In April 2003, Chief Strategy and Technology Officer and Executive Vice President Shane V. Robison gathered 500 of the brightest engineers from every division of Hewlett-Packard for the first time — a savvy move of technological cross-pollination. Engineers competed for invitations; 1,500 submitted papers online the first day, crashing the server.
These meetings — as well as those of a customer advisory board he formed after the merger with Compaq — help Robison in his strategic planning for HP. He spent 2003 putting into place the unique concept of formulating different business models for different products, depending on where they are in their maturity cycles. “We have to shepherd new businesses as they grow from their embryonic phase,” he says. “My role is to make sure they get the care and feeding they need so we can integrate them into the larger business later.”
This whitepaper explains the terminology and concepts behind Data Replication technologies and establishes some sizing rules through worked examples. Learn the new paradigm in disaster tolerance—protect data anywhere.
Download now »Server virtualization is a popular option for dealing with mounting datacenter costs. Another equally promising approach is the use of an Application Delivery Controller. Citrix NetScaler provides a low-cost way for organizations to reduce their server count and accrue cost savings from a reduction in space, cooling, power and personnel.
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The emergence of WLANs has created a new breed of security threats to enterprise networks.
Included in HP ProCurve WLAN solutions is security technology that alleviates threats from WLANs through:
* Monitoring wireless activity inside and out of the enterprise
* Classifying WLAN transmissions into harmful and harmless
* Preventing transmissions that pose a security threat to the enterprise network
* Locating participating devices for physical remediation
Effectively address data protection challenges, implementing solutions that help store and protect businesscritical data while cutting costs and improving efficiency and reliability.
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