Adaptive Infrastructure In-a-Box for Midsize Businesses

If you've been wrestling with how to lower your infrastructure costs and complexity without sacrificing enterprise-quality continuity, security and efficiency, now is the time to consider Adaptive Infrastructure in a box for midsize businesses, a comprehensive solution consisting of simple, affordable and reliable technology services from HP BladeSystem, HP StorageWorks and the new Windows Server 2008.  

For infrastructures with three or more servers, the Adaptive Infrastructure in a box for midsize businesses is less complex and could be more economical than traditional infrastructures. While this solution works with Windows Server 2003, you'll reap the greatest benefits when you upgrade to Windows Server 2008.

HP has designed its blade and storage portfolios with midsize businesses in mind, with servers, storage, power and condition, management, interconnects and enclosures that make it easy to build a complete bladed infrastructure that is cost-effective and easy to manage.

Here are just a few of the many products in the HP infrastructure portfolio that are designed from the ground up to be simple, affordable and reliable and specifically for midsize businesses:

• HP BladeSystem c3000 rack and tower enclosures: Designed for midsized businesses, enclosures come in two formats (one designed for racked environments, and a tower form factor for non-racked sites) for maximum flexibility.
• HP ProLiant BL260c server blade: This low cost and low power server blade helps you cut capital and operational expenses.
• HP StorageWorks SB600c All-In-One Storage: This SAN/NAS/Disk Backup in one package is managed by a simple management interface and requires no storage expertise, reducing administrative overhead and labor costs.

HP BladeSystem solution can run on Windows Server 2003. However, if you migrate to Windows 2008, your business-critical systems will run faster, longer, more securely and with less downtime and administrative overhead.

Windows Server 2008 is designed to power the newest innovations of networks, applications and Web services and can automate administrative tasks, optimize hardware utilization, minimize scheduled and unscheduled downtime and guard against attacks and intrusions.

• Powerful: Windows Server 2008 gives users the ability to deliver rich web-based experiences efficiently and effectively, with improved administration and diagnostics, development and application tools and lower infrastructure costs.
• Efficient: With its built-in server virtualization technology, Windows Server 2008 enables multiple operating systems to run on a single physical machine as virtual machines; not just reducing hardware requirements but lowering power, cooling and management costs. It allows users to optimize their infrastructure and improve server availability.
• Secure: This is the most secure Windows Server ever. Its hardened operating system and security innovations, including Network Access Protection, Federated Rights Management and Read-Only Domain Controller, provide unprecedented levels of protection for users’ network, data and business.

For more information on upgrading to Windows Server 2008, visit Microsoft’s ‘Why Upgrade’ page.

If your IT organization is already working at capacity, change can present resource issues, integration challenges and customer-service shortfalls. The BladeSystem portfolio includes unrivaled deployment services and 24/7 integrated hardware and software support.
The complete portfolio of proven deployment solutions include:

• HP Factory Express: A wide array of factory-customized, factory-configured and factory-integrated solutions deployed ready-to-roll at your site.
• Onsite Installation: An HP-certified engineer conducts basic installation and turn-on of your hardware and software products.
• Onsite Installation and Startup: In addition to basic hardware and software installation activities, an HP-certified engineer manages the installation, advanced configuration and turn-on of more complex solutions.
• Custom Deployment: Professional project management, setup and coordination of services for more complex, multivendor initiatives where traditional deployment models do not provide the flexibility required to meet specific customer needs

HP Support Plus 24 includes HP Services engineers who deliver onsite hardware support and over-the-phone software support around-the-clock 365 days per year. The service coverage encompasses HP products and selected multivendor hardware and software.

Now is the time to move to Adaptive Infrastructure in a box for midsize businesses.