FW: PowerHouse and the future of the HP e3000

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Vive la VMS!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: powerh-l-admin@cube.swau.edu
> [mailto:powerh-l-admin@cube.swau.edu]On Behalf Of Witkopp, Richard
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 3:40 PM
> To: 'powerh-l@lists.swau.edu'
> Subject: RE: PowerHouse and the future of the HP e3000
> 
> 
> How ironic that VMS may outlive the 3000 even though
> HP controls it's fate (if the merger happens).
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Whittall, Conrad [mailto:Conrad.Whittall@Cognos.COM]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 12:53 PM
> > To: 'powerh-l@lists.swau.edu'
> > Subject: PowerHouse and the future of the HP e3000
> > 
> > 
> > Sorry about the poor formatting of the original post...MS 
> > Outlook don't you
> > know :-( Perhaps this will be a little easier to read...
> > 
> > Today's announcement from HP that it will begin advising customers to
> > transition from HP e3000 servers to other HP server platforms 
> > over the next
> > five years might have come as a shock to some, and as a 
> > long-expected move
> > by others. Perhaps the most important thing to remember at 
> > this time, as the
> > late Douglas Adams tells us (describing what appears in big, friendly,
> > letters on the cover of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the 
> > Galaxy), is "Don't
> > Panic!".
> > 
> > HP has provided a five-year plan for the HP e3000 platform. 
> > This provides
> > everyone with sufficient time to assess their business needs, 
> > evaluate the
> > many alternatives available, plan the migration to their 
> > chosen replacement
> > platform (or platforms), and start the actual process of 
> > moving from the HP
> > e3000. The HP e3000 is not going to disappear overnight...and 
> > the systems in
> > use today will not all suddenly stop working just because of the
> > announcement from HP.
> > 
> > You can find full details of the HP announcement in a special 
> > section of the
> > HP web site, at www.hp.com/products1/mpeixservers/future/.
> > 
> > Cognos fully understands HP's decision and supports its 
> > five-year plan for
> > the continued development and support of the HP e3000 
> > platform. Cognos is
> > committed to protecting its customers' investments in their PowerHouse
> > applications, the business rules embedded in those 
> > applications, and the
> > skills of their developers.
> > Cognos has issued a press release confirming its intent to continue
> > development until November 2003, and support until December 
> > 2006, of the key
> > PowerHouse products on the HP e3000 platform -- namely PowerHouse 4GL,
> > PowerHouse Web and Axiant 4GL. This is entirely consistent with HP's
> > announced timescales for the future development and support 
> > of the HP e3000
> > hardware and software. This means that the PowerHouse 
> > products will be kept
> > up-to-date with the equivalent product on the other 
> > PowerHouse Series 8
> > platforms, where necessary and/or possible, for the next two 
> > years...with
> > the final HP e3000 release of these products being supported 
> > for a further
> > three years beyond that. The PowerHouse Series 8 server products are
> > currently also available on OpenVMS, HP-UX, AIX, Solaris, 
> > Tru64 UNIX and
> > Windows 2000/NT.
> > 
> > Cognos will work closely with HP and its global partner 
> > network to provide
> > customers with a smooth migration path from the HP e3000 for their
> > PowerHouse applications. The company is currently developing 
> > new support
> > programs that will allow customers to benefit from continued technical
> > support for PowerHouse on their HP e3000 systems, together with simple
> > transfers of their PowerHouse licenses to their chosen 
> > replacement platform.
> > 
> > 
> > The company is also planning new, Web-based training 
> > opportunities to help
> > developers learn how to migrate PowerHouse applications to 
> > new environments,
> > use PowerHouse tools with relational databases, and develop 
> > client-server
> > and Web-based applications with the PowerHouse tools.
> > 
> > Please visit the HP-specific area of the Cognos web site regularly, at
> > www.cognos.com/hp3000, to access the latest information on 
> > Cognos' plans for
> > product development, support programs, and new training 
> > programs to assist
> > our HP e3000 customers successfully research, evaluate, plan, 
> > and carry out
> > a smooth migration of their PowerHouse applications from the HP e3000
> > platform.
> > 
> > Remember. Don't panic!
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Conrad
> > 
> > Conrad Whittall
> > Marketing Manager, Application Development Tools
> > Cognos Incorporated, 3755 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, 
> > K1G 4K9, Canada
> > 
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