ProCurve Networking by HP Delivers New Solutions to Meet Customers' Security, Mobility and IP Telephony Needs

Business Wire, June 14, 2004

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 2004

New Offerings from ProCurve Ease Network Deployment and Optimize

Network Infrastructure to Help Protect Customer IT Investments

ProCurve Networking by HP today announced three complete offerings -- combining hardware, software, an extensive information library, service and support -- to make it easier for network administrators to develop and deploy secure, mobile, multi-service networks. In addition, ProCurve introduced a series of products to further round out its wireless and switch product lines.

To support these new offerings, ProCurve has announced a new framework for its Elite Partner program focusing on exclusive tools for sales and deployment, expanded training content and delivery options, and more opportunities to excel through a new specialization and certification program. (See today's news release titled "ProCurve Networking by HP Enhances Channel Programs to Provide More Knowledge, Tools and Support.")

Additionally, ProCurve plans to develop a new class of products designed to optimize network infrastructure based on the ProCurve Adaptive EDGE Architecture. Using enterprise networking technology and associated rights acquired from Riverstone Networks on June 7, 2004, ProCurve will develop the ProCurve EDGE Fabric, a family of Ethernet LAN networking devices designed to be the best choice to interconnect intelligent edge devices, providing a cost-effective, high-bandwidth and resilient connection. (More information about the ProCurve EDGE Fabric is available in an online press kit at www.hp.com/go/procurve2004.)

ProCurve enables customers to meet the seemingly incompatible mandate to cut costs while driving business forward and increasing productivity. The ProCurve solutions reduce network complexity, simultaneously addressing corporate demands for security, mobility, IP telephony/convergence and a single view of the network.

"By recognizing the market drivers behind the current agendas of CIOs, ProCurve has been able to anticipate market need, innovate and lead with our Adaptive EDGE Architecture," said John McHugh, general manager and vice president, ProCurve Networking by HP. "Today's announcements demonstrate how ProCurve enables network managers to focus on initiatives that move business forward rather than continually putting out fires, solving their problems with a future-proof, holistic approach to network design."

Meeting three of the top networking issues -- security, mobility and convergence -- the ProCurve Access Control Security, Mobility Infrastructure and IP Telephony solutions announced today further support the ProCurve Adaptive EDGE Architecture, providing a unified and comprehensive approach to the development of secure, mobile, multi-service networks.

-- ProCurve Access Control Security Solution - This offering protects

the network by helping ensure that only authorized users are

allowed onto wired or wireless networks through centralized policy

control. This affordable solution encompasses not only switch

products and software applications, but also industry-leading

services and support.

-- ProCurve Mobility Infrastructure Solution - This comprehensive

solution delivers secure, persistent, dependable mobile

connectivity to resources that allow employee work to proceed

uninhibited by physical location, increasing user productivity and

return on IT investment. The solution not only includes hardware

and software, but also the services, support and tools necessary

to enable a simple, successful, cost-effective wireless LAN

deployment.

-- ProCurve IP Telephony Solution - This convergence solution helps

customers get more from their networks by allowing them to easily

add voice capability to an existing network. This solution

combines industry-leading IP switching infrastructure with IP

telephony products for true communications convergence.

"I don't want to have to worry about individual products. I want to invest in business solutions. On the other hand, I need the flexibility to choose the right technologies that can fit my unique needs, not cookie cutter offerings. ProCurve Networking by HP provides the best of both worlds with its latest networking solutions," said Bjorn Tore Paulen, chief technology officer, Eidsiva Broadband Services. "ProCurve's comprehensive solutions for access control security, mobility infrastructure and standards-based IP telephony dramatically simplify deployment while providing flexibility in meeting individual business needs."

Available worldwide, the solutions include core products, services and support from ProCurve Elite partners. Exact solution configuration varies case by case, depending on customer needs.

To support these new solutions and extend the breadth of its product line, ProCurve also introduced a series of wireless and switch product lines, including:

--  HP ProCurve Manager and HP ProCurve Manager Plus 1.5 network
    management solution - offering e-mail/pager alerts, sFlow support,
    increased access point management, more schedulable activities and
    enhanced group configuration features.

--  HP ProCurve Switch xl 16-port 10/100/1000 Module - a high-density
    Gigabit port module with two dual-personality ports for the HP
    ProCurve Switch 5300 series.

--  HP ProCurve Switch xl 10/100-TX PoE module - a 24-port 10/100
    Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) switch module for the 5300 switch
    series.

--  HP ProCurve Switch 5304xl-32G - a bundled offering with 28
    10/100/1000 ports and four dual-personality ports.

--  HP ProCurve Switch 5308xl-48G - a bundled offering with 42
    10/100/1000 ports and six dual-personality ports.

--  HP ProCurve 9300 EP 100Base-FX Module - a 24 100Base-FX port
    module for the HP ProCurve Switch 9300 series.

--  HP ProCurve 610 External Power Supply - a 1RU external power
    supply with four EPS ports providing PoE to connected Switch xl
    10/100-TX PoE modules.

--  Free software updates for:

    --  HP ProCurve Secure Access 700wl series - offering new user
        interface, rights model, centralized configuration, management
        and monitoring, failover, bandwidth control, more VLAN
        support, improved system logging, remote CLI and additional
        SNMP support.

    --  HP ProCurve Routing Switch 9300m series - offering source IP
        port security, IP multicast traffic reduction, PIM sparse
        snooping, link aggregation on 802.1Q ports, link fault
        signaling on 10GbE ports, dynamic ACLs and MAC filters on
        802.1X ports, and support for copper mini-GBIC.

--  New antennas for use on the HP ProCurve Wireless Access Point 420
    and 520wl:

    --  HP ProCurve 2 dBi Indoor Omni-directional Diversity Antenna

    --  HP ProCurve 5 dBi Indoor / Outdoor Omni-directional Antenna

    --  HP ProCurve 6.5 dBi Indoor / Outdoor Directional Diversity
        Antenna

    --  HP ProCurve 7 dBi Indoor / Outdoor Directional Antenna

    --  HP ProCurve 8 dBi Outdoor Omni-directional Antenna

    --  HP ProCurve 11 dBi Indoor / Outdoor Wide Angle Directional
        Antenna

--  HP ProCurve Wireless 802.11g Access Point Card 170wl 11CH - an
    11-channel IEEE 802.11g radio card for 520wl Wireless Access
    Points.

--  HP ProCurve MC-Card to R-SMA cable and HP ProCurve 14 dBi Yagi
    Antenna for the Access Point 520wl.