HP's OSMS gives customers three new ways to integrate open source technology on HP platforms.

HP open source building blocks are HP-supported software components that enable customers to easily buy and implement open source middleware using a single source for sales, subscriptions and support. Packages include the JBoss application server and enterprise middleware suite, and Symas Corporation's distribution of OpenLDAP, the Connexitor Directory Services.

HP open source blueprints are workload-specific recipes for customers to design and implement their own integrated, HP-supported middleware stacks with HP configuration guidance. Initial blueprints include Web and J2EE application serving.

The third part is HP's open source services aimed at bringing everything together.

IDC systems software research director Al Gillen said HP was an early proponent of identifying and supporting layered open source software that complements the Linux operating system and the company's past efforts have empowered customers to deploy these technologies with confidence.