HP Compaq tc4200 EK743AW Folheto
Códigos do produto
EK743AW
Objective
Maximize efficiency and systems availability by
standardizing on one hardware vendor with high-
quality products and a consistent set of management
tools
standardizing on one hardware vendor with high-
quality products and a consistent set of management
tools
Approach
Implement an Adaptive Infrastructure from
HP—including servers, storage, client systems,
and networking hardware—with the added flexibility
of HP’s Self-Maintainer program
HP—including servers, storage, client systems,
and networking hardware—with the added flexibility
of HP’s Self-Maintainer program
Business outcomes
Rugged, reliable servers offer maximum availability.
•
Tablet PCs promote classroom creativity.
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IT improvements
90 percent fewer visits to the data center
•
Twofold faster server deployment
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Threefold faster break-fix with HP Self-Maintainer
•
program
Building an Adaptive Infrastructure
The only nationally ranked business school in the
Gulf South, the Freeman School of Business at Tulane
University is consistently listed among the nation’s best
business schools by leading publications. Individually,
its Finance department has been ranked among the
top 10 in the world by the Financial Times.
The only nationally ranked business school in the
Gulf South, the Freeman School of Business at Tulane
University is consistently listed among the nation’s best
business schools by leading publications. Individually,
its Finance department has been ranked among the
top 10 in the world by the Financial Times.
While the Freeman School shares some IT resources
such as email with the larger university, it maintains
its own IT group and network. Since the late 1990s,
the Freeman School has been able to adapt to
rapidly changing IT requirements using Adaptive
Infrastructure solutions from HP.
such as email with the larger university, it maintains
its own IT group and network. Since the late 1990s,
the Freeman School has been able to adapt to
rapidly changing IT requirements using Adaptive
Infrastructure solutions from HP.
“Having an integrated set of solutions from a single
vendor has helped us evolve and adapt our data
center over the years,” says Tom Gerace, the school’s
director of information technology. “Standardizing on
HP ProLiant servers and management tools just has
been extremely beneficial for us—it has helped us be
more efficient in the data center.”
vendor has helped us evolve and adapt our data
center over the years,” says Tom Gerace, the school’s
director of information technology. “Standardizing on
HP ProLiant servers and management tools just has
been extremely beneficial for us—it has helped us be
more efficient in the data center.”
90 percent fewer trips to the data center
Before standardizing on HP servers, Gerace’s staff
had to make at least two unscheduled visits to the
data center each month to reboot servers and resolve
issues. “We also had planned downtime every
week in our former environment, which we’ve since
moved to Microsoft
Before standardizing on HP servers, Gerace’s staff
had to make at least two unscheduled visits to the
data center each month to reboot servers and resolve
issues. “We also had planned downtime every
week in our former environment, which we’ve since
moved to Microsoft
®
Windows
®
,” he says. “Granted,
operating systems are more stable now than they
were back then, but from time to time, things still
happen. Using HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO2) and
HP Onboard Administrator, we can do a lot of heavy
management from home instead of driving to the
data center in the middle of the night. And our staff
members love the fact that they can do routine
were back then, but from time to time, things still
happen. Using HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO2) and
HP Onboard Administrator, we can do a lot of heavy
management from home instead of driving to the
data center in the middle of the night. And our staff
members love the fact that they can do routine
“I never hear any complaints about the HP hardware’s performance.
We just don’t have unplanned downtime.”
—Tom Gerace, Director of Information Technology,
Freeman School of Business, Tulane University
Running IT better with HP
New Orleans’ A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane
University delivers maximum uptime for users with reliable
HP hardware
HP customer case
study: Adaptive
Infrastructure
Industry: education
Industry: education
About the Freeman
School of Business at
Tulane University
Founded in 1914, New
Orleans’ A.B. Freeman
School of Business at
Tulane University has
grown to become a
leading, internationally
recognized business
school with more than
1,800 students in
programs spanning three
continents.
Orleans’ A.B. Freeman
School of Business at
Tulane University has
grown to become a
leading, internationally
recognized business
school with more than
1,800 students in
programs spanning three
continents.