HP Introduces World’s First Blade Server for 24/7 Mission-critical Computing

HP today introduced the industry’s first high-availability, fault-tolerant blade server, delivering the lowest total cost of ownership of any server in its class.

The new HP Integrity NonStop NB50000c BladeSystem supports high transaction volumes and provides real-time response capabilities in a cost-effective design.

By combining the high-availability features of HP Integrity NonStop with the cost, change, time and energy efficiencies of HP BladeSystem, the Integrity NonStop BladeSystem is an ideal replacement platform for mainframe applications in industries such as finance, public sector and telecommunications.

Using the same amount of power as existing NonStop server offerings, the NB50000c delivers twice the performance and occupies half the data center space. Additionally, the NonStop BladeSystem offers 35 percent lower total cost of ownership than competing offerings and up to a 50 percent decrease in cost per transaction.

With this addition to its server blade portfolio, HP is the first company in the industry to offer a full array of blade solutions for businesses ranging from midsize to those requiring 24/7 availability.

“The new Integrity NonStop BladeSystem provides 24/7 business availability and scalability to our customers through the economies of a bladed form factor,” said Ann Livermore, executive vice president, Technology Solutions Group, HP. “This is yet another example of how HP enables customers to manage and transform their technology for better business outcomes.”

Modular, 24/7 mission-critical computing

The world’s leading stock exchanges, emergency services and telecommunications companies rely on Integrity NonStop to support high volumes of mission-critical transaction processing. The Integrity NonStop BladeSystem offers a new way to transition customers’ most-demanding applications onto a highly efficient, modular form factor.

“We’re looking for performance,” said John Hart, managing director of technology engineering at CME Group, the parent company of the merged Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade. “We expect the blade environment to help us take advantage of faster processing speeds and immediately apply that to the [CME] Globex trading platform. We expect to see improvement in cost per transaction, throughput and response time, with additional gains as the system is tuned. The blade environment is also more compact; it will use less space in our data center, and space is a premium for us.”

The NonStop operating environment offered on a standards-based blade design ensures the highest levels of reliability. Its fault-containment design protects data while error-recovery features eliminate downtime.

Key features and customer benefits of the new HP Integrity NonStop BladeSystem include:

• double the processing power in half the physical footprint through multi-core technology and HP BladeSystem;
• reduced administrative costs with enhanced system management tools such as HP Integrity Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2), HP Systems Insight Manager and the Onboard Administrator for HP BladeSystem;
• patented 24/7 fault-tolerant software built on standard components for reduced cost of ownership.

New incentive program helps customers trade up to blades

More information on HP Integrity NonStop is available at www.hp.com/go/nonstop and more information on HP BladeSystem is available at www.hp.com/go/bladesystem.

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HP to Acquire EDS for $13.9 Billion

HP and EDS today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement under which HP will purchase EDS at a price of $25.00 per share, or an enterprise value of approximately $13.9 billion. The terms of the transaction have been unanimously approved by the HP and EDS boards of directors.

The transaction is expected to close in the second half of calendar year 2008 and to more than double HP's services revenue, which amounted to $16.6 billion in fiscal 2007. The companies' collective services businesses, as of the end of each company's 2007 fiscal year, had annual revenues of more than $38 billion and 210,000 employees, doing business in more than 80 countries.

HP intends to establish a new business group, to be branded EDS - an HP company, which will be headquartered at EDS's existing executive offices in Plano, Texas. HP plans that EDS will continue to be led after the deal closes by EDS Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Ronald A. Rittenmeyer, who will join HP's executive council and report to Mark Hurd, HP's chairman and chief executive officer.

HP anticipates that the transaction will be accretive to fiscal 2009 non-GAAP earnings and accretive to 2010 GAAP earnings. Significant synergies are expected as a result of the combination.

"The combination of HP and EDS will create a leading force in global IT services," said Hurd. "Together, we will be a stronger business partner, delivering customers the broadest, most competitive portfolio of products and services in the industry. This reinforces our commitment to help customers manage and transform their technology to achieve better results."

Rittenmeyer said, "First and foremost, this is a great transaction for our stockholders, providing tremendous value in the form of a significant premium to our stock price. It's also beneficial to our customers, as the combination of our two global companies and the collective skills of our employees will drive innovation and enhance value for them in a wide range of industries. In addition, our Agility Alliance will be significantly strengthened."

