Once a mainstay of large enterprises, the mainframe is now oftentimes viewed as a costly and inflexible solution that can no longer support the needs of organizations that must adapt quickly to the ever-changing marketplace.
HP Mainframe Alternative Consolidation solutions help organizations create flexible IT infrastructures by migrating and consolidating mainframes and the applications that run on them onto highly reliable and manageable standards-based platforms.
These solutions help organizations:
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- Reduce total cost of ownership by deploying more scalable and manageable systems
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- Address lack of IT professionals trained and skilled in mainframe technologies and support
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- Increase business flexibility
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- Take advantage of a multitude of applications available on industry-standard platforms
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Why HP for this solution |
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HP has the technical expertise in this area and works to develop cost-effective solutions based on:

- Portfolio of servers that deliver performance, reliability, scalability and security
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- HP StorageWorks products that attach to both mainframe and HP platforms
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- Experience and expertise managing more than 50,000 heterogeneous systems worldwide, including significant mainframe operations
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- Complete business, migration and IT services, as well as educational offerings to help organizations design, manage and evolve their new environments
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- Strategic partnerships with leading independent software vendors and systems integrators
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