While HP has led the IT market for some time on a revenue basis, its latest announcements continue the company’s evolution from its commodity PC, server and printer roots, to the enterprise roost that has been ruled by IBM since the dawn of the information age. It is announcing a number of Converged Infrastructure solutions that bundle hardware, software and services, targeted at what it calls the Instant-On Enterprise. Having kicked sand in Cisco’s face with its network announcements last month, HP is now focusing its sights on combating IT sprawl with turnkey solutions that ‘deliver new levels of speed, simplicity and efficiency that enable clients to capitalize and anticipate change.’
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