HP, Intel Team Up on Servers

Hewlett-Packard Co., the second-largest maker of servers, will sell new computers based on Intel Corp.’s Itanium processors in a push to replace machines made by IBM Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc.

Chief Executive Carly Fiorina will announce new versions of the Integrity series computers today that offer features from more expensive mainframe computers, said Rich Marcello, Hewlett-Packard’s head of business server computers.

Palo Alto-based Hewlett-Packard and Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel, the world’s largest chip maker, are going after the most lucrative part of the market for the powerful computers that companies use to manage databases and perform complex tasks.

Hewlett-Packard had 28% of the market for server computers in the third quarter, according to researcher Gartner Inc., trailing IBM’s 32%.

The Integrity servers go after “a growing list of customers who are replacing tired IBM mainframes and legacy Sun systems,” Marcello said in an interview.

The computers will be able to use multiple operating systems at the same time and will work better with Microsoft Corp.’s Windows, letting companies use the machines more efficiently, Marcello said. They will also have better data-recovery features.