HP and Microsoft intends to deliver advance cloud computing
HP and Microsoft Corp inked a three-year agreement to invest $250 million to considerably make simpler technology environments for businesses of all sizes. The association intends to deliver new solutions that would be built on a next-generation infrastructure-to-application model; advance cloud computing by accelerating application execution; and eliminate intricacies of IT management and automate existing manual processes to lower the on the whole costs.
With this strategically joint venture, HP and Microsoft will join forces on an engineering road map for data management machines; converged, pre-packaged application solutions; comprehensive virtualization offerings; and integrated management tools.
The two companies will join forces on the Windows Azure platform, with HP and Microsoft offering services, and Microsoft continuing to invest in HP hardware for Windows Azure infrastructure.
This agreement, which spans hardware, software and services, will facilitate business customers to optimize performance with push-button simplicity at the lowest possible total cost of ownership. Microsoft’s broadened joint venture will change the way large enterprises deliver services to their clients, and help smaller organizations take on IT to raise their businesses. Microsoft and HP are staking each other so Microsoft’s clients do not have to run a risk on IT. Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft, said.
