HP has unveiled a blade workstation solution, and Lloyds
TSB is among the first companies to use it.
Based on HP BladeSystem infrastructure, the HP ProLiant Blade
Workstation Solution gives users the ability to quickly access
workstation compute power from anywhere in the world using thin
client devices or Microsoft Windows-based workstations, PCs and
notebooks.
This type of solution is ideal for customers in the financial
trading, public sector, and manufacturing industries, said HP.
Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets in London recently customized its
255-position trading floor with 280 HP ProLiant xw25p Blade
Workstations.
The thin-client solution is used by traders in the foreign
exchange, derivatives, and global commodities markets, as well as
by sales traders in the derivatives and interest rate trading
markets.
Benefits of the solution include significant cost savings in
move/add/change (MAC) costs, system maintenance, power and cooling,
and remote site operation, as well as improved data security,
accessibility, work environment, disaster recovery support, and
system uptime and availability.
“We were looking for something that was going to give a market
edge to our traders, and for us, the HP Blade Workstation delivered
on that,” said Colin Everett, head of IT strategy and
infrastructure, financial markets at Lloyds TSB.
“Having invested substantially in new premises and recruitment
within our expanding corporate markets division, we believe the HP
blade workstations give us this edge and will translate into better
client services – which can only help boost the bottom line,” said
Everett.
The Lloyds TSB blades are stored in the datacentre and allow the
IT department to add resources and apps when needed, and remotely
feed them to users via a thin-client network.
HP blade workstation features include HP Remote Graphics
software, real-time streaming video, 3D graphics and multiple
display support.
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