Its an Accounting Program and you pay for what you use. When you need a lot
extra for a short period of time it is available to you for a price.

That's my take on it.....The old mainframe acct pkg.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Lee [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 11:02 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: [HP3000-L] OT: HP virtual adaptive enterprises
>
> Excuse my apparent ignorance, but can someone translate this press
> announcement for me?  Just what are they driving at?  What does this
> software do?
>
> Thanking everyone in advance,
>
> John Lee
>
>
>
> At 08:48 AM 12/5/03 EST, Wirt Atmar wrote:
> >Once again it appears that MPE people have shown the way to the future
> for
> >the rest of HP with their creation of "virtual CSY". Based on my
> interpretation
> >of the content of a press release that HP put out yesterday, CSY's
> success is
> >apparently going to be the model for the remainder of HP's Adaptive
> Enterprise
> >initiative (once you read past the marketspeak in the announcement):
> >
> >=======================================
> >HP Delivers New Virtualization Offerings from Desktop to Data Center
> >
> >PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--12/04/2003--HP customers Volkswagen
> >Credit and U.S. Steel realize cost savings and agility benefits of HP
> Adaptive
> >Enterprise solutions
> >
> >   HP (NYSE:<A HREF="aol://4785:HPQ">HPQ</A>) today expanded its
> portfolio of
> >virtualization offerings with new technologies and services. HP's
> holistic
> >approach to virtualization creates an environment where information
> technology
> >(IT) resources are pooled and shared so utilization is optimized and
> supply
> >automatically meets demand.
> >
> >   The offerings build on the HP Adaptive Enterprise strategy to
> synchronize
> >business and IT to capitalize on change. Virtualization enables customers
> to
> >simultaneously drive down IT costs while increasing business agility,
> that
> is,
> >their ability to respond rapidly to changes in market conditions or
> customer
> >demands. Customers Volkswagen Credit and U.S. Steel, for example, are
> already
> >recognizing the benefits of using HP's virtual desktop solution.
> >
> >   HP's new virtualization offerings include a solution that bridges the
> gap
> >between traditional desktop computing and server-based computing models,
> >giving customers the ability to virtualize their corporate desktop
> systems. The HP
> >Consolidated Client Infrastructure solution is significantly easier to
> >maintain and delivers a much lower total cost of ownership than
> traditional PCs -
> >with an average cost saving of $1,200 per user per year, and up to 50
> percent
> >total savings over a four-year lifecycle.
> >
> >   To deliver greater business value to enterprises, HP is increasing its
> >focus on virtualization technologies, services and partnerships,
> including
> work
> >with BEA Systems and Oracle. HP is enabling companies to dynamically grow
> and
> >shrink server resources to meet service-level objectives by optimizing
> its
> >Virtual Server Environment solution for BEA WebLogic Server 8.1 and
> Oracle9i
> >Database.
> >
> >   (More detailed information on HP's virtualization offerings is
> available
> >at www.hp.com/go/virtualization/presskit).
> >
> >   According to a recent report by Gartner, by 2008, enterprises that do
> not
> >leverage virtualization technologies will spend 25 percent more annually
> for
> >hardware, software, labor and space for Intel(R) servers and 15 percent
> more on
> >the same for RISC servers (0.7 probability).(1)
> >
> >   "For years, customers have operated with siloed infrastructures that
> are
> >over-provisioned, inflexible and expensive," said Nora Denzel, senior
> vice
> >president, HP Adaptive Enterprise. "As demand increases for
> virtualization
> >solutions, we expect data center utilization rates to double and the
> market for
> >virtualization software to reach $3 billion by 2006."
> >
> >   In November, HP built on its Adaptive Enterprise strategy with new
> >management services and software products to help chief information
> officers run IT
> >as a business and automate the dynamic link between business and IT. HP's
> >holistic approach to virtualization complements its management offerings
> with
> >people, processes and technologies.
> >
> >   HP has extended its IT consolidation solution with powerful
> virtualization
> >offerings and brings its experience and services capabilities to help
> >customers realize the business benefits of virtualization. To date, HP
> has
> shipped
> >more than 250,000 virtualization software licenses.
> >
> >   "Enterprises should start now to build a multiyear strategy for
> >virtualization," said Tom Bittman, vice president, Gartner. "Furthermore,
> they should
> >understand the virtualization offerings and strategies of their IT
> vendors
> and
> >make that a part of their overall IT selection process."
> >
> >=========================================
> >
> >Wirt Atmar
> >
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