HP has decided to discontinue its Neoview product, though it will keep supporting it until 2014.
Hewlett-Packard confirmed Jan. 24 that it will no longer be selling its
Neoview data warehousing platform, though it plans to continue supporting the
product until 2014.
The death of Neoview-which was launched in 2007-is not a surprise for some.
Rumors
had been circulating for some time that HP was giving up on Neoview. HP and
Microsoft announced a number of converged application appliances Jan. 19, which
led to more speculation.
"Our customers are demanding options for addressing an emerging set of
requirements around the explosive growth of data, new types of information, new
classes of analytics and new delivery models," an HP spokesperson said in
a statement. "HP will continue to work with best-in-class partners and
will develop innovative approaches that address the next-generation
requirements of the market. HP will continue to deliver professional services
to support our customers' needs to modernize and optimize their information
delivery strategy."
According to
Reuters, sources within the company said the number of Neoview customers
numbered in the dozens, when expectations were for them to number in the
hundreds or more. The platform was mainly targeted at the enterprise space.
Mark Smith, CEO and executive vice
president of research for Ventana Research, noted in an instant message
interview with eWEEK that HP had invested in sales, but did a poor job of
marketing and faced other issues around scalability and security as well.
"Now they are playing the partner wheel like before with working with
Microsoft, SAP and even in many situations
just letting Teradata take the high-end business so they do not upset customers
for other outsourcing [and] consulting opportunities," he wrote.
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