In Summary

• Hewlett-Packard created a transition process that makes the move to Itanium as seamless as possible. To expedite this, HP proposes a five-step transition plan.

• Planning out the end goal of the Itanium migration will allow you to make the transition in a more fluid manner.

• HP provides two methods to migrate applications to the Itanium platform: binary compatibility mode and native compatibility mode.

• Technical support is available for a customer's smooth transition of current applications to Itanium.

• In addition, HP provides support for hardware, software, and even educational support services.

• Current PA-RISC code running on HP-UX 11.x will run on Itanium-based systems without change. Also, legacy hardware systems are protected. This means that as a rule, HP PA-RISC customers will find it easy to switch to an Itanium-based platform.