefited from the performance and scalability of HP 9000 Enterprise Servers and HP NetServer systems, and we expect that HP's future IA-64-based systems will provide an even higher level of performance," said Bill Russell, HP vice president and general manager of the Enterprise Systems Group. "HP OpenView's support of IA-64-based systems will enable customers to scale their current solutions and maximize the return on their IT investments." Recently, HP and Intel announced that HP OpenView Network Node Manager, HP's flagship network-management solution, would offer expanded network-management support for and integration with a range of Intel management solutions and Intel's Wired for Management initiative. Intel is a member of the HP OpenView Premier Partner Program. About HP OpenView HP's OpenView offers users integrated network, system, application and database management for multivendor distributed-computing environments. Solutions consist of a broad portfolio of management products from HP and HP OpenView partners, complemented by a complete set of services to help customers improve IT service and reduce operating costs. HP is one of the world's largest producers of network- and systems-management products, with HP OpenView installed in more than 100,000 networks around the world. HP and more than 200 OpenView partners offer management solutions on all major platforms, including Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, HP-UX and Sun Solaris systems. About HP HP is the official information-technology hardware and maintenance supplier to the 1998 World Cup soccer tournament. Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global provider of computing, Internet and intranet solutions, services, communications products and measurement solutions, all of which are recognized for excellence in quality and support. HP has 125,300 employees and had revenue of $42.9 billion in its 1997 fiscal year.