• 1989: Enabled customers to achieve PC-like economics and flexibility for their server environments with the first x86 server built on industry standards. The Compaq SystemPro ushered in a new era of computing in enterprise server reliability, capacity and performance.
• 1989: To allow customers to deploy larger workloads while efficiently supporting more users on fewer physical systems, HP pioneered the first multiprocessor (MP) server systems.

• 1991: Allowed customers to manage more servers with less manpower with the First Remote Management cards.
• 1992: Ensured customers could receive a replacement processor, hard drive or memory module in advance of a component failure, and can avoid unplanned downtime with First Pre-Failure Warranty.
• 1993: Provided an effective method to ensure a reliable server deployment with SmartStart, containing utilities, drivers, management programs and other software.
• 1993: Simplified physical deployment and improves data center security with the first rack mount server in the market, HP ProLiant 4000.
• 1995: Ensured single component failure won’t bring down the whole system by introducing redundant power supplies and NICs in ProLiant servers.
• 1998-1999: Brought an unprecedented ability for customers to scale up in an X86 environment with the introduction of first 8-way server with the Profusion chipset (HP ProLiant 8500 & 8000).

• 2002: Revolutionized data center operations with new levels of flexibility, scalability and economics built on a plug-and-play, space saving server design, reduced cable requirements with the introduction of the first HP ProLiant blade server.
• 2003: Eased management of blade server infrastructures by slashing deployment time, increasing energy efficiency and adding on-board shared storage and data protection with the introduction of HP BladeSystem.
• 2003: HP continues to innovate in power and cooling with new technology that delivers up to 30 percent annual savings in energy costs. HP Thermal Logic technology tracks and automatically adjusts power and cooling based on actual server workloads.
• 2004: Enabled greater performance, excellent virtualization capabilities and more efficient energy usage with the introduction of HP’s first dual core servers.
• 2006: Allowed customers to slash networking costs, simplify administration, and dynamically re-provision their server infrastructure with the introduction of HP Virtual Connect technology.
• 2007: Helped mid-market customers more easily take advantage of the space, power and cooling advances of a blade server infrastructure with the introduction of the smaller, HP BladeSystem x3000 nicknamed “Shorty”.
• 2008: Enabled customers to triple the capacity of their data center through more efficient server power management with HP Dynamic Power Capping.
• 2009: Doubled server performance at half the power draw of previous server generations, HP introduces the HP ProLiant G6 server portfolio. With as little as a 3-month pay-back, customers adopt HP ProLiant G6 servers faster than any previous HP server platform.
• 2009: Enabled more efficient energy management by automatically optimizing power and cooling to each part of a ProLiant G6 server using up to 32 smart on-board smart sensors with the HP Sea of Sensors.
• 2009: Delivered scale-out computing customers an ultra light-weight, extreme-performance and highly energy efficient server architecture with the introduction of the HP ProLiant SL (scalable line) “skinless” server line.
• 2009: Helped customers ensure energy efficiency improvements of up to 30 percent compared to standard servers with the first ENERGY STAR qualified servers in the industry: the ProLiant DL360 and DL380.

HP ProLiant servers are designed to give you the best return on investment with improved performance, energy efficiency and virtualization capabilities. As the ideal platform for your next-generation data center, HP ProLiant servers are an integral part of the HP Converged Infrastructure portfolio which integrates existing silos of servers, storage, network and facility resources into a common environment, allowing IT to rapidly respond to business demands.

Optimized for virtual environments, delivering significant performance per watt improvements, and being modular and standards-based, HP ProLiant servers provide an excellent choice as the core building blocks for your Converged Infrastructure. For example, HP ProLiant servers incorporate HP Thermal Logic technology which reduces energy and cooling costs. This enables you to more accurately configure systems based on power guidance for specific workloads; improve data center utilization; and, reclaim over-provisioned energy to accurately monitor and control the power used by each server. And with our unique sea of sensors technology, system cooling is optimized by automatically tracking thermal activity through a collection of smart sensors placed strategically throughout the server. Plus, the HP ProLiant platform offers a comprehensive set of embedded technologies that allow you to control the management and monitoring of the server infrastructure onsite or remotely, and reduce network connection costs with the ability to adjust bandwidth to workload demands for each network connection.

When deploying HP ProLiant Servers as your Converged Infrastructure foundation, you will gain a whole new level of simplicity, integration, and automation to accelerate outcomes that matter most to your business.

Learn more about HP Converged Infrastructure.