Acquiring EDS advances HP's stated objective of strengthening its services business. The specific service offerings delivered by the combined companies are: IT outsourcing, including data center services, workplace services, networking services and managed security; business process outsourcing, including health claims, financial processing, CRM and HR outsourcing; applications, including development, modernization and management; consulting and integration; and technology services. The combination will provide extensive experience in offering solutions to customers in the areas of government, healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, energy, transportation, communications, and consumer industries and retail.

Under the terms of the merger agreement, EDS stockholders will receive $25.00 for each share of EDS common stock that they hold at the closing of the merger. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt of domestic and foreign regulatory approvals and the approval of EDS's stockholders.

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HP to Acquire Canberra Based Document & Records Management Company Tower Software

HP and Tower Software announced that they have signed a pre-bid agreement for HP to acquire Tower, a document and records management software company based in Canberra, Australia.

The deal will enable HP to expand its offerings in the fast-growing electronic discovery and compliance software market.

The acquisition of Tower will add electronic records management to HP Software’s existing e-discovery and compliance capabilities in information collection and retention. This includes both records management and identification,which have become increasingly important for organization due to rules and regulations such as the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Data Protection and Freedom of Information Acts.

Under an existing alliance between the companies, Tower TRIM Context has been integrated with the HP Integrated Archive Platform to provide customers with a combined records management and compliance archiving solution.

Combining HP’s and Tower’s overall software capabilities will enable customers to rapidly identify electronic business records from general business communication, collect those business records in a scalable and high-performance archive platform and preserve them for long-term future use in legal discovery or compliance activities.

“In reaction to increased business regulation, electronic records management has moved from a back-office task to a business-critical function,” said Robin Purohit, vice president and general manager, Information Management, Software, HP. “The combination of the HP and Tower software portfolios is expected to be hugely beneficial to the legal and IT organizations of businesses all over the world.”

The addition of Tower also is expected to enable HP Software to address the growing Microsoft® SharePoint compliance and e-discovery opportunities. Content stored in Microsoft SharePoint is coming under increased scrutiny from litigators, legal counsels and compliance officers involved in legal discovery, corporate governance or regulatory compliance.

Tower has more than 22 years of paper and electronic records management experience and serves approximately 1,000 customers with more than 780,000 users in 32 countries.

“The combination of HP and Tower will allow us to scale and provide our customers with a comprehensive portfolio of enterprise information and IT management software solutions,” said Martin Harwood, chief executive officer, Tower Software. “We have partnered with HP for years, so today’s news is exciting because we will now be able to enhance how we serve our joint customers and partners.”

The board of directors of Tower has unanimously approved the transaction and recommends that Tower shareholders accept HP’s offer in the absence of a higher third-party offer.

Additionally, the three largest shareholders of Tower, Quadrant Private Equity, Brand Hoff and Martin Harwood, have advised Tower that they and their associated interests intend to accept HP’s offer in the absence of a higher third-party offer. Between them, Quadrant Private Equity, Brand Hoff and Martin Harwood have an interest in more than 90 percent of Tower shares.

“When I founded Tower more than 20 years ago, we set out to develop the world’s best records and document management software. By joining forces with HP – one of the world’s largest technology companies – we expect to take TRIM Context to the broader global market,” said Brand Hoff, founder, Tower Software. “This will mark a new era for Tower’s customers, employees and partners. I am pleased to fully support this transaction and encourage our Tower shareholders to accept HP’s offer, in the absence of a higher third-party offer.”

The acquisition will be conducted by means of an off-market takeover bid for all of the outstanding shares of Tower. The takeover offer is subject to a number of conditions, including regulatory approvals, and is expected to close in the second quarter of calendar year 2008. See Appendix A below for more details.

More information is available at www.hp.com/go/tower and detailed information will be provided to Tower shareholders in the bidder’s statement to be issued by HP.

About Tower Software

Tower was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Canberra, Australia, with additional offices in Australia, North America and Europe. Tower has 240 employees. Tower develops and markets enterprise content management software and solutions, primarily for regulated and government industries. Tower’s software products include electronic document and records management, business process automation, web content management, document capture and assembly, collaboration and information management solutions.

