Close
  • Latest News
  • Cybersecurity
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Mobile
  • Networking
  • Storage
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
Read Down
Sign in
Close
Welcome!Log into your account
Forgot your password?
Read Down
Password recovery
Recover your password
Close
Search
Menu
Search
  • Latest News
  • Cybersecurity
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Mobile
  • Networking
  • Storage
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
More
    Home Latest News
    • PC Hardware

    HP To Run Some Qwest Hosting Centers

    By
    Paula Musich
    -
    March 5, 2001
    Share
    Facebook
    Twitter
    Linkedin

      The reinvention of Hewlett-Packard Co. took another interesting twist late last month when the company announced a multi-faceted deal with Qwest Internet Solutions that involves multiple HP lines of business.

      The give-and-take deal, valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars by HP estimates, calls for Denver-based Qwest to purchase a series of management tools as well as HP tools used internally for server and disk management but not marketed to the public. Qwest will use the software in its Web-hosting CyberCenters. HP, for its part, will purchase high-speed connectivity from Qwest for its internal use.

      The partnership includes an outsourcing component in which HP will take over operational management of seven of Qwests 15 CyberCenters. About 100 Qwest employees will become HP employees in the deal. At the same time, HP is leasing floor space in some of those data centers for hosting applications to its own customers.

      The partnership is consistent with HPs strategy to become a more significant player in the hosting services arena—without building out its own data centers, said Bruce Caldwell, an analyst at Gartner Dataquest, in San Jose, Calif.

      “This rounds out a global strategy to give them the presence they want in the U.S.,” Caldwell said. “They already have similar arrangements in Europe and Asia-Pacific. They will be providing the management services for those operations to support some of their own customers as well as those of Qwest and its channel partners.”

      As part of the deal, HP will provide technical and operational support for Qwest customers using a variety of hardware, operating environments, middleware and applications—including Oracle Corp. databases.

      “Its virtually everything from assisting customers in setting up and running their infrastructure to helping them manage the operations environment to assisting in problem resolution/problem support, capacity and growth issues,” said Stephen Huhn, vice president of business development and strategy for HP Services, in Mountain View, Calif. “It is a joint effort—Qwest retains some of the support infrastructure.”

      The deal involves multiple HP lines of business that collaborated on the deal, according to Huhn. And it represents the type of transaction HP would like to continue to put together.

      Such collaboration among different HP organizations is a departure from past practices, where HP units typically operated independently of one another. Its another sign of changes brought about by CEO Carly Fiorina.

      “Since Carly Fiorina came into HP, theyve been much more steady-state with their strategies,” Caldwell said. “Before, there was a lack of consistency and drive to continue with those. They seem to have been extremely focused and dedicated to their strategies.”

      The deal with Qwest comes on the heels of the recent unveiling of a companywide software consolidation plan and a new strategy based on platform independence.

      Avatar
      Paula Musich

      MOST POPULAR ARTICLES

      Android

      Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro: Durability for Tough...

      Chris Preimesberger - December 5, 2020 0
      Have you ever dropped your phone, winced and felt the pain as it hit the sidewalk? Either the screen splintered like a windshield being...
      Read more
      Cloud

      Why Data Security Will Face Even Harsher...

      Chris Preimesberger - December 1, 2020 0
      Who would know more about details of the hacking process than an actual former career hacker? And who wants to understand all they can...
      Read more
      Cybersecurity

      How Veritas Is Shining a Light Into...

      eWEEK EDITORS - September 25, 2020 0
      Protecting data has always been one of the most important tasks in all of IT, yet as more companies become data companies at the...
      Read more
      Big Data and Analytics

      How NVIDIA A100 Station Brings Data Center...

      Zeus Kerravala - November 18, 2020 0
      There’s little debate that graphics processor unit manufacturer NVIDIA is the de facto standard when it comes to providing silicon to power machine learning...
      Read more
      Apple

      Why iPhone 12 Pro Makes Sense for...

      Wayne Rash - November 26, 2020 0
      If you’ve been watching the Apple commercials for the past three weeks, you already know what the company thinks will happen if you buy...
      Read more
      eWeek


      Contact Us | About | Sitemap

      Facebook
      Linkedin
      RSS
      Twitter
      Youtube

      Property of TechnologyAdvice.
      Terms of Service | Privacy Notice | Advertise | California - Do Not Sell My Information

      © 2021 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

      Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.

      ×