Hewlett-Packard Teams With Viador, Promotes High Standards
Hewlett-Packard will use Viador Inc.'s E-Portal Suite as thecornerstone of its enterprise information portal initiative,
the two companies announced yesterday. HP and Viador will
offer a joint implementation service for customers building
enterprise portals using the Viador technology.
The consulting operations of the two companies are combining
their portal expertise to create a joint portal
implementation methodology, says John Santaferraro, E-
intelligence marketing manager at HP. "This is our entree
into the EIP arena," he says.
HP and Viador already offer a proof-of-concept service,
priced at $10,000, which provides customers with a prototype
portal system. Later this year the companies will offer
services for building and deploying a complete EIP system in
six weeks or less. Those services will be provided on a
hosted basis: Once the portal system is complete, customers
can bring it in-house or continue to have HP and Viador host
it. Pricing for the development and deployment services will
be based on the number of users, the amount of data to be
accessible, server size, bandwidth and other system
attributes.
HP yesterday also continued its promotion of high standards
in the area of network quality of service with the HP
ProCurve Networking strategy, which creates a logical
framework for moving a network from the provisioning stage
to controlling traffic; prioritizing; and, ultimately,
reserving and guaranteeing bandwidth. HP ProCurve consists
of the company's WebQoS, TopTools for Hubs & Switches, and
free software upgrades.
Separately, Intel will disclose today that it is making
available a software development kit for network device and
solution vendors designed to help users better manage
bandwidth in heterogeneous environments. The kit will guide
vendors in implementing the Common Open Services Policies
protocol in policy servers, traffic managers, network
appliances, and network clients, such as hubs, switches, and
routers. The protocol, which is supported by Intel, is being
evaluated as a standard by the Internet Engineering Task
Force. Systems based on COPS should let companies
collaboratively specify, maintain, and enforce policies,
such as levels of security and quality of service, across
different network equipment and services on the Internet or
a corporate intranet. The kit is due the first quarter of
next year.
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