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Opportunity for Small Businesses in US to Build their Brand

HP today launched a contest that will award one small business in the United States with an opportunity to work with professional graphic designers to build their brand.

Four out of five small businesses in the United States have attempted to differentiate themselves in the marketplace; however, most say they are unsure on how to stand out.(1)

The “What do you have to say?” Small Business Contest aims to help U.S. small businesses with their branding challenges. The winner will receive a Logoworks by HP “Start Up Package,” valued at $1,499, to help refresh or create their brand image as well as an HP Color LaserJet CP3505dn printer and a comprehensive supplies package.

Additionally, two finalists will receive in-house printing packages to help affordably produce brilliant, professional-quality marketing materials in house.

The “What do you have to say?” Small Business Contest builds on HP’s marketing campaign of the same name, which provides customers with online tools to help them mash, create and publish digital content in new, exciting ways.

The contest runs now through Feb. 28 and is open to small businesses with 99 employees or less located in the continental United States, Alaska and Hawaii. The grand prize winner’s and finalists’ entries will be posted online following the close of the contest. No purchase is necessary to win.

To submit an entry and for more details on terms and conditions of the contest, visit www.hp.com/go/brandcontest.

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HP Acquires Atos Origin Middle East Group to Broaden Systems Integration Business

HP today announced that is has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Atos Origin Middle East group, also known as “AOME,” one of the Middle East’s leading systems integrators, to broaden its consulting and integration capacity in the region.

AOME, an independent group of companies headquartered in Bahrain, employs more than 450 people primarily in its offices in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Libya, and is the region’s leading implementer of SAP projects.

“The Middle East is one of our fastest growing markets and this acquisition expands our ability to better service the needs of our customers,” said Ken Willett, vice president and managing director, Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa, HP. “In addition, AOME’s proven ability to design, deploy and support large-scale enterprise resource planning systems based on SAP will help us capitalize on this fast-growing market.“

The acquisition is expected to deliver three key strategic assets to HP: enhancement of the company’s SAP capabilities in the Middle East; reinforcement of HP’s expertise in two key market segments – the public sector and oil and gas; and, the extension of HP’s geographic presence into Libya and Qatar.

“This is an exciting day for all of us at AOME. Joining HP’s professional services team gives AOME the ability to be globally supported technically, gives us the financial strength to be able to better support our clients, and allows us to compete for large infrastructure projects in the region,” said Ferras Zalt, chief executive officer, AOME. “AOME’s consulting skills with HP’s global reach and knowledge will help our clients in the region meet their business challenges.”

The acquisition is subject to certain customary closing conditions. The transaction is expected to be completed in November.

About AOME

The Atos Origin Middle East group is a leading systems integrator in the Middle East. Its consulting and system integration capabilities include design, development and delivery of mission-critical application packages, application development, integration with backend legacy systems, issuance and management of secure digital identity systems. System integration services cover the full range of design, set-up, customization, training and development. In the field of managed operations, the company offers IT and application management.

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HP Unlocks the Printable Web for Millions of Internet Users

HP today announced new relationships and print capabilities with several major web properties – including Disney.com, Windows Live Spaces, Flickr and the Graffiti Application for Facebook – to make it easy for people to print relevant, customized content from the web.

The relationships, the latest development in HP’s Print 2.0 strategy, will offer Internet users new and enhanced printing options to control what they print and how they print it.

HP is using Web 2.0 technologies such as those developed by Tabblo, a company HP acquired in March. HP unveiled its strategy to improve web printing in May and announced new partners and tools in August. To date, the company has print-enabled a variety of leading websites, from entertainment to travel.

“People are frustrated with printing from the web – it’s often wasteful and rarely do the pages print with the information laid out on the page the way you want,” said Vyomesh Joshi, executive vice president, Imaging and Printing Group, HP. “HP has the technology and the expertise to create a web-printing experience that’s relevant, empowering customers to transform their personal content in new and exciting ways.”

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HP Closes Neoware Acquisition

HP today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Neoware Inc., a provider of thin client computing and virtualization solutions, at a fully diluted, enterprise value (net of cash) basis of approximately $214 million.

With the acquisition of King of Prussia, Pa.-based Neoware, HP plans to use the best of both companies’ technologies to create thin clients that are easier to deploy, more secure and more affordable. The deal will also extend HP’s regional sales reach.

