From government agencies - to media outlets - to a wide variety of businesses
and industries, millions of people worldwide depend on AccuWeather for their
critical weather forecasts and information.

For the past forty years, AccuWeather's dedicated and innovative staff has
virtually pioneered the weather forecasting industry from its headquarters in
State College, Pennsylvania.

Here, over 90 meterologists - the largest number of operational meterologists
in any one location in the world - team with 350 technical support staff to
revolutionize the way people receive and view weather information.

"We're an innovative company, a creative company. And we have the trust of
millions of people. And we built that trust gradually but steadily over 40
years by delivering the most accurate forecast, the most detailed forecast. And
we need to continue to make progress and stay ahead of the competition HP has
been a trusted advisor in that regard. Not only supplying us with important
equipment, but much more important than that have been consultants, advisors.
We've come to them with problems and they’ve come back with solutions."
- Dr. Joel Myers.

"Speed, accuracy and the way we push our information through the infrastructure
here at AccuWeather is the most important thing that we do everyday. And the
AlphaServers and OpenVMS play the critical lynchpin part of the entire process."
- Kathy Fiore

As the leading source of online weather information, AccuWeather.com attracts
more than 6 million viewers each month - accessing a total of ninety million
pages - and user volume is expected to double within a year.

"Our biggest challenge here at Accuweather was our architecture on our
Accuweather.com.  Two to three hours it took to update our whole server farm
from beginning to end. We said this is something that we have to change here at
Accuweather, help us."
- Kathleen Fiore

The HP account team brought in business partner Attunity, a leading provider of
real-time connectivity solutions.  AccuWeather was also considering a solution
from IBM. But, HP and Attunity, together, analyzed AccuWeather's systems and
proposed a proof-of-concept using Attunity Connect running on HP OpenVMS
AlphaServer systems. 

"This proof of concept allowed us to look at Attunity, look at the HP equipment,
and the combination of both reduced our time to our website from two to three
hours to under two minutes. Which is why some of the meteorologists say what do
you do ... it's magic. It's not magic-- it's the right equipment and the right
software. One of the main reasons we stayed with HP, is the response from HP
themselves. They treated us like a valued customer, like we were somebody they
wanted to keep as a customer. We did not get the same treatment from IBM."
- Kathleen Fiore

AccuWeather continues to innovate new ways to communicate weather forecasts to
the public including internet, wireless and television graphics, applying them
to meet customer demands cost effectively.  

"We are now a technology company, where at the heart of Accuweather technology
runs this business every single day. If technology didn’t run accurately and
reliably we wouldn't have a business. The HP Integrity servers are definitely
part of our roadmap to the future in this arena."
- Kathleen Fiore

Accurately forecasting and reporting on weather events around the globe,
AccuWeather stays true to its mission statement, saving hundreds of lives,
protecting property and helping people to prosper.  

"Technology's not just boxes, not just equipment, it's how you use the equipment
and how you adapt it to the environment. And that's where I believe our
partnership is so strong, because HP has that attitude that culture and it
really fits well with Accuweather's culture.  "
- Kathy Fiore

Adapting new technologies and delivering innovative products and services to
global customers who increasingly demand accurate and timely information,
AccuWeather remains on the leading edge as the world's provider of weather
forecasting services.