HP Certified Professional

Program information

It's Time to Register for HP World
Start making your plans to join your Americas Certified Professional team at the Annual HP Certified Professional Technical Conference, held in conjunction with HP World, August 16-20, at McCormick Place in Chicago.

New ProCurve Credential Launched
The HP Certified Professional Program has an ever-growing number of new credentials in its portfolio to the meet the needs of our partner, customer and employee audiences.

HP Certified Professional Connection...one of your new certification benefits
Last month we announced the Certified Professional Connection information portal.

Current Continuing Certification Requirements (CCRs)
There are three continuing certification requirements in progress at this time:
Accredited System Engineer (ASE), Accredited Sales Professional (ASP), and Accredited Presales Professional (APP).

September 30, 2004 migration deadline is approaching
When the new HP Certified Professional Program was officially announced in February 2003, several migration "action items" were assigned to specific premerger certifications.

Beta Tests and Certification Exams

Have You Ever Considered Taking a Beta Exam?
The HP Certified Professional Program is looking for candidates to participate in the beta exam process.

HP Data Protector 5.1 Basics for UNIX
Network Storage Solutions Worldwide Training announced the availability of the HP Data Protector 5.1 Basics for UNIX® Beta Exam (HP1-621).

HP Data Protector 5.1 Basics for Windows
Network Storage Solutions Worldwide Training announced the availability of the HP Data Protector 5.1 Basics for Windows® Beta Exam (HP1-620).

Implementing HP Virtual Array Solutions
Network Storage Solutions Worldwide Training announced the availability of the Implementing HP Virtual Array Solutions Beta Exam (HP1-685).

Request for participation in the HP Storage certification beta exams (HP1-237 & HP1-242)
The HP Certified Professional Program is looking for candidates to participate in the HP1-237 beta exam (Supporting the MSL5000/6000 & Stand Alone Tape Devices) and the HP1-242 beta exam (Supporting the ESL9000).

NonStop SQL/MP
The NonStop SQL/MP exam (HP1-780) is now in beta status at the worldwide Prometric Testing Centers. It is an ASE-level elective and also qualifies as a CSE elective.

Get NonStop certified at ITUG Summit 2004
Free NonStop system certification exams and pre-conference training classes will be available at the ITUG Summit 2004

Training and Education

Web-based training on HP EVA storage solutions
Are you pursuing an AIS or ASE storage certification? Are you looking for some training that will help you get there? If so, HP Education Services has the course for you: Implementing HP Enterprise Virtual Array Solutions.

New course offering on NonStop Open System Management
A new class, NonStop Open System Management (OSM) Interface overview (U8439R), is now available.

Limited Time Offer - FREE Technical Update Training (TUT) subscription with your first RAIL class enrollment
SIGN up for a RAIL class now and receive a FREE TUT subscription.

Technical Update Training CD #44 now shipping
NonStop Server Technical Update Training CD #44 is now available.

Make your the most of your ITUG Summit 2004 Experience - get trained and certified.
Free NonStop system certification exams and pre-conference training classes will be available at the ITUG Summit 2004

Bring a buddy to class and save $100
Training in pairs is now easier on the budget.

Events and user groups

Time to Register for HP World!
Here's your invitation to the HP Certified Professional Technical Conference from Rich Gossman, Director, Americas HP Certified Professional Program Office:

Take Your Career to New Heights at HP Software Forum 2004
Join us June 14-18, 2004, in Montréal, Québec, Canada, to network and learn from the best in the industry.

ITUG Summit 2004 news
Join your fellow NonStop HP Certified Professionals and other NonStop users to hear Ann M. Livermore, Executive Vice President of HP Services Organization, at ITUG Summit 2004 October 3-7, at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, California.

Technical documentation

Documentation for Business Desktops
Find technical guides and white papers for HP business desktop computers.

(Desktop) HP d500 Series service reference guide
This document provides information on the removal and replacement of all parts as well as information on troubleshooting, Desktop Management, setup utilities, SATA and PATA drives, safety, routine care, connector pin assignments, POST error messages, and diagnostic indicator lights.

(Desktop) Service reference guide - Business Desktop d200 Series 4th Edition
This document provides information on the removal and replacement of all parts as well as information on troubleshooting, Desktop Management, setup utilities, Parallel ATA drives, safety, routine care, connector pin assignments, POST error messages, and diagnostic indicator lights.

(HP-UX) Database migration from Tru64 UNIX to HP-UX
This paper discusses the migration process, shows how your use of the database affects how you migrate, and introduces you to tools that will help your migration.