Thin clients provide a higher level of security, can reduce maintenance costs, and consume less electricity compared to other desk-based computing products because they contain no local data, no moving parts, utilize low-power components and connect over a network to remote blade PCs and servers where data processing and storage occurs.

“The integration of Neoware will enable us to offer the industry’s broadest portfolio of remote client solutions that deliver the most secure, reliable and easily managed computing infrastructure available today,” said Kevin Frost, vice president, Business Desktops, Personal Systems Group, HP. “Our top priority is to ensure that Neoware and HP deliver uncompromised product and business continuity to our combined customers.“

Prior to the acquisition, HP was the worldwide leader in each of the Microsoft Windows® XPe, Windows CE and Linux thin client categories. Acquiring Neoware is expected to boost HP’s thin-client business in the areas of Linux software, client virtualization and customization capabilities.

Under the terms of the merger agreement, Neoware stockholders will receive $16.25 for each share of Neoware stock that they held at the closing of the acquisition and the company will be integrated into the Business Desktop unit of HP’s Personal Systems Group.

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HP Unveils Print 2.0 – a New Era for Printing

HP today introduced a breakthrough printing technology, new web-based printing services, an expanded portfolio of printers and imaging products, and a host of alliances and relationships that serve the growing markets outlined in the company’s Print 2.0 strategy.

In conjunction with the announcements, the company unveiled a $300 million global marketing campaign, called “What do you have to say?,” that enables users to mash up their content with free, exclusive content from singer/fashion designer Gwen Stefani, Burton Snowboards founder Jake Burton and celebrated graphic designer Paula Scher.

HP’s Print 2.0 strategy focuses on three areas: delivering a next-generation digital printing platform that increases print speeds and lowers the cost of printing for high-volume commercial markets; making it easier to print from the web; and extending HP’s digital content creation and publishing platforms across all customer segments.

HP is executing Print 2.0 while continuing to drive innovation across its core printing business – an overall strategy designed to accelerate the company’s ability to capture a more significant portion of the 53 trillion pages expected to be printed by 2010.

“Today we’re igniting growth across every single part of our business and introducing market-leading imaging and printing solutions for consumers, small and medium businesses, the graphic arts community and enterprise customers,” said Vyomesh Joshi, executive vice president, Imaging and Printing Group, HP. “With Print 2.0, we’re leveraging the power of the web as a gateway for our customers to communicate, collaborate and publish their content in ways they could not before.”

With Print 2.0, HP is embedding print services in popular websites, making it easier for people to print usable pages. To this end, HP has formed alliances with Flickr, Windows® Live Spaces and Yahoo!.

Highlights include:

• Flickr plans to integrate HP’s Tabblo technology with its site this fall to help members create highly customized print “products” such as photo books, collages and photo cubes. Flickr members will have the option of repurposing their photos for quick and convenient home printing or ordering their own high-quality book or poster through a service provider that uses the latest HP Indigo digital press technology for offset-quality professional results.
• Snapfish has been selected by Microsoft to provide online printing capabilities for customers of Windows Live Spaces, part of the Windows Live suite of services. Through this alliance, Snapfish and Spaces customers get the best of both worlds – all the community sharing features in Spaces combined with Snapfish’s superb online printing capabilities. Windows Live Spaces users will be able to easily print both their albums and their friends’ albums posted on Spaces with their Snapfish accounts.
• The HP Yahoo! Printing Toolbar gives users “one click” access to free online classes, printing tips, creative projects, customer support and special offers as well as the ability to download the HP SmartWeb Printing utility, which makes it easier to print from the web. The toolbar is expected to be available for free download in September and included as an option on the driver for HP’s consumer inkjet printers, cameras and scanners beginning this spring.
• Additionally, the company unveiled the HP Print It! button, a visual cue to web surfers everywhere that a superior printing experience is available – thanks to free HP technologies like the Tabblo Print Toolkit. When users click the HP Print It! button, they can expect an attractively formatted document designed for printing – with content that is relevant, organized and positioned in a way that maximizes space on the page and minimizes waste.

Patrick Scaglia, chief technology officer of the Imaging and Printing Group at HP, launched a Print 2.0 blog, which is designed to cover all topics related to the company’s imaging and printing strategy. The blog is available at www.hp.com/go/print20.

