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Windows Month at Connect
HP and Microsoft are teaming up to deliver cutting edge technologies including
Microsoft Windows® Server 2008 R2, Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008 on Integrity, and HP Services for Miscrosoft Solutions.
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2011-2012 Board of Directors
If you are interested in setting strategy for Connect, growing personally and professionally, and working with some of the brightest minds in the industry, submit your application to join the 2011-2012 Connect Board of Directors. If elected, here is a quick overview of what you can expect:
  • Monthly board calls lasting approximately 1 hour
  • Committee sponsorship (1-2 calls per month)
  • 3-4 face to face meetings typically held over the weekend and expenses paid by the organization
  • First meeting and orientation will be in December, 2010
Applications will be accepted until midnight August 31st. Click here to apply Connect 2011 Board Application. To view the questions, mouse over the ‘Question’ then a pop up will appear. Should you have any questions regarding the nominations process or servant leadership in general, please contact Nina Buik.

Windows
HP and Microsoft frontline partnership...beyond just talk

HP ProLiants comprise 95% of Microsoft's 6,000 servers and were used as the development platform for Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, Commerce Server 2000, Exchange 2000 Server, SharePoint Portal Server 2000 to name just a few. Microsoft and HP, respectively, represent the first and second largest Windows 2000 implementation in the world.


Windows for HP ProLiant

Powerfully productive – Together
Microsoft Windows® Server 2008 R2 and HP ProLiant bring together the world’s leading server hardware and software innovations, applications, resources and support.
What's new
Web Application Platform
Windows Server 2008 R2 offers an updated Web server role, Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.5, and greater support for .NET on Server Core.
Virtualization
Windows Server 2008 R2 provides the following virtualization types: Client and Server virtualization provided by Hyper-V and Presentation virtualization with Remote Desktop Services.
Scalability and Reliability
  • Leveraging Sophisticated CPU Architectures
  • Increased operating system componentization
  • Improved performance and scalability for applications and services
  • Improved Storage Solutions
  • Improved Protection of Intranet Resources
Management
Improvements in management and administrative functions:
  • Improved data center power consumption management
  • Improved Management of File Services
  • Improved remote administration
  • Reduced administrative effort for administrative tasks performed interactively
  • Enhanced command-line and automated management by using PowerShell version 2.0
  • Improved identity management
  • Improved compliance with established standards and best practices.
Better Together with Windows 7
Windows Server 2008 R2 has many features that are designed specifically to work with client computers running Windows 7 including:
  • Simplified remote connectivity for corporate computers by using the DirectAccess feature
  • Secured remote connectivity for private and public computers
  • Improved performance for branch offices
  • Improved security for branch offices
  • More efficient power management
  • Improved virtualized desktop integration
  • Higher fault tolerance for connectivity between sites
  • Increased protection for removable drives 
  • Improved prevention of data loss for mobile users
Windows Server 2008 R2, ideal for:
  • Infrastructure supporting 50 to 300 users: Windows Server 2008 R2 is an advanced server platform that provides more cost-effective and reliable support for business and mission-critical workloads.
  • Datacenter delivers an enterprise-class platform for deploying business-critical applications and large-scale virtualization on small and large servers.
  • Windows Web Server 2008 R2 allows you to manage the most demanding environments - from a dedicated Web server to an entire Web server farm.
Windows on HP Integrity servers
Mission-critical availability, scalability, and performance in a flexible standards-based solution. Windows on Integrity Servers: View the case study: bwin

HP Integrity Essentials for Windows on HP Integrity servers
Get the tools you need to install and manage Windows on Integrity servers. Need mission-critical performance, reliability and scalability in a flexible standards-based solution, click here to find out more.

HP Services for Microsoft® Solutions
Engage the technological needs of business by employing HP Microsoft® solutions and technologies, including:
  • Virtualization with Microsoft Hyper-V R2 and System Centre
  • Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and Office Communication Server
  • Microsoft Windows® Server and Windows 7 operating systems
  • Microsoft Hyper-V Server Virtualization
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