the development of PCs and information appliances that are increasingly easy to use. Businesses are concerned with not only the cost of PCs, but also about the total cost of owning and maintaining desktop systems. Customers now require access to information anywhere, anytime, which is driving the design of desktop and mobile devices that can create, transmit and receive many kinds of information in multiple forms. Communication capabilities are being standardized, developed and implemented to move information across networks, locally and globally. Certain firms, such as engineering companies need workstation solutions that will help them compete globally, reduce product time to the market and improve product quality. Enterprise Computing HP뭩 Enterprise Computing (EC) business is a worldwide supplier of solutions, systems, software, services, support and financing for enterprise customers. HP뭩 vision of the computing future centers on the evolution of the Internet and the increasing importance of e-services. Listed below are areas of concentration by HP to expand its enterprise computing. Mission-critical Solutions (Systems, Services, Software) UNIX -- HP products and services provide the scalability, manageability, availability and top performance on the Web and through OnLine Transaction Processing that is needed for e-services. NT ?EC services and supports NT, NT tools and system interoperability, critical pieces of the e-services foundation, and offers NT servers through HP뭩 Computer Products Group. Linux -- HP뭩 Enterprise Computing has mobilized to meet the strong demand for anticipated Linux-optimized systems, software and services, including 24x7 worldwide support. Storage -- HP뭩 storage systems have the high availability and robust disaster recovery, as well as data sharing, centralized storage management and efficient backup and restore needed to capture, store, manage and access e-services dat...