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U.S. Air Force Selects HP as "Best Value Vendor" for Quarterly PC and Laptop Technology Buy

HP today announced that the U.S. Air Force (USAF) has selected it to fulfill desktop and notebook PC needs as part of the USAF’s quarterly IT purchase process.

HP was selected as the "Best Value Vendor" for the desktops and laptops categories by the USAF’s Information Technology Commodity Council, which includes representatives from all of the USAF’s major commands.

“We are proud that the U.S. Air Force continues to count on HP for top performance and value when fulfilling its computing needs,” said Sami Zarzour, vice president, Public Sector Volume Sales, HP. “HP looks forward to building on our longstanding relationship with the service by offering the products, solutions and services it needs to manage its complex IT requirements.”

In October 2004, USAF awarded HP a five-year blanket purchase agreement (BPA) to provide desktops, laptops and servers (DLS) under the provisions of the Air Force PC strategy. That DLS BPA provides HP an opportunity to bid on the Air Force’s quarterly enterprise buys (QEB) for computer systems.

Overall, HP has delivered $100 million worth of products to the USAF through the QEB process since October 2004, including more than 110,000 desktops and 10,000 notebooks.

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HP and Wal-Mart Partner to Implement a Next-generation Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Solution

HP today announced that Wal-Mart has selected the HP Neoview data warehousing platform to power complex analysis of data collected across its 4,000 U.S. stores.

A long-time HP customer with significant experience in data warehousing, Wal-Mart turned to HP to partner in building its business intelligence solution. Nancy Stewart, Wal-Mart chief technology officer, stated that "the HP partnership is part of a continued effort to drive innovation into every facet of Wal-Mart’s business and IT operations."

Publicly launched in April, HP Neoview is the company’s flagship enterprise data warehousing platform that integrates hardware, software and services to offer the high performance and high availability customers such as Wal-Mart require.

"At Wal-Mart, we never underestimate the importance of investing in innovative solutions that will improve our ability to understand and anticipate our customers’ needs,” said Jim Scantlin, director, enterprise information management, Wal-Mart. “Our experience with HP Neoview has proven that we made the right decision to partner with HP for our next-generation business intelligence needs."

"The Neoview platform provides customers with the industry’s most reliable, scalable and accessible choice for capitalizing on information and optimizing business outcomes,” said Ben Barnes, vice president and general manager, Business Intelligence, Software, HP. "Partnering with Wal-Mart to quickly achieve tangible, significant results has been a gratifying experience, and reinforces that Neoview is an unparalleled enterprise-class data warehousing solution."

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HP Opens European RFID Solutions Center

HP today unveiled an RFID Solutions Center in Milan, Italy, and announced that the company has been designated a strategic RFID technology provider to Euro Pool System, the No. 1 provider of returnable packing for fresh products in Europe.

The new center is designed to spur RFID (radio frequency identification) adoption by providing HP partners and customers with access to RFID innovations and resources to develop and test integrated solutions, host projects in a single, secure environment, and share technical knowledge more easily.

BEA Systems, Microsoft and SAP are among the companies that provide software for RFID technology at the center, and customers can demo software from those partners to see the RFID technology at work.

RFID is a data collection technology that provides suppliers, retailers, manufacturers and distributors with up-to-the-minute supply chain visibility, from inventory and logistics to freshness dates. Such timely supply chain information enables companies to track products and services, increase stock availability, reduce shrinkage and ultimately improve business outcomes.

The HP RFID Solutions Center also is intended to anticipate new customer requirements and employ its research and development capabilities to bring solutions to market. Key services at the facility include:

• Integration Center : Partners can test and integrate HP technologies to develop comprehensive solutions.
• Project Hosting : A single, secure environment enables the development and testing of a multitude of RFID projects.
• Demo Lab : HP customers and partners use demo areas to collaborate on new services and learn about implementations in specific industries.
• Training Center : Internal HP staff, customers and partners convene to exchange technical knowledge.
  

HP also partnered with ADT, which is part of Tyco International and has a strong track record in electronic security and tagging and significant experience in RFID. ADT provided RFID reader hardware, reader deployment services and system performance tuning services to Euro Pool System.

More information about HP RFID solutions.

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HP signed a merger agreement to purchase Neoware Inc.

