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  1. Foreword
  2.  
  3. In today's fast-moving global marketplace, timely access to
  4. meaningful and accurate information can make the difference
  5. between profits and losses. So it's more important than ever to
  6. maximize the efficiency and productivity of the computing
  7. resources that manage this business critical information. The
  8. catalyst to sustaining a competitive advantage is ensuring your
  9. business strategy drives your information technology (IT)
  10. strategy and implementation--not vice versa. This can only be
  11. achieved by ensuring that the IT strategy is inherently flexible,
  12. allowing your company to respond to the changes in your business
  13. environment.
  14.  
  15. In addressing your IT strategy, the choice of strategic vendors
  16. for your computer systems can be complex: different operating
  17. systems, software architectures--and conflicting vendor
  18. philosophies. As a business manager myself, I believe that, in
  19. the final analysis, the system you choose is not going to be
  20. successful solely because of its performance, innovative
  21. technology, or software solutions. It must help you solve your
  22. business problems.
  23.  
  24. Today, more and more leading companies are solving their business
  25. problems through Open Systems.
  26.  
  27. [Photo: Lew Platt's photo]
  28.  
  29. Open Systems protect your investment in software, hardware, and
  30. training. These systems also contribute to increases in
  31. productivity and quality, ultimately transforming your business
  32. into a prosperous enterprise. With seamless communications across
  33. heterogeneous platforms, providing greater access to business
  34. data and improving teamwork, open standards further help to
  35. reduce costs and increase flexibility. You can integrate old and
  36. new computer systems and choose innovative products from a
  37. variety of vendors. What's more, with an open and flexible
  38. information system, people can make faster, more effective
  39. decisions. Consequently, your company can improve its
  40. responsiveness to market conditions, which increases your
  41. competitive position and impacts your bottom line.
  42.  
  43. HP is committed to Open Systems. As your information technology
  44. partner, I believe our commitment distinguishes us from other
  45. suppliers as clearly as the capabilities and quality of our
  46. systems and services.
  47.  
  48. Lew Platt
  49. President and Chief Executive Officer
  50. Hewlett-Packard Company
  51. Contents
  52.  
  53. Executive Overview      Gaining a Competitive
  54.                         Advantage with Open Systems           2
  55.                         Industry Leaders Partner with
  56.                         Hewlett-Packard for Success           8
  57.  
  58. Section 1.              The Right System to Meet
  59.                         Your IT Needs                         10
  60.                         A System Suited to Every Environment  11
  61.                         Networking Solutions for Open
  62.                         Environments                          16
  63.                         HP 9000 Supports Your Choice
  64.                         of Clients                            18
  65.                         A Matching Line of Superior
  66.                         Peripherals for the HP 9000           20
  67.  
  68. Section 2.              Meeting Commercial Environment
  69.                         Demands                               22
  70.                         A Robust Operating Environment        23
  71.                         Leading Distributed Computing
  72.                         Solutions                             25
  73.                         Powerful System and Network
  74.                         Management                            26
  75.                         High Availability and Security        31
  76.  
  77. Section 3.              Deploying Integrated Business
  78.                         Solutions                             34
  79.                         Best-In-Class Industry Applications   35
  80.                         Superior Application Development
  81.                         Environment                           36
  82.  
  83. Section 4.              Ensuring Your Information Advantage   38
  84.                         The Mainframe Alternative for
  85.                         Data Center Computing                 39
  86.                         Empower Your Organization with
  87.                         Client/Server Computing               42
  88.                         Professional Services Tailored
  89.                         to Meet Your Needs                    45
  90.                         Premier Customer Support              47
  91.  
  92.                         Participate in the Future:
  93.                         Your Next Steps to Success            48
  94.  
  95. How to Use              If you are involved in the evaluation or
  96. This Overview           purchase of computer systems, this
  97.                         overview of HP 9000 Business Servers is
  98.                         written for you. It provides a
  99.                         comprehensive overview of the business
  100.                         benefits of HP 9000 Open Systems
  101.                         capabilities and solutions. And it
  102.                         shows you how HP 9000 systems can help
  103.                         you create a more competitive and
  104.                         profitable business.
  105.  
  106.                         The Executive Overview summarizes the
  107.                         business advantages of HP 9000 Series
  108.                         800 systems in addressing business
  109.                         challenges with Open Systems, and
  110.                         provides a series of industry successes
  111.                         showing how HP solutions helped to solve
  112.                         customers' business problems.
  113.  
  114.                         Sections 1-4 provide Information
  115.                         Technology Managers with a more detailed
  116.                         look at HP 9000 systems and solutions,
  117.                         consulting services and support, and
  118.                         suggestions on your next steps to
  119.                         success.
  120.  
  121. OSF and OSF/Motif are trademarks of the Open Software Foundation
  122. in the U.S. and other countries.
  123. UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX
  124. System Laboratories Inc. in the USA and other countries.
  125. Microsoft and MS-DOS are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft
  126. Corporation.
  127.  
  128. Technical information in this document is subject to change
  129. without notice.
  130.  
  131. (c) Copyright
  132. Hewlett-Packard Company 1993
  133. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction, adaptation, or translation
  134. without prior written permission is prohibited except as allowed
  135. under the copyright laws.
  136.  
  137. Printed in USA M0793
  138. 5091-7297E
  139.