How Does Itanium Help Make SAP a Better Solution for the IA-32 Customer?

Hewlett-Packard believes that the new Itanium^[32] 2-based systems will create a “performance booster” for SAP R/3 on Windows and demonstrate why Itanium will assume a leadership position on Windows for enterprise customers. It should be able to do this for several reasons. First, the Itanium-based servers from HP will provide customers with the best performance and scalability for SAP R/3 on Windows. They have the best price–performance and most accurate ROI measurement for the overall implementation. Also, they have the most rapid, risk-free implementation for boosting Windows/SAP R/3 performance and scalability, providing the best path to new dimensions of SAP services.

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The Itanium 2-based Server Performance Booster for Windows

The SAP performance booster server from HP provides industry-leading price–performance and the most accurate ROI measurement for the overall implementation. In addition, it provides the best performance and scalability for SAP R/3 on Windows. While it may not match the inherent stability of UNIX-based systems, this development alone provides a solid financial reason to make the move to Itanium-based systems.

Hewlett-Packard's proven experience in designing, building, integrating, and managing mission-critical environments enables HP to provide the highest availability and agility for Itanium-based servers in the SAP environment. In addition, HP's industry-leading service partnerships with SAP and Microsoft, and its SAP-specific tools, provide an optimized solution environment.

Given this boost in power and scalability, customers embark on the best path to SAP new dimension services. There is no better foundation for adding new SAP R/3 functionality and moving quickly to SAP BW, SAP APO, and SAP portals. The Intel Itanium processor's excellent performance for business intelligence makes it perfectly suitable for SAP BW, and its massive memory allocation opens up new horizons of scalability for SAP APO.

The Highest Level of SAP Partnership

As a SAP Global Alliance Partner, Hewlett-Packard also has the services and consulting to help customers to take advantage of the Itanium 2 performance booster on Windows. HP has established multinational SAP consulting capabilities, with trained and certified SAP consultants for optimal end-to-end solution creation, and extensive experience for rapid implementation and reduced project risk.

To achieve this level, all HP hosting solutions are certified by SAP, including 30 international operation service and data centers. HP is currently hosting SAP installations for over 130 SAP customers, providing accelerated time to productivity with minimal inhouse resources. Customers can focus on their business, while Hewlett-Packard takes care of their infrastructure needs.