Persbericht

HP introduceert services platform voor Unified Communications oplossingen

UTRECHT, 15 oktober 2007 - HP lanceert vandaag een nieuw dienstenportfolio om klanten te helpen om hun verschillende communicatiestromen eenduidig te laten verlopen en daarmee een verbetering tot stand te brengen in de onderlinge uitwisseling van data. Het HP Unified Communications (UC) portfolio stroomlijnt diverse technologieën zoals spraak, fax, email, voicemail, video/data/audio conferencing, collaboratie, zowel draadloos als vast, om de manier van samenwerken tussen individuele en groepen medewerkers te verbeteren, ongeacht waar zij zich bevinden of welke devices zij gebruiken.

De expertise van HP op het gebied van oplossingen voor telecommunicatie en samenwerking, netwerken voor dataverkeer, partner infrastructuren en diensten voor grootzakelijke ondernemingen zorgt dat HP hoogwaardige en samenhangende oplossingen kan leveren voor communicatie binnen organisaties.

"Het wordt voor onze klanten steeds belangrijker goede en eenvoudig te implementeren plannen te maken om communicatie te stroomlijnen. HP is zeer actief bezig een goed antwoord te vinden op deze vraag," aldus Robb Rasmussen, vice president, Portfolio, Marketing and Alliances, HP Services. "Onze technische expertise en netwerk van business partners zorgen ervoor dat HP een leidende rol kan blijven spleen op het gebied van UC.

Analisten voorspellen dat de verkoop van UC toepassingen met tientallen procenten per jaar zal blijven stijgen tot minimaal 2010. Unified messaging beslaat daarbij het grootste deel van de markt.(1)

HP Services' Unified Communications solutions
HP is well suited to offer a complete, open-standards UC portfolio, including HP iPAQ handheld devices, notebook and desktop PCs, printing devices, HP Halo telepresence solutions, enterprise messaging, networking tools, mobile technologies, servers, data storage, security services, management software, and collaboration and communication products. HP Services' UC portfolio builds on its existing network and messaging services. The UC portfolio includes:

* Assessment, strategy and architecture services that help enterprise customers create custom roadmaps to plan their UC transformation;
* Migration to IP solutions that enable an IT organization to implement network infrastructure upgrades and enhancements, including Internet protocol telephony (IPT), voice over IP (VoIP) and call centers;
* Messaging and UC solutions that provide enterprise customers with email and calendar, unified messaging, presence, and voice integration for more efficient communications;
* Collaboration solutions that enable businesses to integrate telepresence and video/data/audio/web conferencing offerings, software-based collaboration tools and portal solutions, rich presence, mobility/fixed mobile convergence and wireless in secure environments;
* Integrated business solutions that enable business processes and software applications to be seamlessly integrated;
* Support services that provide enterprise customers with complete lifecycle services, to help maximize return on investment.

Because each customer's business environment is unique, there is no "one size fits all" UC solution. HP Services experts address this by helping customers in every stage of the UC process - from finding appropriate starting points and identifying particular solutions to achieve desired business results, to deploying, managing and supporting integrated solutions.

HP leverages alliances with UC leaders

HP is leveraging its global strategic alliances with Cisco and Microsoft to capitalize on their respective strengths and leadership in the UC market. The recent Cisco and Microsoft joint commitment to ongoing interoperability between their solutions helps to position HP to meet customer demands for UC solutions that bridge Microsoft software, including unified communications applications, and Cisco communication solutions.

"HP provided the expertise in the Microsoft and Cisco platforms to seamlessly integrate them together and offer a truly unified communications experience," said Darryl Warren, chief information officer, Lion Nathan, a premium beverages company with operations in Australia and New Zealand.

HP Services is a Cisco Global Gold Partner and offers services for a wide range of Cisco Unified Communications and mobility solutions, including IPT network analysis, preparation, design, implementation, operation, design, and support. More information about HP solutions for Cisco technologies is available at www.hp.com/go/cisco.

"Effective collaboration that directly impacts both the top and bottom line requires skillful integration to create communication solutions that will allow people to connect with people from anywhere on any device," said Barry O'Sullivan, senior vice president, Voice Technology Group, Cisco. "HP's leadership in business-to-IT alignment, strong global delivery services, and close alignment with Cisco enables deployment of open and integrated unified communications solutions that address immediate customer needs as well as future business demands."

Recognized by Microsoft as Worldwide Prime Integrator, HP Services helps customers design, plan, implement and operate integrated VoIP, conferencing, instant messaging and presence-based solutions using Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and the application programming interfaces Microsoft has published. As a part of the HP and Microsoft Solutions for the People-Ready Business initiative, HP Services also provides HP Converged Communications Solutions (combining instant messaging, data and video conferencing and fax integration) and HP Messaging Solutions that support collaboration using Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. More information about HP Services offerings for Microsoft Unified Communications solutions is available at www.hp.com/services/sprb/uc.

HP also collaborates with Avaya, Ericsson and Nortel to deliver the right UC solution for each customer, dependent upon their individual business requirements. HP Services works with Avaya to extend the value of Avaya communications applications with Microsoft enterprise productivity and unified communications solutions, creating an intelligent, real-time communication and collaboration environment. HP Services also works closely with Ericsson to provide software solutions, including the Ericsson Enterprise Mobility Gateway, resulting in a PBX-agnostic, carrier-agnostic and cost-effective global communication solution based on HP Blade System c-Class enclosures. As a Nortel Global Solutions Partner, HP Services leverages Nortel's industry-unique Innovative Communications Alliance with Microsoft to optimize customers' existing communications infrastructure.

Meer informatie over het Unified Communications portfolio van HP is te vinden op www.hp.com/services/unifiedcommunications.

Over HP

HP maakt het gebruik van technologie eenvoudiger voor al haar klanten - van de individuele consument tot de grootste multinational. Met een breed portfolio op het gebied van printing, personal computing en IT infrastructuur behoort HP tot 's werelds grootste IT-bedrijven. HP behaalde wereldwijd een omzet van $ 100,5 miljard over de laatste vier kwartalen, eindigend op 31 juli 2007. Meer informatie over HP (NYSE: HPQ) is te vinden op www.hp.nl.

(1) Infonetics Research, "Unified Communications and IP Contact Center Market Outlook," 11 juli 2007, zie ook www.itbusinessedge.com/item/?ci=31289.