HP Increases Server Control, Power Efficiency with Latest Dual-core Technology.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif. -- HP (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HPQ HPQ Hewlett-Packard Corporation (NYSE) HPQ High Priority Queue )(Nasdaq:HPQ) today announced that its portfolio of servers and server blades will include models powered by the latest AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. Opteron(TM) processors using dual-core technology. The HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem servers, using Next-Generation AMD Opteron processors, enhance power and cooling efficiency while improving system performance by up to 15 percent.(1) "Quad-core" ready, the servers also help protect the IT investments of customers planning to transition to multi-core technologies. Offering customers enhancements in key areas such as management, networking, storage and virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. , the servers incorporate AMD Opteron 2000 and 8000 Series processors, DDR (Double Data Rate) Refers to an SDRAM memory chip that increases performance by doubling the effective data rate of the frontside bus. For more details, see SDRAM. DDR - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory 2 memory technology and small form factor disk drives. HP is the No. 1 vendor of x86 servers worldwide and the leading provider of AMD Opteron processor-based server and blade systems.(2) "HP has set the standard in offering customers choice and systems innovation for industry-standard x86 platforms that improve data center operations and business efficiency," said James Mouton James Raleigh Mouton was born on December 19, 1968 in Denver, Colorado. He was a former Major League Baseball outfielder who primarily played for the Houston Astros. In addition, the lesser known Mouton also played for the San Diego Padres, Montreal Expos and Milwaukee Brewers. , senior vice president and general manager, Industry Standard Servers, HP. "With today's expansion of our x86 portfolio, our customers are well-positioned to reduce their total cost of ownership while supporting their most demanding application environments." HP systems approach drives customer value Designed for performance and virtualization, HP's balanced system approach maximizes dual-core processor performance today with room for the transition to quad-core in the future. To help increase total system performance for critical applications and virtual server environments, recent architecture enhancements include new HP Smart Array RAID controllers, multifunction networking and increased memory capacity. The servers will use small form factor Serial Attached SCSI See SAS. (SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. ) disk drives, eliminating the need for customers to make multiple drive transitions while simplifying system management needs. The new drives consume half the power of larger models, while improving storage performance and reliability. In addition, HP continues to simplify infrastructure management with high-speed "lights out" remote access with the Integrated Lights-Out 2 management processor and the new HP ProLiant Essentials Server Migration Pack: Physical to ProLiant edition. The migration pack offers existing x86 customers a straightforward, point-and-click process to simplify the transition to new platforms. Both offerings support HP's Unified Infrastructure Management strategy and are easily managed through the HP Systems Insight Manager platform. "In addition to delivering servers that set high standards for power efficiency and control in the enterprise, HP is working with AMD to offer solutions optimized for virtualization, and the results are impressive," said Marty Seyer, senior vice president, Commercial Segment, AMD. "The AMD Opteron processor-based HP ProLiant DL585 has become one of the preferred choices for virtualization among Wall Street IT customers. With a broad array of proven servers and server blades based on Next-Generation AMD Opteron processors, HP and AMD are delivering what data center managers crave most -- predictability and stability with quad-core ready systems that will offer a consistent thermal envelope as they make the transition from dual- to quad-core in 2007." The new x86 processor-based HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem servers featuring the Next-Generation AMD Opteron processors include the HP ProLiant DL385 G2 and DL585 G2 rack-optimized servers and the HP ProLiant BL25p G2, BL45p G2, BL465c and BL685c server blades. The BL465c and BL685c server blades are HP's first AMD Opteron processor-based platforms for its breakthrough c-Class blade architecture announced on June 14. Further, the new BL685c is the BladeSystem c-Class version and sister product of the industry's best-selling best·sell·er also best seller n. A product, such as a book, that is among those sold in the largest numbers. best 4P blade, the BL45p. AMD Opteron processor-powered HP Workstations Since its introduction last year, the HP xw9300 Workstation, featuring the AMD Opteron processor, has been recognized and trusted by customers with intensive computing demands for its powerful performance and enhanced visualization capabilities. HP will continue its commitment to provide workstation customers with the latest in technology innovation and computing performance based on the Next-Generation AMD Opteron 2000 Series processor architecture. HP BladeSystem partner program gains momentum The HP BladeSystem Solution Builder Program, which connects hundreds of leading independent software and hardware vendors, systems integrators and value-added resellers to build and deliver tools to server blade customers, announced a solution for Oracle(R) Real Application Clusters 10g and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux (often abbreviated to RHEL) is a Linux distribution produced by Red Hat and targeted toward the commercial market, including mainframes. Red Hat commits to supporting each version of RHEL for 7 years after its release. for both current and forthcoming BL25p and BL45p server blades. The solution offers customers scalability and 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. by running packaged or custom applications unchanged in a cluster of server blades. In addition, customers can add or remove a server blade to the cluster without taking users offline. To deliver the Oracle 10g See Oracle database. RAC See remote access concentrator. solution to customers, new channel partners joining the Solution Builder Program include Agilysys, Lilien Systems, Logicalis, Melillo Consulting and Virtus Partners. In total, the program's membership now exceeds 115 companies. Pricing and availability The dual-core HP ProLiant DL145, DL385, DL585, BL25p, BL45p, BL465c and BL685c are expected to be available later this year. Pricing will be available then. More information on HP ProLiant servers and HP BladeSystem technology is available at www.hp.com/go/proliant and www.hp.com/go/bladesystem, respectively. More information on the HP BladeSystem Solution Builder Program is available at www.hp.com/go/solutionbuilder. About HP HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging and printing. For the four fiscal quarters ended April 30, 2006, HP revenue totaled $88.9 billion. More information about HP is available at www.hp.com. Note to editors: HP news releases are available via RSS feed Summaries of Web site content that are published in the RSS format for download. See RSS. at www.hp.com/hpinfo/rss.html. (1) In online transaction processing See transaction processing and OLCP. , the HP ProLiant DL585 G2 delivers unmatched performance with more than 15 percent gain in performance over the DL585 G1. (2) IDC, "Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker," May 2006. AMD Opteron is a trademark of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 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Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include the achievement of expected results and other risks that are described from time to time in HP's Securities and Exchange Commission reports, including but not limited to the risks described in HP's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2006, and other reports filed after HP's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the fiscal year ended Oct. 31, 2005. HP assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements. (C) 2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. 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