HP Helps Launches New Management Solutions Product Line

HP (www.hp.com) today announced a series of new products and services to help customers reduce operational costs and protect existing investments as they automate the capture, management, retention and delivery of information.

Part of HP's information lifecycle management (ILM) strategy, the solutions include a new HP StorageWorks Reference Information Storage System (RISS) open Application Programming Interface (API) that integrates storage, archiving, filing, search, databases and servers.

The company also expanded its independent software vendor (ISV) support and partner program; introduced complementary solutions, services and upgrades for its RISS offering; and rounded out the ILM lineup with a new product that simplifies the long-term storage of file-system-based data.

"As all content and processes move from physical to mobile, digital and virtual, the need to retrieve information quickly and efficiently is paramount to success," said Frank Harbist, vice president and general manager, StorageWorks software, HP.

Based on open standards, the HP StorageWorks RISS API drives the rapid deployment of multiple ILM applications developed by HP's ISV community without significant customer investment by bringing together all of the components of the information lifecycle under one vendor.

HP is also offering a new version of the HP StorageWorks RISS that delivers increased capacity and an enhanced archiving feature. RISS v1.1 increases the capacity of smart cells from 400 GB to 850 GB while reducing the base price by nearly 50 percent from the previous version.

Complementing its RISS offering, HP introduced HP StorageWorks Reference Information Manager for Messaging (RIM) v1.1, which supports Lotus Domino in addition to Microsoft® Exchange.

Information technology staff use RIM to set policies for moving messages out of users' mailboxes and into HP RISS. These policies can be based on message, age, size, sender, recipient or keyword and remove the requirement for IT staff to limit mailbox size.

"The ability to cost-effectively manage the volume of email we retain in order to meet new regulatory requirements is a top priority for us," said Karl Gasser, chief executive officer and president, iSource, an outsourcing provider.

Automated file movement allows tiered storage to become a simple but intelligent archiving infrastructure that aligns with business needs, reducing costs and allowing IT staff to work on other activities.

"IT operations at the High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart have benefited greatly from the simplicity and time savings we've experienced using the HP File System Extender," said Thomas Boenisch, computer scientist, High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart.

To help customers manage information, meet compliance challenges and develop new strategies to move data in an efficient, cost-effective way, HP is also now offering RISS and RIM services.

HP announced that 13 independent software vendors (ISVs) are working with HP to port applications to its RISS API. Because the API is based on open standards, ISVs can quickly and cost effectively write applications tailored to customers' needs.