HP launches server, storage program for Sun customers

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HP recently launched a new program to support the increasing number of Sun customers looking to transition to a more cost-effective and stable server and storage platform.

Dubbed Sun Complete Care, HP's program leverages on the company's IT portfolios and its team of experienced IT professionals with a wide range of transition and modernization services to drive value for customers.

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According to HP, customers moving to an HP environment can reap the benefits of the decades of experience that HP and its partners have in helping minimize costs for customers.

HP said more than 100 customers have chosen to migrate to the HP server and storage platforms over the past months to significantly improve the return on their investments. On average, Sun customers are paying up to 80% more in total cost of ownership (TCO) for Sun SPARC servers than customers using HP Integrity servers. The company said customers transitioning to HP report savings of up to 80% in hardware costs and 60% in server maintenance.

Yet HP also said many applications are also significantly more expensive to run on SPARC servers compared with HP servers. It costs 50% more per core to run Oracle's database software on SPARC than on HP Integrity.

To make the transition easier than ever, the HP Sun Complete Care program offers customers a variety of specialized services, support programs and financial incentives. Among these include business case development, free TCO/ROI analysis and migration assessment services, design, migration and support to financing options.

HP added by availing of its Sun program, customers will benefit from trade-in opportunities on hardware and software as well as education programs.

For instance, customers are expected to save on costs by using an HP server platform while staying on the Solaris operating environment. They can also choose to migrate to Linux, HP-UX, or Microsoft Windows on HP's Integrity server line. To ease the transition, HP provides a single point of accountability for purchase and life cycle support of Solaris on HP servers. By choosing HP servers for Solaris-based applications, customers can advance on performance, scalability and virtualization capabilities.

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