[Beowulf] Recent HPE support missive

[Tim Cutts]

The note from HPE isn't terribly clear, but my reading (and therefore my worry) was that this probably includes support for things like iLO and OA firmware updates for ProLiant servers.

Regards,

Tim

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On 23/08/2016, 15:07, "Beowulf on behalf of Joe Landman" <beowulf-bounces at beowulf.org on behalf of landman at scalableinformatics.com> wrote:

On 08/23/2016 10:01 AM, Peter St. John wrote:
> HPE is in the process of being bought by CSC.

???

> On the scale of 12 months
> you will be contracting with CSC.

I thought they were spinning out their services organization to CSC ... 
not the whole kit and kaboodle ...

http://www.csc.com/investor_relations/press_releases/137152-csc_announces_merger_with_enterprise_services_segment_of_hewlett_packard_enterprise_to_create_global_it_services_leader

This is IMO different than what Tim is concerned with.  Support 
contracts for HPE software (what ... Ibrix or similar?)  Services are 
typically outsourced managed services.

> Peter
>
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 6:47 AM, Tim Cutts <tjrc at sanger.ac.uk
> <mailto:tjrc at sanger.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
>     Really not very impressed with HPE's missive yesterday changing the
>     software support contracts so that now it's going to be impossible
>     to reinstate a software support contract if you let it lapse for
>     more than 12 months.
>
>     The existing system was expensive but reasonable (you have to pay to
>     reinstate, including all the time in between when the contract
>     expired and the time of reinstatement).
>
>     But to now just bluntly state that if it's lapsed for more than 12
>     months you can never reinstate it seems somewhat draconian.
>
>     Tim
>
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>     Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
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