(HP-UX) Learn how to tune HP-UX 11i for better performance
HP-UX 11i Tuning and Performance takes the guesswork out of maximizing HP-UX 11i performance-so you can quickly maximize the value of any HP-UX system in any environment.

(Linux) HP User Manual for Linux: A collection of installation, configuration, and setup papers
This document covers: Install Guide for Red Hat Linux® on HP Linux Workstations, IA-32 Linux Workstations and Large Memory Configurations, How to Enable Hyper-Threading on Linux Personal Workstations, and Multi-Monitor Configurations on HP Linux Workstations

(Microsoft Windows) Performance characterization of Microsoft Internet Information Services 6.0 on HP ProLiant systems
Learn more about HP's performance characterization for Windows® 2003 new Web engine, Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0. Detailed information includes both scale up and scale out configurations.

(NonStop) Accessing HP NonStop Transaction Services/MP as Web services
This white paper is an overview of Web-enabling NonStop applications using Web services.

(NonStop) New book: Breaking the Availability Barrier: Survivable Systems for Enterprise Computing
You and your customers can achieve tremendous improvements in NonStop server availability with "system splitting" as detailed in the new book Breaking the Availability Barrier: Survivable Systems for Enterprise Computing, written by former ITUG chairman Dr. Bill Highleyman and his colleagues Paul J. Holenstein and Dr. Bruce Holenstein.

(Notebooks) Manuals for HP Compaq notebook products
View a variety of guides to help you with these products. Choose from startup, getting started, hardware, software, battery, and service/maintenance guides. These guides are written in U.S. English.

(Storage) HP OpenView Continuous Access Storage Appliance (CASA)
HP OpenView CASA delivers robust data replication between homogeneous and heterogeneous devices in the SAN using snapshot, Fibre Channel mirrors and IP-based mirrors.

(Storage) New tape storage systems white papers for 2004
New for April 2004. Command View ESL's Secure Manager feature enables users to grant fibre channel host bus adapters access to devices in a tape library.

(Storage) Software and storage management appliance white papers
Choose from over 15 white papers.

(Storage) Storage Area Network (SAN) white papers
See the full list of Storage Area Network (SAN) white papers.

(Storage) Storage array systems white papers
See the full list of storage array systems white papers.

(Tru64 UNIX) New TruCluster interconnect analysis and comparison white paper now available
This technical white paper delivers data you can use to choose the optimal TruCluster system interconnect: Memory Channel or Gigabit Ethernet (1,000 megabits per second).

(Workstations) HP Performance Tuning Framework
HP Performance Tuning Framework enables optimal configuration of HP Intel Pentium 4/Xeon-based workstations delivering stability and best performance.

Technical tips

(Desktop) Assess computing costs with TCO snapshot tool
Try HP's TCO snapshot tool and get a quick analysis comparing your IT practices with industry-accepted best practices, including estimated costs and potential savings.

(NonStop) Web services primer
Learn the basics of developing NonStop applications using the W3C SOAP standard and Microsoft® .NET, IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic, IONA Orbix, and many other specialized development toolkits.

(ProLiant) ProLiant power calculator links
Use the ProLiant power calculators to review the server loading to determine the number of power supplies required for the power supplies to be redundant, and to approximate the electrical heat load per server for facilities planning. Bookmark this Web page for future access.

(Software) Building in application manageability: a developer perspective
As modern software applications grow more complex and distributed, the need for effective application management increases and can no longer be an afterthought in the development process.

(Software: Internet) Internet ready and networking tools
Bookmark this website to view an extensive set of tools that allow management of thousands of servers from local and remote locations.

(Solutions: Security) Identity management: A developer's view
This white paper describes trends, tools, and API sets that a developer can use to provide secure access to applications through the use of standardized identity management product suites.

Benchmarks

(Linux) IBM Lotus Domino Express and Linux performance test results on HP ProLiant ML350 G3 servers
This solution brief has been compiled to assist HP customers with the installation and deployment of IBM Lotus Domino 6.5 Collaboration Express on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 with United Linux 1.0 operating software running on the HP ProLiant ML350 G3 server.

(ProLiant) ProLiant DL585 top benchmark results on MS Exchange 2003, SAP R/3
The new server recently earned the top Microsoft® Windows® Exchange Server 2003 Performance and Scalability benchmark result for four-processor servers, using the new MMB3 benchmark.

Solutions information

(Printing) Converging technologies: Challenges and opportunities for business communication
Get the inside story on how converging technologies are causing dramatic shifts in the once sacred business paradigm governing how, when and by whom information is created, distributed and accessed.

(Linux) HP Serviceguard for Linux Red Hat EL 3 support
This high-availability solution brings the best-in-class mission critical HP-UX technologies to the Linux environment, and ProLiant and Integrity servers. Use the Serviceguard link to review several new support features.

