Johannesburg, 13 Aug 1998
Designated the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) vendor of choice for HP NetServer systems, American Power Conversion (APC) has announced that Hewlett-Packard Company is now including an APC ProtectNet Ethernet dataline surge protector (Pnet1) with every new HP NetServer LH 3 system shipped to Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). This is the first time that a server vendor has bundled dataline surge protection to safeguard its customers from dataline surges.
"We recognise that power surges can have devastating effects on a network. In fact, many service calls are associated with these unpredictable power disturbances," said Thierry Boulanger, HP marketing manager, PCs and networking. "By including APC`s dataline protection with all HP NetServer LH 3 systems shipped in EMEA, we can provide our customers with peace of mind that the mission-critical applications housed in their HP NetServer LH 3 systems will not be disrupted by surges that can enter through an Ethernet line."
Unfortunately, datalines are just one point-of-entry for power interruptions. AC and telephone lines also carry potentially serious power anomalies. APC`s ProtectNet family of surge protection solutions protects a number of "carriers," including analogue telephone and modem lines, RS-232 printer and terminal lines, ISDN lines, and a variety of other datalines.
"We are very pleased to continue to expand our relationship with HP, this time to be part of the industry`s first surge protector/server bundle," said Joe Loberti, general manager of APC`s Systems Protection Solutions Division. "By including the APC ProtectNet PNet1 with each EMEA-bound HP NetServer LH 3 system, HP is providing `best-of-breed` dataline protection to each of these customers."
In addition to this dataline surge protector/server bundle, HP has selected APC as its preferred worldwide UPS vendor of choice for both the rack-mount and tower versions of the HP NetServer LH 3 system. APC`s Smart-UPS NS series, a family of rack-optimised UPS products that has the same industrial design as the entire HP NetServer system line, is fully compatible with the HP rack environment. APC`s standard award-winning Smart-UPS line provides high availability to the HP NetServer LH 3 tower system. Both UPSs can be integrated with HP`s server-management tools, such as HP OpenView and HP TopTools.
Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global provider of computing, Internet and intranet solutions, services, communications products and measurement solutions, all of which are recognised for excellence in quality and support. HP has 125,300 employees and had revenue of $42.9 billion in its 1997 fiscal year.
Information about HP and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com.
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