Feb 20, 2003 : HP Expands Collaboration with Cisco
📅 - Computer systems developer HP (hp.com) announced on Wednesday that it has expanded its collaboration with Cisco Systems on the HP Utility Data Center (HP UDC) to provide enterprises and service providers with an HP UDC solution optimized for Cisco networking components.
The companies have agreed to joint engineering development and interoperability testing to integrate Cisco components into the HP UDC architecture. Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series switches, PIX 515 Series firewalls and 2950 routers are included in the UDC architecture, interoperating with HP Utility Controller software.
HP says the strengthening of Cisco's support is the latest in a series of big steps in support of HP's adaptive infrastructure initiative, which allows customers to quickly adapt their IT infrastructures to changing conditions in the market and customer demand.
"Today's news demonstrates that HP has the better utility computing partner value proposition over any competitor," said Nick van der Zweep, director of Utility Computing, HP Enterprise Systems Group. "Our milestones serve as proof of the success of our utility computing and adaptive infrastructure strategy to provide customers with an agile IT infrastructure that is right for their businesses and that delivers true return on IT investment."
The companies have agreed to joint engineering development and interoperability testing to integrate Cisco components into the HP UDC architecture. Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series switches, PIX 515 Series firewalls and 2950 routers are included in the UDC architecture, interoperating with HP Utility Controller software.
HP says the strengthening of Cisco's support is the latest in a series of big steps in support of HP's adaptive infrastructure initiative, which allows customers to quickly adapt their IT infrastructures to changing conditions in the market and customer demand.
"Today's news demonstrates that HP has the better utility computing partner value proposition over any competitor," said Nick van der Zweep, director of Utility Computing, HP Enterprise Systems Group. "Our milestones serve as proof of the success of our utility computing and adaptive infrastructure strategy to provide customers with an agile IT infrastructure that is right for their businesses and that delivers true return on IT investment."
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