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Hewlett-Packard Announces Update to Middleware Engineering Initiative

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Hewlett-Packard Company, a leading global manufacturer of computing, communications, and measurement products and services, today announced an update to its middleware engineering initiative designed to reduce deployment time for business-critical distributed online transaction processing (OLTP). The initiative helps businesses gain a competitive advantage through deploying flexible, midengineered solutions or reduce costs through mainframe re-hosting.

The update focuses on customers using distributed middleware, new channel partner programs, and enhanced relationships. Key customer successes include Credit Industriel Alsace-Lorraine (CIAL) of France, Caja Castilla La Mancha (CCM) of Spain, Lexis-Nexis, and HP Corporate IT services. These customers have achieved significant benefits, such as reduced mainframe costs, improved response times, and superior price-performance.

Key Takeaways:

  • Hewlett-Packard's Middleware Engineering Initiative aims to reduce deployment time for business-critical distributed OLTP, enabling businesses to gain a competitive advantage through flexible, midengineered solutions or reduced costs through mainframe re-hosting.
  • The initiative has achieved significant success, with customers such as Credit Industriel Alsace-Lorraine, Caja Castilla La Mancha, Lexis-Nexis, and HP Corporate IT services realizing benefits like reduced mainframe costs, improved response times, and superior price-performance.
  • New channel partner programs and enhanced relationships have been established, including partnerships with companies like WCSS, Magna Software Corp., and Novell.
  • The update includes new version announcements for DCE/9000, Encina/9000, and CICS for HP 9000, which provide improved scalability, security, and performance.
  • HP's DCE/9000 1.4, Encina/9000 1.2, and CICS for HP 9000 1.4 can all run on the K-class servers, offering improved price-performance and scalability.
  • These new versions integrate with HP's SoftBench development environment, providing greater programmer productivity and application development speed.

Statistics:

  • 99,900 employees and revenue of $25 billion in 1994 fiscal year
  • 15 customer success stories, including Credit Industriel Alsace-Lorraine, Caja Castilla La Mancha, Lexis-Nexis, and HP Corporate IT services
  • 50 percent reduction in mainframe costs achieved by Caja Castilla La Mancha
  • 40 percent improvement in response times achieved by HP Corporate IT services
  • 1.4 release of DCE/9000, featuring significant HP value-added work in systems management, application development, security, and performance
  • $1,500 to $34,000 price range for DCE/9000 1.4 products
  • 150 to $177,350 price range for CICS for HP 9000

Sources:

  • Hewlett-Packard Company press release, September 18, 1995
  • X/Open Company Limited
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  • UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited.

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