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The reasons for moving to the Itanium-based HP NonStop server platform are compelling. The industry-leading Itanium processor can bring new levels of performance, availability, reliability, and scalability to your mission-critical environment. But how do you evolve to Itanium smoothly - making the transition without unplanned downtime and without overburdening your internal IT resources?

HP Services professionals have the know-how it takes to speed and simplify your adoption of the Itanium-based HP NonStop platform. We offer a full set of Evolution Services expressly designed to help you:

• Assess the scale of changes required for a successful transition
• Identify elements of your current environment that may be most directly affected
• Reduce any business or IT risks associated with your move to the new platform
• Lighten the transition-related load on your IT staff
• Enjoy consistency and continuity throughout the evolution process

HP Evolution Services for Itanium-based HP NonStop Servers comprise four key offerings that span the planning, design, and implementation phases of the computing lifecycle.

• Evolution Assessment - An HP Services specialist evaluates your current environment to identify all areas that need to be proactively addressed for successful evolution. Domains covered include: management practices, NonStop hardware components, NonStop kernel operating system and middleware products, network and communications, data and database, application software, IT operations, data center and physical environment.
   
• Evolution Infrastructure Planning and Design - Working closely with your IT staff, we develop a project plan that addresses all your critical IT and business concerns. You'll receive an Evolution Strategy Report outlining the proposed Itanium-based HP NonStop environment (final state) and recommended evolution scenario, a comprehensive Project Plan identifying the specific tasks and resources needed to deploy your final-state solution, and a detailed proposal for the Evolution Infrastructure Implementation service (see below).
   
• NonStop Service Solutions - HP Services provides a packaged set of installation and integration services to configure, initialize, and test your new system hardware and software. Additional evolution implementation services can be custom-crafted to meet your business and IT service management needs, helping you to implement a production-ready, application-ready NonStop platform in the shortest possible timeframe.

The final step in the lifecycle is the steady-state, ongoing support of your new Itanium-based HP NonStop server solution. HP Services offers a full suite of proactive Mission Critical Support services to help you meet your business and IT goals.

HP Evolution Services can be purchased individually, as a complete set, or as an enhancement to HP NonStop Service Solutions.