U.S. Air Force Chooses HP as Key Technology Provider
HP today announced that the U.S. Air Force has selected it to provide new workstations and desktop PCs as a part of its enterprise IT purchase program.
“We are proud of our strong performance record and look forward to providing the USAF with premier technology that aides in the management of the forces protecting our nation.”. The award will add to the USAF’s 900,000 units of HP products deployed in the past five years throughout the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific and is part of the USAF CCS (client, computer and servers) Quantum Enterprise Buy (QEB). In compliance with USAF requirements, HP will include customized agency configurations that meet strict standards and tests for memory, audio, video and other specifications.
The Air Force Information Technology Commodity Council (AF ITCC), composed of top USAF officials, selects vendors for the QEB by evaluating the performance quality of their enterprise computing products in harsh environments. HP has consistently proven to be a “Best Value” vendor through the assessment.
USAF facilities worldwide will use an array of HP platforms, including HP Workstations and HP Compaq 6005 Business Pro PCs that combine high performance, energy efficiency and security features.
“For more than 60 years, the U.S. military and federal government has relied on HP for state-of-the-art technology products and solutions,” said Stephen DiFranco, senior vice president and general manager, Personal Systems Group, HP. “We are proud of our strong performance record and look forward to providing the USAF with premier technology that aides in the management of the forces protecting our nation.”
Powerful, versatile, reliable
The QEB award will include the HP Z800 Workstation and HP Z400 Workstation. The HP Z800 Workstation offers Intel® Xeon® 5500 and 5600 series processors, providing up to 12 processing cores,(1) up to 192 gigabytes of ECC memory,(2) up to 10 terabytes of high-speed storage(3) and up to dual NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 graphics.
The HP Z400 offers up to six processing cores using Intel Xeon 3500 series processors, providing up to 24 GB of ECC memory, up to 8 TB of high-speed storage and up to NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 or dual NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 graphics.
HP Z Workstations are designed to optimize energy use while maintaining high-performance power, versatility and reliability. They include at least 85 percent efficient power supplies helping to reduce both overall energy usage and the amount of waste heat released. HP Workstations also offer ENERGY STAR® 5.0 qualified configurations while all HP Z Workstations are more than 90 percent recyclable by weight and registered as EPEAT® Gold.
Industry research firm IDC reported that HP led the desktop and mobile workstation category in market share in the second quarter of 2011, retaking the No. 1 position in the United States.
