| Mission-critical availability: HP-UX 11i leadership in categories integral to mission-critical environments translates to increased availability and less risk of downtime. | |
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System management and observed performance: HP-UX 11i leadership in categories related to management, functionality, and performance means increased IT operating efficiency and productivity. |
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Gabriel Consulting Group has published a series of three reports based on the results of its most recent UNIX Vendor Preference Survey. The annual survey asks IT professionals to share insights on data center challenges, industry trends, and technology and support solutions from three major UNIX server vendors.
These reports cover the following topics:| Based on the 2008/09 UNIX user preference study, Gabriel Consulting Group concludes that UNIX is more strategic than ever to data centers. The paper explores areas where UNIX usage is surging, and the solid evidence that virtualisation pays off in IT benefits, and is on the rise in mission-critical UNIX deployments.
Gabriel notes mission-critical UNIX categories where HP-UX 11i outscored AIX and Solaris, including Observed Performance, Observed Availability, Real-World Manageability, and Best Initial Quality. Note: Gabriel survey respondents reside primarily in the US, with about 1/3 residing in Europe. |
Olds was among the first technologists to closely study IT Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), virtualization, and server consolidation. With Gabriel Consulting Group, he has completed a number of groundbreaking studies on these industry trends and their impact on operational efficiency. He closely follows advancements in high performance computing, software, and worldwide technology development.
Olds is a frequent speaker at industry events, and contributes articles to technology publications. He has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Bloomberg News, Computerworld, eWeek, InformationWeek, CNET and a host of other tech news sources. Olds holds an MBA in finance and marketing.Brian Cox is the Senior Director of Software Planning and Marketing for Business Critical Systems at the Hewlett-Packard Company. In this role he is responsible for product planning, product management, and product marketing for the HP-UX 11i, Windows, Linux, and OpenVMS operating systems and associated virtualization, high availability, storage management, and development tool software for Integrity, Alpha, and HP 9000 servers.
In his HP career, Brian has managed the industry’s best selling UNIX servers, the industry’s highest-performing Windows and Linux servers, the first blade server from any major vendor, and multiple generations of x86, RISC, and Itanium-based servers. His products have earned numerous awards over the years from publications such as InfoWorld, Network World, IT Week, Byte and Windows NT Magazine.
Brian holds B.S. and MBA degrees from Santa Clara University.
Martin Whittaker is Vice President of the Alliances, Performance and Solutions Engineering for the Enterprise Servers & Storage business unit at Hewlett Packard. His team is responsible for the performance and scalability of HP's server and storage solutions and for working with our ISV partners to develop industry-leading solutions for the Converged Infrastructure. The Converged Infrastructure is HP’s solution to enable companies to transform to a next-generation data center that can rapidly shift technology resources and deliver new services to meet changing business needs.
Previously, Martin was the Senior Director of Engineering in the Business Critical Servers Division of HP, responsible for the core of the HP-UX 11i operating system, for HP-UX 11i performance and scalability, and for the integration, quality, and delivery of HP-UX 11i operating environments.
Martin has been with HP for twenty-five years in a variety of technical and management positions in areas including storage, servers, I/O systems, performance and scalability, and operating systems.
He holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Nottingham in England and a Master's degree in Microprocessor Engineering and Digital Electronics from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology in England.
*Results from Gabriel Consulting Group 2008/09 Unix Vendor Preference Survey. Survey period covered 12/08-03/09 with 266 survey respondents representing small, medium and large enterprise data centers.