HP announces new Business Technology Optimization software and financing promotion 10 December, 2008 By Erin Bell

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HP's new Quality Center 10.0 software is designed to act as the heart of the application delivery process by incorporating requirements management, test management, functional and security testing, and defect management on a single platform.

By integrating HP Quality Center software with HP Project and Portfolio Management software, customers can drive common processes and key performance metrics across teams, which enables assets to be shared and reused across projects.

The new version of HP's Universal Configuration Management Database (UCMDB 8.0) can be integrated with more than 17 products across HP's BTO software portfolio, including HP Business Availability Center 8.0, HP Operations Manager i-Series, HP Network Node Manager i-Series Advanced, and HP Service Manager 7.1.

When UCMDB 8.0 is integrated with HP's Business Service Management (BSM) suite of products, customers can prioritize incidents such as systems failure, service downtime and poor end-user experience, identify the cause of the problem, and speed up problem resolution.

The newly improved BSM solution provides prepackaged run-book automation work flows using the HP Operations Orchestration product, integrated with the HP Network Automation 7.5 and HP Service Manager software. These software integrations can automate the execution process of business service changes.

In this economic cycle, smart CIOs are turning adversity into advantage by investing in key solutions to manage cost and risk. At the same time, they are positioning their business to be more competitive when the business cycle rebounds, said Robin Purohit, Vice President and General Manager, Software Products, HP. HP Business Technology Optimization software has a strong track record of helping CIOs deliver more business value and cost saving out of their technology investments.

HP also announced a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) option for product delivery. The service is backed by round-the-clock support that includes a technical account manager, ongoing mentoring and best practices. According to HP, centralizing service delivery and standardization enables customers to accelerate deployment without significant start-up costs and training.

Finally, HP announced that it is offering zero per cent lease financing on its BTO and Information Management software through HP Financial Services, the company's leasing and financing arm. The promotion is available on qualifying deals over $100,000 through Jan. 31, 2009.