The new team effort of these software giants will help customers increase their business performance and reduce operational cost.
The initiative uses HP servers based on Intel Itanium processors running on Oracle software. The main Application services are from HP, whereas architectural support comes from all the three companies.
‘Implementing an application modernization approach was crucial for us, as our IT systems were getting more costly and less effective. Plus, finding developers with legacy skill sets was becoming increasingly difficult,’ said Sean Datcher, director, Sabre Holdings. ‘We can now add new functionality at a time-to-deployment that could not be achieved with our old systems. In addition, the flexibility and overall cost-effectiveness of this new architecture has really paid off in terms of increased revenue and improved business metrics for our organization.’
The Application Modernization initiative has the following core elements:
1) The Application Modernization Services portfolio from HP Services.
2) HP Integrity systems based on Intel Itanium processors working within the HP Virtual Server Environment Reference Architecture.
3) The Oracle Grid Computing Platform with industry-leading SOA capabilities, including Oracle Database 10g with Real Application Clusters.
4) Oracle Fusion Middleware.
5) Oracle Enterprise Manager/Grid Control.
6) Architectural design and consulting support from HP, Intel and Oracle.
The main features, which will be useful for the customers, are:
1) A path to a service-oriented architecture - offers an easy linkage of both legacy and new components with increased agility.
2) Process-driven systems - closely reflect the way business operates, resulting in lower cost and greater agility.
3) Incremental transition support - phased modernization approach that preserves original investment.
4) Enterprise quality of service - achieved through the use of hardware and software grids for virtualization, failover, single point management and security.
Via: sys-con
