We've all seen the dire statistics on the damage a natural or human-caused disaster can inflict on a business. But even small, every-day disruptions to
business services that are tightly woven into the fabric of your enterprise can have a ripple effect on business productivity, revenue generation, and competitiveness. Critical tools such as process automation, collaboration,
and real-time business intelligence are driving business outcomes around the clock. Therefore, it should be no surprise that performance metrics for CIOs are often tied to the availability and service levels of these vital assets.
Addressing this issue would be difficult enough in a static environment. Of course, technology and business methods are never static. So, in addition to ensuring consistent performance and rock-solid stability, your data center must also be able to adapt effortlessly in a dynamic business environment - a daunting prospect to be sure. But rest assured, HP and Oracle can help.
With a next-generation data center based on the HP Adaptive Infrastructure and Oracle Grid Computing, you can meet your availability and your agility goals. Our business continuity solutions enable you to deliver the service levels your business requires. It all starts with the data center infrastructure. That's why HP offers Reference Architectures for Oracle Grid that accelerate your path to a next-generation data center with built-in business continuity and availability. The reference architectures define, validate, and document best practice integrations of HP Adaptive Infrastructure technologies and Oracle Grid computing components to help IT deliver better business outcomes.