Altiris Joins Compaq in Delivering Fully Integrated Rapid Deployment Solution for New Compaq ProLiant BL e-Class Server Blades.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers LINDON, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2002 Joint Development Extends IT Resources with Hands-Free Rapid Deployment and Provisioning Solutions that Maximize Dynamic, Scalable Blade Server A server architecture that houses multiple server modules ("blades") in a single chassis. It is widely used in datacenters to save space and improve system management. Either self-standing or rack mounted, the chassis provides the power supply, and each blade has its own CPU, memory and Environments Altiris(R) Inc., a leader in systems management solutions that reduce the total cost of owning information technology, today joined Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CPQ CPQ Compaq CPQ Conseil du Patronat du Québec (Canada) CPQ Configure-Price-Quote CPQ Conseil de Presse du Québec (Québec Press Council, Canada) CPQ Companion Parrot Quarterly ) in announcing Compaq ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack, a solution that delivers hands-free rapid deployment and provisioning for the new Compaq ProLiant BL e-Class server blades One blade in a blade server. See blade server. , as well as the entire ProLiant server line. Co-developed with Compaq, the ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack is a fully integrated combination of Altiris' industry-defining server deployment and provisioning technology with Compaq SmartStart Scripting Toolkit technology, designed to enable customers to adapt to constantly changing business environments and to maximize valuable resources. "The Compaq ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack gives IT administrators the agility they need to fully exploit their hardware resources, as well as increase the efficiency of their IT personnel," said Greg Butterfield, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Altiris. "Compaq ProLiant BL e-Class server blades can be quickly and easily deployed and redeployed in minutes, from a single console, to fit the changing needs of the organization and their customers." "Customers must be able to adapt to dynamic business models, scarce resources, and their own customers' increasing expectations," said Vince Gayman, vice president, High Availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. and Management, Compaq Industry Standard Server Group. "By joining forces with Altiris to develop enhanced rapid, remote server deployment tools in conjunction with the development of the new Compaq ProLiant BL Line of servers, we can enable customers to address critical deployment and provisioning requirements in hyper-dense server architectures -- or any ProLiant server architecture." The jointly developed Rapid Deployment Pack (which includes RapiDeploy(R)) completely automates time and resource intensive tasks such as deployment, system software maintenance and provisioning. Complete configuration can be done from a central console including preparing a drive and installing the server operating system See network operating system. . All this is accomplished with a simple drag-and-drop process and with no manual intervention A procedure used in a lawsuit by which the court allows a third person who was not originally a party to the suit to become a party, by joining with either the plaintiff or the defendant. . The solution is designed to work across different Compaq ProLiant servers and can be easily customized for different hardware environments. With the Compaq ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack, servers can be removed, reinserted and deployed automatically with little or no downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. . In addition, when using role-based server policies, servers can be replaced and automatically redeployed with the same administrator-defined role as the previous server in minutes. The solution also saves time by allowing Compaq ProLiant BL e-Class server blades to be identified by server name or physical location from a central console. If a server needs to be serviced or replaced, this feature increases the efficiency of the support staff in locating the right server and getting to it quickly. This is especially important for corporate customers and service providers with multiple customers and multiple data centers. Pricing and Availability The Compaq ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack is available immediately. For additional information, please visit www.compaq.com. About Altiris Altiris Inc. offers a full line of Web-enabled solutions that empower empower verb To encourage or provide a person with the means or information to become involved in solving his/her own problems organizations to easily manage desktops, notebooks, handhelds and servers throughout the IT lifecycle. Altiris is uniquely positioned to provide fully integrated, complete systems management solutions including deployment and migration, software operations management Operations management is an area of business that is concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. , inventory and asset management, and help desk management. Altiris' core technologies greatly reduce the cost and complexity of owning IT resources. For more information visit www.altiris.com. Altiris and RapiDeploy are registered trademarks of Altiris Inc. The other company names or products mentioned are or may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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