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HP STORAGE SYSTEM BOOSTS PERFORMANCE OF AFFINA'S INFO SYS

HP has announced that AFFINA, a leader in providing comprehensive customer relationship management (CRM) services to Fortune 1000 clients and government agencies, has implemented a complete computing infrastructure based on HP's storage area network (SAN) technology.

AFFINA selected HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) technology, a virtual RAID storage solution designed for enterprise-scale applications, over competing systems due to HP's price/performance benefits. Installed by HP SAN implementation services, the system is now helping AFFINA to manage its overwhelming data requirements.

"CRM requires that you track, analyze and crunch lots of disparate data to determine patterns and common elements," said John May, senior system administrator, AFFINA. "StorageWorks allows us to easily store, manage and retrieve large volumes of data spread across a variety of applications."

The speed and fail-safe operation of the HP EVA is already making a difference where it matters most: in the response time of AFFINA's key software applications.

"The StorageWorks EVA system delivers substantial performance improvements to our Microsoft Exchange environment," said May. "Before implementing this HP storage system, it took 2.5 hours to compress our personal information files, but now we can do it in half the time, dramatically reducing our server downtime."

The HP StorageWorks EVA is designed for customers who have a critical need for improved storage utilization and scalability while meeting application specific demands.

It is one of the highest density disk-storage solutions in the industry featuring a redundant architecture that eliminates single points of failure between servers and storage devices. The HP StorageWorks EVA is enabled by VersaStor technology, offering a virtual RAID storage solution that removes the time, space and cost boundaries of traditionally architected storage.

More information about the HP StorageWorks EVA is available at www.compaq.com/products/storageworks/enterprise/index.html. Information about AFFINA is available at www.affina.com.

About HP

HP is a leading global provider of products, technologies, solutions and services to consumers and businesses. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, personal computing and access devices, global services and imaging and printing. HP completed its merger transaction involving Compaq Computer Corporation on May 3, 2002. More information about HP is available at www.hp.com.

Contact: Don Gentile of HP, 408-447-4410, don.gentile@hp.com.