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ProCurve Networking solutions to connect the computing infrastructure behind CERN's Large Hadron Collider.
Grenoble, FRANCE - January 5, 2006 - ProCurve Networking by HP today announced a significant enhancement of its business partnership with CERN under which ProCurve will provide the Geneva-based organisation with a large number of new networking products and solutions, designed to meet the needs of the world's premier particle physics research facility, where the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest scientific instrument, is currently under construction.
In a drive to improve the reliability, speed and performance of its overall IT infrastructure, CERN has acquired 300 units of the award-winning ProCurve Switch 3400cl, which are being deployed not only on-campus but also to connect the technology infrastructure at CERN that powers some of the world's leading scientific Grid projects.
To date, approximately 50 ProCurve 3400cl switches have been deployed within CERN's campus. That number is expected to grow to 700 in the coming years, with a view to revitalising its overall IT infrastructure; done by delivering intelligent, high-performance at the edge of their network. A further 250 units of this Layer 3 Gigabit LAN switch are being deployed in a massive PC farm in CERN's computer centre. These units will connect more than 6000 PCs, which will be at the heart of the LHC Computing Grid. This globally distributed scientific Grid will ensure that in 2007, when the LHC begins operation, thousands of scientists worldwide will be capable of producing, storing and analysing an expected 15 Petabytes (15 million Gigabytes) of data each year.
As a leading scientific organisation which demands extremely high levels of performance and security within its IT infrastructure, CERN is continually evaluating innovative technologies to help facilitate its research and productivity. David Foster, Communications, Systems and Networking Group Leader at CERN said: "The decision to buy ProCurve was based on the high performance, low overall cost of ownership and increased network security we believe ProCurve's products will bring to our organisation. Furthermore, it was imperative that we chose a solid partner; one that is dedicated to investing in high-technology and one that is committed to long-term R&D partnerships.
"Sometimes our technical specification is slightly ahead of the industry standard - therefore we like working with vendors such as ProCurve Networking who are flexible enough to invest in developing appropriate solutions. The Adaptive Edge Architecture is in line with our campus strategy."
Foster added: "Thanks to ProCurve our network now has the high level of performance, security and intelligence required to manage complex applications that are integral to the Large Hadron Collider project. We also appreciate ProCurve's lifetime warranty terms. We look forward to a continuing and growing relationship with the ProCurve Networking team."
Founded in 1954 and located in Geneva, CERN is the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, the world's largest particle physics centre. With 20 member states, and a staff of 2500, physicists conduct work here to explore what matter is made of and what forces hold it together. CERN houses not only the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, but also the LHC Computing Grid (LCG) - the world's largest international scientific grid. Equally notable, in 1989, Tim Berners-Lee, a scientist at CERN, invented the World Wide Web which was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automatic information sharing between scientists working in different universities and institutes around the world.
CERN has been using HP networking equipment for more than 12 years and HP is also collaborating with the CERN openlab project, launched in 2003, which provides an innovative framework for collaborative projects between CERN and the IT industry. The ultimate goal of CERN openlab is to research and develop key technologies that support advanced clusters working on a massive international grid of processors, servers, high-speed switching, storage technologies and database software.
"HP has a strong association with CERN, based on invention and R&D, and I am delighted that we are now extending this partnership," said Wenceslao Lada, Vice President and General Manager for ProCurve Networking, Europe, Middle East and Africa. "CERN's decision to invest in ProCurve's high-performance networking solutions is a strong vindication that ProCurve is now recognised among leading global organisations, who are convinced by the business benefits that can be gained with ProCurve and its Adaptive EDGE Architecture™."
The ProCurve Networking Adaptive EDGE Architecture strategy is based on an intelligent edge, connected through a reliable interconnect, that is automatically configured through business policies with command from the center and control to the network edge. The architecture is the framework for products launched today that provide high-performance and availability, dynamic and granular control over network security, reduce network and business complexity, and increase productivity.
About CERN
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is the world's leading laboratory for particle physics. It has its headquarters in Geneva. At present, its Member States are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. India, Israel, Japan, the Russian Federation, the United States of America, Turkey, the European Commission and UNESCO have Observer status.
About ProCurve Networking by HP
The ProCurve Networking business unit of HP delivers enterprise networking solutions comprising wired and wireless LAN and WAN networking products, services and solutions. Recognising the necessary migration of intelligence and functionality to the network edge, the ProCurve Adaptive EDGE Architecture strategy is the industry's only comprehensive and inclusive network design strategy that is adaptable, scalable and completely interoperable for achieving command from the centre with control to the network edge. ProCurve was positioned in the challenger quadrant in research and advisory firm Gartner, Inc.'s 2004 Magic Quadrant Report for Global Campus LANs.
Further information on ProCurve networking solutions and products is available at ProCurve website.
About HP
HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging and printing. For the four fiscal quarters ended Oct. 31, 2005, HP revenue totaled $86.7 billion. More information about HP (NYSE, Nasdaq: HPQ) is available at www.hp.com
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