HP Teams With Microsoft to Offer SP-in-a-box Solution to Accelerate Delivery of Web-enabled Applications and Services.High Tech Writers 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.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2000 Hewlett-Packard Company today announced a multiyear agreement with Microsoft(R) Corp. to cooperatively market, sell and support Internet-enabling solutions for service providers creating applications and services over the Internet. The Service Provider-in-a-Box (SP-in-a-Box) solution will incorporate both HP and Microsoft products and next-generation technologies, all based on Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. (R) Server and Windows 2000 Server, to support Application Service Provider (ASP) "apps-on-tap," mobility and interactive WebTV solutions. The SP-in-a-Box integrated solution allows SPs to create new services quickly while delivering on service level agreements (SLAs). This innovative Web-hosting and applications-hosting framework includes HP NetServer systems and storage hardware integrated with Microsoft's NT Server and Windows 2000, as well as Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition and Microsoft Commercial Internet System (MCIS (Microsoft Commercial Internet System) A family of Web server software products from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT and works with Internet Information Server (IIS). ). Service providers will experience faster time to market, an expanded market reach and a better return on investment with these pre-integrated and pre-tested solutions. In addition, service providers can prioritize Web traffic with HP WebQoS, monitor Internet usage and easily bill for services with HP Smart Internet Usage and Portal's Infranet, manage services with ease while maintaining their integrity with HP OpenView HP OpenView was a Hewlett Packard product range consisting of an extensive portfolio of network and systems management products. In 2007 the entire HP OpenView portfolio was rebranded under the strengthened HP Software name. and Agilent Firehunter. This complete solution allows service providers to concentrate on their core businesses and quickly provision new services at lower costs -- both of which are critical to success in today's competitive market. "Our experience in providing mission-critical infrastructure solutions to service providers gives us a unique perspective into the business, technology and service needs of the market," said Eric Buatois, general manager of HP's Communications Industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. Business Unit. "By incorporating HP and Microsoft technology, the SP-in-a-Box pre-integrated solution offers a lower cost of ownership with a faster time to market, ideal for service providers for whom value-added services A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. are the differentiators." The SP-in-a-Box solution enables service providers to offer their customers a wide array of Windows NT-and Windows 2000-based applications without the need for large investment in specialized IT resources. The Windows(R) platform provides a high level of scalability, reliability and management features that enable service providers to deploy application services See ASP and Web services. quickly and cost effectively. "Microsoft aims to help service providers establish new and differentiated revenue-generating e-services to address critical service delivery and management issues," said Jeff Raikes, group vice president, Worldwide Sales and Support, Microsoft. "By providing integrated solutions that allow service providers to offer more and better services to their customers, HP and Microsoft are turbo-charging the market for e-service solutions." HP's experienced Services and Support Organization offers solution design, planning and implementation services that enable companies to rapidly build and deploy a cost-effective service infrastructure at lower risk with faster time to revenue. HP will train service providers and support them around the clock with HP's Mission Critical Support. In addition to helping service providers build and run their businesses, HP is offering innovative financing packages, such as pay-per-use plans. Service providers who want the capability to view, test and benchmark applications on the HP and Microsoft solutions can take advantage of the Microsoft Partners Solution Center (MPSC MPSC Michigan Public Service Commission MPSC Missouri Public Service Commission MPSC Mississippi Public Service Commission MPSC Maryland Public Service Commission MPSC Maharashtra Public Service Commission MPSC Microsoft Partner Solution Center ). HP is a sponsoring partner of the MPSC and has dedicated technical staff and equipment on hand to create custom solutions for customers using leading-edge HP infrastructure and Microsoft products. More information on the MPSC can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/ISN/mpsc/default.asp. About HP's Communications Industry Business Unit HP supplies communications IT infrastructure to every Fortune 500 communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. in the world today. HP and its partners deliver management, network intelligence, billing, customer-care, and value-added services solutions for UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (R) and Windows NT-based system platforms, enabling service providers to migrate from network- to customer-focused business models as the Internet and telephony worlds converge. About HP Hewlett-Packard Company -- a leading global provider of computing and imaging solutions and services for business and home -- is focused on capitalizing on the opportunities of the Internet and the proliferation proliferation /pro·lif·er·a·tion/ (pro-lif?er-a´shun) the reproduction or multiplication of similar forms, especially of cells.prolif´erativeprolif´erous pro·lif·er·a·tion n. of electronic services. HP plans to spin off Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. and distribute its shares to HP shareowners by mid-calendar year 2000. Agilent consists of HP's test and measurement, semiconductor products, chemical analysis and healthcare solutions businesses, and has leading positions in multiple market segments. HP has 85,400 employees worldwide and had total revenue from continuing operations continuing operations Parts of a business that are expected to be maintained as an ongoing segment of an overall business operation. Income and losses from continuing operations are reported separately if any segments have been discontinued during the of $42.4 billion in its 1999 fiscal year. Information about HP and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com. Microsoft, Windows NT are Windows are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. UNIX is a registered trademark of the Open Group. |
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