The Summer 2008 edition of 24x7 celebrates a watershed event in the ongoing evolution of HP NonStop technology: the introduction of the HP Integrity NonStop BladeSystem platform. This new system delivers mission-critical capabilities in a standards-based bladed form factor, doubling the performance in half the footprint to drive next-generation applications and deliver better business results. Early adopter CME Group shares experiences In the feature story, John Hart, managing director of Technology Engineering at CME Group (Chicago Mercantile Exchange), describes the outstanding throughput and response time of the Integrity NonStop server and looks ahead to even more impressive performance with the bladed system.
Standish Group’s Jim Johnson weighs in “The big thing that the Integrity NonStop BladeSystem platform does is to bring NonStop technology into the mainstream. It’s not this odd box in the corner that never breaks and no one pays attention to; the Integrity NonStop BladeSystem platform makes NonStop technology part of the central IT infrastructure. And it does that very well.” So says Standish Group’s chairman and CEO Jim Johnson during an interview in which he discusses the total cost of ownership (TCO) of the new system.
More information; more points of view The magazine’s Technology Update section looks at the Integrity NonStop BladeSystem from multiple points of view. And rounding out the Summer 2008 issue is a sampling of key partners whose applications will run on the Integrity NonStop BladeSystem platform, along with customer success stories from around the world.
This news is published on NonStop Computing websites. June 2008.
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