HP today announced that it has signed a definitive merger agreement to purchase Neoware Inc. , a provider of thin client computing and virtualization solutions, at a price of $16.25 per share, or an enterprise value (net of existing cash) of approximately $214 million on a fully diluted basis.

This is the another deal of HP on the same day.

The acquisition is part of HP's strategy to expand in growth markets and further its leadership in personal computing. Acquiring Neoware is intended to accelerate the growth of HP's thin client business by boosting its Linux software, client virtualization and customization capabilities, expanding its regional sales footprint and broadening its hardware portfolio.

"Our objective is to become the preferred brand of thin clients and software for virtualized client computing," said Kevin Frost, vice president, Business Desktops, Personal Systems Group, HP. "Thin clients are an important component in today's overall computing strategy and play a critical role in HP's virtualization strategy. Acquiring Neoware confirms our commitment to thin client computing and client virtualization solutions."

About Neoware

Neoware, Inc. provides enterprises throughout the world with secure and easily managed thin client computing devices, software for using PCs as thin clients, and services that integrate Neoware’s open thin client technology to enterprise computing environments.

Neoware software manages and secures thin clients and traditional personal computers, enabling them to…

- Run Linux®, Microsoft® Windows® and Web applications across a network
- Stream virtualized operating systems on demand
- Connect to mainframes, mid-range, UNIX® and Linux® systems

Headquartered in King of Prussia, Pa., Neoware has offices in Europe and Asia.

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HP to Acquire Opsware Inc.

HP today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Opsware Inc., a market-leading data center automation software company, through a cash tender offer for $14.25 per share, or an enterprise value (net of existing cash and debt) of approximately $1.6 billion on a fully diluted basis.

Opsware Chief Executive Officer Ben Horowitz said, "We are about to see one of the biggest application and infrastructure build-outs in history. The addition of Opsware to the HP Software portfolio will make HP the obvious choice for powering the next generation of data centers to come."

The acquisition of Opsware is intended to extend HP Software's capabilities to automate the entire data center – from initial provisioning of servers, networks and storage devices to managing ongoing changes and compliance requirements – with integrated process automation, removing the latency inherent in today's IT environments.

Acquisition Positions HP to Become a Leader in High-Growth Data Center Automation Software Market.

About Opsware Inc.

Opsware, a leading data center automation company, unlocks the promise of technology by accelerating IT to zero latency. The company’s software, the Opsware System, automates the entire data center, from provisioning to patching, configuration to compliance and discovery to deployment, turning data center operations into a competitive advantage for business. Opsware’s technology is used by hundreds of companies worldwide including banks, service providers, retailers, manufacturers and Internet companies with IT environments ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands of servers, network devices, storage devices and IT processes. More information on Opsware is available at www.opsware.com.

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HP Earns Top International Linux Security Certification

HP has been awarded a top international Linux security certification that will help government agencies and enterprise customers reduce costs while implementing secure solutions on the company's industry-standard hardware.

The certification, called the Evaluation Assurance Level 4 (EAL4+) Common Criteria security certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, applies to HP servers, workstations and notebooks.

HP has been awarded EAL4+, the highest level of assurance for an unmodified, commercial operating system, for Labeled Security Protection Profile (LSPP), Controlled Access Protection Profile, and Role-Based Access Control Protection Profile for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 on HP Integrity, ProLiant and BladeSystem platforms as well as select workstations and desktops.

HP worked with Red Hat and the Linux community to develop the features required for the EAL4+ certification. This included contributions to help customers integrate a Linux system into a mixed network with other trusted operating systems... [more]

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HP : Microsoft 'Partner of the Year' for fourth time

At the 2007 Microsoft Partner Conference in Denver, on July 11, HP was named Microsoft Partner of the Year in the Enterprise Alliance category for the fourth time – a first in the award’s history.

HP was recognized specifically for its participation with Microsoft in the launch of the HP & Microsoft Solutions for the People-Ready Business, a three-year go-to-market initiative aimed at driving customer adoption of Microsoft-based solutions built on HP technology and supported by HP Services. This prestigious award is given to the global services or technology partner that has demonstrated leadership and has been the most valuable global enterprise partner in delivering Microsoft solutions to mutual enterprise customers in the past year.

Spanning more than 20 years the HP and Microsoft alliance provides premier technologies and services to customers within the consumer, small and medium business, and enterprise markets worldwide.

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