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The notion of changing your underlying IT platform may cause your heart to skip a beat. Understandably. Then comes a startling event: HP is replacing its in-house chip, PA-RISC with servers based on Itanium®. This means you have to decide whether to stay on your current end-of-life platform or transition to the new platform.
But the question is what new platform? HP isn't offering you a choice. IBM offers the choices you need to run your business
Leading, not lagging, technology
Unlike HP’s decision to focus on a single architecture, IBM can offer the best IT solution for your business needs through a flexible choice of systems — a choice from the industry's richest and most scalable portfolio of server and storage offerings. Reduce complexity — with a partner you can trust
A move to IBM Systems can have a far-reaching effect on IT-reducing complexity, enhancing staff productivity and mitigating risk�ensuring a resilient infrastructure that can boost the impact IT has on the business while also addressing the critical requirements for high availability, disaster recovery, security and service management.
As a trusted partner — IBM can help you leverage technology advancements so you can realise innovation now. Not just in using technology to make things "run faster" but in truly changing how you run your business. You can read some migration success stories here.
Migrating from an HP platform can be an easy, well-traveled road. With IBM’s broad range of offerings, you can choose the system that is the best enabler for your business and IT objectives.
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Business needs |
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Migration pathways |
| Large enterprise and mid-market HP customers running UNIX and Linux |
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UNIX and Linux application support; reduce risk of system obsolescence; superior TCO. |
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IBM System p:The System p 570 offers extraordinary performance and scalability |
| Microsoft SQL users who are experiencing or anticipating rapid, extensive or unpredictable growth of their database. |
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An affordable and scalable SQL Server 2005 platform to replace HP Xeon MP or other Itanium based server platforms |
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IBM System x: x3950, scaleable to 32 sockets |
| Microsoft SQL users planning to migrate to SQL Server 2005 and need more processing 'head room' |
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A scalable SQL Server 2005 platform for any Microsoft SQL server configuration |
| HP Entry Integrity (rx1620, rx2620) HP Alpha servers |
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UNIX or Linux applications on a platform with enterprise-class functionality |
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IBM BladeCenter: JS21
AIXL 5.3 or Linux on Power |
| HP 3000, HPTC Clusters and DIGITAL servers |
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Reduced space requirements |
| HP BladeSystem |
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Integration in a rack with other x86 Blades |
| Large enterprise and mid-market HP customers with installed mainframes who are also running UNIX and/or Linux on HP Entry Integrity (rx1620, rx2620), HP Alpha servers, HP 3000, HPTC Clusters and DIGITAL servers, Architects, DC managers and CIOs with Non-Stops and multiple HP 3000 installed in need of consolidation |
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Reduce cost and complexity of underutilised servers; gain high levels of security and resiliency. |
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IBM System z: z9 BC, z9 EC Specialty engines (zIIP, zAAP) |
| Large enterprise and mid-market System i clients who also have HP servers installed (HP Integrity/HP9000/HP3000) |
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Reduce IT costs; increase business agility; simplification through consolidation |
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IBM System i: 520, 550, 570, 595
AIX 5L, Linux |
| Medium and large enterprise HP customers who are migrating their servers and need to ensure their storage supports changing business needs in a responsive, cost-effective way. |
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Simplify IT complexity; help protect current investments while accommodating growth; scalable storage that delivers on demand data access. |
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IBM System Storage :The DS4000 family offers extraordinary performance and TCO |
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1 Source: http://www.tpc.org/
Results current as of 9/06/06. IBM TPC-C result of 4,033,378 tpmC, $2.97 on a 64-core (32 processor chips, 128 threads) 2.3GHz POWER5+ System p5-595 (configuration planned to be available 12/20/06) running DB2 9.1 on AIX 5L V5.3 vs. HP TPC-C result of 1,231,433 tpmC, $4.82/tpmC on a 64-core (64 chips, 64 threads) 1.6GHz Intel® Itanium® 2 Integrity Superdome (configuration available 6/05/06)
2 IBM Solutions centres worldwide:
http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/briefingcenter;
http://www.ibm.com/systems/services/index.html;
http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/services/featured/hardware_assist.html
3 In 1990, the first computers from IBM to incorporate the Power Architecture™ technology were called the "RISC System/6000®" or "RS/6000."
http://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/history/year_1990.html
4 Customer Perceptions of the Future of Itanium, IDC 2006
“HP is using Itanium to gradually replace its in-house chip, PA-RISC, the last model of which HP introduced in 2005... Among the PA-RISC customers not planning to adopt Itanium, systems with Intel's Xeon processor are the most likely alternative, expected to be used in 38 percent of cases.”
http://news.com.com/Analyst+firm+offers+rosy+view+of+Itanium/2100-1006
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