New HP System Claims 700 Per Cent Message Improvement

Breakthrough in rapid processing of business transactions, says IT giant

Retailers, manufacturers and other enterprises in high-transaction industries will benefit from a new system to dramatically speed up business transactions, according to IT giant HP. HP has announced the July availability of its new HP XML Accelerator, which the company says is designed to dramatically speed up business transactions within the SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (SAP NetWeaver PI) technology.

Retailers, manufacturers and other enterprises in high-transaction industries will benefit from a new system to dramatically speed up business transactions, according to IT giant HP. HP has announced the July availability of its new HP XML Accelerator, which the company says is designed to dramatically speed up business transactions within the SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (SAP NetWeaver PI) technology.

According to HP, the new Accelerator can deliver up to a 400 per cent improvement in XML Messaging Performance for SAP NetWeaver PI.

"Our SAP customers need a flexible and efficient messaging infrastructure that moves at the pace of their business," said Herbert Zwenger, vice president and general manager, business critical systems, HP Asia Pacific and Japan. "In an environment where even one second can impact business, the HP XML Accelerator for use with SAP NetWeaver PI enhances XML communications to help customers improve business processes and, ultimately, their bottom line."

The HP solution is claimed to lower technology costs from the data centre to the supply chain by delivering up to a 700 per cent improvement in latency, or the length of time it takes to process a single XML message. It is also said to provide up to a 400 per cent increase in throughput, or the volume of messages processed.

One of a kind

HP maintains that, as the industry's only server-based XML accelerator designed to support SAP solution-based landscapes, the new HP Extensible Markup Language (XML) Accelerator, for use with SAP NetWeaver PI, creates a more efficient, high-performance business process. It does this by significantly speeding up the execution of mapping programs within SAP NetWeaver PI, and, as a result, the latency is reduced, driving faster business value.

In its announcement, HP said the HP XML Accelerator can help large transportation companies from slowing their conveyer belts as it allows the associated data collection to keep up with the activities. The solution can also speed up customer activation for telecommunications providers. The improvements in both scenarios are accomplished by the faster processing of XML transactions associated with business processes.

HP said the system will enable food and beverage companies to deploy new applications such as smart vending machines, Internet-enabled vending units that can save the companies money on servicing their machines by reducing costs associated with fuel, repairs, inventory and transportation.

Alternatively, utility companies can handle the increased XML traffic from smart metering, which improves efficiency and service by reading meters several times a day rather than once a month.

"SAP customers initiating new business processes or applications require accelerated deployment of SAP NetWeaver PI," said Ralf Lindenlaub, senior director, SAP NetWeaver Platform Services, Center of Excellence, SAP AG. "Working closely with HP, we've found that the HP XML Accelerator, for use with SAP NetWeaver PI, enhances business process communication."

Source: MIS Asia Magazine