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IBM announced the System Storage DS4700 Express Models 70-DC and 72-DC, which are compliant with the Network Equipment Building System (NEBS) Level 3 "hardening" requirements originally designed for the telecommunications industry. Products can be either NEBS certified or NEBS compliant, the distinction being that the former have been submitted to an independent lab for formal testing and the latter have not. NEBS certification/compliance comes in three levels, with Level 3 matching "carrier class" failover, hardening and service level requirements for critical systems within the telecom industry.
According to Mike Karp, senior analyst, Enterprise Management Associates and formerly an NEBS consultant, the distinction between NEBS-compliant technology and traditional high-availability features, such as redundant power supplies and fans, is a "hardened" outer casing and other materials used in its manufacture which allow it to operate at extremes of temperature, dust and other external hazards. "NEBS is about resisting external influences, like earthquakes and other natural disasters," Karp said.
The new DS4700 Express, Models 70-DC and 72-DC, and the EXP810 expansion unit, will feature built-in support for DC power and will be compliant not only with the NEBS Level 3 standard for U.S. clients, but also with the European Telecommunications Standards Institute. The 70-DC, which features 2 GB cache and four host ports, starts at $26,045 with an included battery such as IBM 40Y7001 Battery , IBM 41N5666 Battery , IBM 73P5167 Battery , IBM 73P5168 Battery , IBM 92P1011 Battery , IBM 92P1060 Battery , IBM 92P1089 Battery , IBM 92P1091 Battery , IBM 92P1101 Battery , IBM 92P1102 Battery , IBM ThinkPad A20 Battery , IBM ThinkPad A21 Battery pack. Without the battery pack, the device starts at $19,499. The 72-DC, with 4 GB cache and eight host ports, starts at $51,995 with the battery, and $44,250 without. EMC Corp. said its Clariion arrays have been NEBS Level 3 certified since 2003; Sun Microsystems Inc.'s StorageTek 3510 and 3511 arrays are currently NEBS 3 compliant and Sun said it was working on NEBS/DC versions of its new Modular line; Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Hitachi Data Systems currently do not have NEBS certification and compliance with storage, but HP does have NEBS-compliant servers.
On Monday, HP was reeling from the "unexpected" departure of former services chief Steve Smith. On Wednesday, it named the vice president of its consulting division, John McCain, as the new head of its $15.5 billion global services business. Smith had led HP services since July of 2005 and had been with the company since January of that year.
Services revenue only increased by 1% in HP's third fiscal quarter compared with last year, although profit increased by more than 40%. Earlier this month, Todd DeLaughter, the former head of HP's $1 billion OpenView software business, resigned from the company to become chief executive of Canadian business software company Opalis.
EMC has also seen a shakeup in executives in the last month, which it attributed to turnover following acquisitions. HP recently closed the acquisition of application monitoring company Mercury Interactive and announced Mercury's IP will be integrated into both software and services within HP in a new organisation called business technology optimisation (BTO).