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HEWLETT-PACKARD INTRODUCED a long-awaited upgrade to its Unix operating system and launched new, affordable Integrity servers in a direct challenge to rival products from IBM and Sun Microsystems.
HP last Thursday introduced an Integrity rack server with a starting price below $5,000 and an Integrity blade server below $4,000.
Integrity servers, powered by Intel's Itanium processors, have been sold as high-end products for mission-critical business applications. By offering Integrity servers at these prices, HP is aiming squarely at entry-level servers from Sun, HP executives said.
"We believe, with our entry-class servers, it's very much targeted at taking that away," said Nick van der Zweep, director of Business Critical Systems at HP. "We think Sun's in a vulnerable position in the entry class...