(Software) HP completes Novadigm acquisition furthering Adaptive Enterprise
HP announced the completion of its acquisition of Novadigm Inc. Novadigm is a leading provider of policy-based change and configuration management software that offers customers the flexibility to automate management of software assets and heterogeneous resources - within the IT data center, distributed throughout the enterprise and beyond the firewall - to address customized business needs.

(Business Continuity) New Business Continuity and Availability website is live
The Business Continuity and Availability (BC&A) website now reflects a typical customer needs approach.

(Mobile) HP announces Rural Cellular as one of the first mobile operators to support multiple wireless network technologies from a single HLR platform
HP announced that Rural Cellular Corporation will deploy in full production an advanced home location register (HLR) that supports - from a single platform - the world's major wireless network technologies as well as interoperability between them.

(Storage) Storage solutions white papers
Bookmark the storage solutions website to find the latest white papers.

Service and support

(Services) HP instant support offering helps save customers time and money through Web-based technical support
HP introduced a Web-based technical support offering that automatically identifies, diagnoses and resolves computing problems within an enterprise customer's distributed desktop computing and printing environment.

(Software) Auto-Port Aggregation (J4240AA)-Issues with Web release access
HP Auto Port Aggregation (J4240AA) is a software-only product that distributes data over multiple Gigabit Ethernet and Fast Ethernet links.

Product news

(ProLiant) New enhancements to HP Insight Manager 7 Service Pack 2
HP announced new enhancements to the HP Insight Manager 7 Service Pack 2 Software.

(Desktop) HP delivers innovative blade PCs to the enterprise
HP announced availability of the HP Blade PC bc1000 as part of the HP Consolidated Client Infrastructure (CCI) solution, originally unveiled in December. HP is the first major technology vendor to develop and market its own virtual PC solution that truly improves return on IT investment for enterprise customers.

(Linux) HP breaks price-performance barriers, broadens customer choice with expanded ProLiant server line
In conjunction with the upcoming one-year anniversary of the AMD™ Opteron™ processor, HP extended its Linux-based high-performance cluster offerings to include an HP ProLiant server based on the AMD Opteron processor.

(ProLiant) New ProLiant product information from the April 13 launch
Here is a summary of the April 13 ProLiant product launch.

(Storage) HP drives down cost of Storage Area Networking
HP announced innovative storage solutions designed to help customers drive down storage area network (SAN) cost and simplify SAN integration and management based on industry standards.

(Storage) Network World and Internet News: HP readies low-cost Fibre Channel drives; New drives will cost about one-half the price of current Fibre Channel storage
HP will begin offering low-cost Fibre Channel disks in July that will cost about one-half the price of current Fibre Channel storage, according to HP.

(Workstations) HP first to bring latest industry-leading technologies to traditional UNIX workstation environments
HP announced the new HP Workstation c8000, which is designed to address the most demanding technical workloads in automotive, aerospace and electronic design enterprises. Offering high performance for traditional UNIX® applications, the HP c8000 is the ideal workstation for handling the complexities of large models, system assemblies, design analysis and simulations.

Sales and marketing

(Itanium) Free report from Gartner Group: Sun's cancellation of UltraSPARC V signals shifting vision
Sun Microsystems has canceled UltraSPARC V, the planned major upgrade to high-end servers.

(Linux) Gartner increases HP's Linux rating from "promising" to "positive"
In a recent Vendor Rating report, Gartner states, "HP is a strong choice for Linux. The company achieved several management and technology changes in 2003 that increased its rating for Linux to 'positive.'"

(Linux) The best industries for Linux: a Forrester forecast
Linux is primed to go mainstream on the enterprise server in 2004. Which industries will lead the race to Linux deployment?

(Printing) IDC: Discover new printing ROI
IDC points out an untapped return-on-investment opportunity in printing and imaging management. Learn more from this free IDC white paper.

Your Americas team

Contact your Americas HP Certified Professional Program team

Management

• Rich Gossman, Director, Americas HP Certified Professional Program, Rich.Gossman@hp.com

Staff Team Members

• Donna Green, Donna.Green@hp.com (Operations)
• Suzanne Martinez, Suzanne.Martinez@hp.com (Operations)
• Elvira Narvaez, maria-elvira_narvaez-cabrera@hp.com (Operations)
• Barbara Sandro, Barbara.Sandro@hp.com (Marketing)
• Candace MacMillen, Candace.MacMillen@hp.com (Program Management)

How to contact us

• Email: certification.americas@hp.com
• Information Line: 1-800-273-4812 (U.S. and Canada only)
• Website: www.hp.com/go/certification/americas

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