In Summary

• Many of the available services are geared towards the early adopter customer segment. This includes services that support and aid a client's conducting development, porting, and migration activities.

• The services provided for Itanium architecture fall into four major categories: planning, porting, implementation, and support.

• Strategy/planning consultants provided by Hewlett-Packard assist users in their planning to attain optimum results when implementing Itanium-based systems into the firm's IT structure. They can determine the best strategy for integrating Itanium into the existing infrastructure for maximum business results.

• Successful porting and migration achieves nothing less than the business objectives of the enterprise. In this manner, the customer can retain functionality of the existing or redesigned native enterprise applications. Reducing the risk of transitioning to newer or emerging technologies is a major benefit.

• The HP Itanium System Startup Service accelerates and simplifies the evaluation process and planning for future implementation of Itanium-based servers. It also provides this same service for the related hardware, operating systems, and software.

• The HP System Support Service provides high-quality support that enables organizations to increase uptime for both hardware and software. This in turn reduces any drops or gaps in productivity.