New HP Software and Services Help Businesses Enhance IT Efficiency and Reduce Costs

New HP Software and Services Help Businesses Enhance IT Efficiency and Reduce Costs

HP today announced additions to its portfolio of server and storage management software and services to help customers save time and costs, streamline and automate the management of IT operations, and build a high-performing infrastructure with HP ProLiant and BladeSystem servers. The new software provides advanced management for server and bladed environments, helps automate IT processes, and puts customers in control of their IT resources by providing enhanced power, performance and asset management.

With these new features, customers can optimize server density by up to 40 percent based on accurate power and thermal measurements,(1) add new Linux capabilities, and reduce administrator time spent managing servers, warranty information and support services. The offerings include HP Insight Control Environment, HP Systems Insight Manager version 5.1, HP Insight Power Manager, HP Service Essentials Remote Support Pack and HP Insight Control Linux Edition.

“Quixtar IT depends on HP Systems Insight Manager and ProLiant Essentials to deploy, monitor and control our ProLiant and BladeSystem hardware,” said Steve Keselring, manager of IT Infrastructure at Quixtar, an Ada, Mich.-based company that helps entrepreneurs create web-based businesses. “These tools have saved us considerable time and money to date, and we eagerly await the release of the new Insight Control suites, which will enable us to get all of the management capabilities we need in one package with streamlined installation, updates and licensing.”

The new software tools and services are important enhancements to HP’s Unified Infrastructure Management offering, which is a key enabler of the company’s Adaptive Infrastructure portfolio. HP’s Adaptive Infrastructure portfolio helps companies improve their IT organizations by speeding change and delivering improved cost efficiencies and quality of service. “With simplified purchase options, integrated access to services information and the introduction of power management, we are helping our customers to optimize their server and storage infrastructure and reduce the operational costs of managing growth and change,” said Lee Johns, director, volume software, Enterprise Servers and Storage, HP.

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