Compare that to, say, PCConnection, which can overnight a new IBM or HP server to you and you get it the next day, and Dell is at a significant competitive disadvantage.
I've got a HP 485 server, and have been trying to figure out what to do about replacing it.
We have high end Sun and HP servers and then we have networking from Cisco.
In 2001, HP again changed the naming scheme for their HP 9000 servers.
Even the Flex10 or FlexNet modules for HP servers had tons of bugs.
It integrates HP servers, storage, and networking technologies into a single system.
HP Converged Systems use a common Converged Infrastructure architecture, the same common foundation used for all HP server, storage and networking products.
It was used in the HP 9000 servers and the C8000 workstation.
HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) is a proprietary systems management tool designed to help manage HP servers.
Initially, a client/server version will allow Progress clients to access HP 3000 servers running Allbase/SQL - that should appear in the second half of this year.