HP Networking

By Steve Brar, Product Marketing Manager, HP Networking

As you may have read in the news today, HP is reiterating its leadership and commitment to developing enterprise-ready software-defined networking and OpenFlow-based solutions. We are announcing the general availability of OpenFlow-enabled software for a broad range of products in our switching portfolio.  The OpenFlow protocol, a key enabler for software-defined networking (SDN), is now available in products that span the HP FlexNetwork Architecture, the industry’s only converged architecture for the campus, branch and data center.

By Nick Watson, Vice President, HP Networking EMEA

As I talk with customers across Europe, it is clear that they are delighted to learn that HP Networking has the breadth and depth of products—from the mission-critical datacenter switching to economic-edge switches and routers.  When they review the technology in the context of the FlexNetwork architecture, their question is usually: Why didn’t someone tell me about this before?!” From Saudi Arabia to Germany, from Russia to Norway—people “get it” and they want to know more.

By Olivier Vallois, Core and Data Center Business Development Manager, HP Networking

A long time ago, I worked as network engineer in a French bank, where I implemented the full Cisco portfolio of routers and switches. It is only when I changed job and moved to HP that I discovered that there are open, alternative solutions that can be used, even with Cisco switches and routers.  Yes, you do have a choice.

We all love the idea of growth—growing bank accounts, growing children and growing relationships.  But like my hydrangea and rhododendron bushes, if that growth is left unchecked, you can sometimes end up with an ugly mess. But unlike my disorderly garden, your business can address—and solve—this complexity with centralized network management.

By Paul Whidby, EMEA Channel Sales, HP Networking

If you could strip away the complexity of some  channel programs, how  much time do you think would be saved? Time that could be spent doing other things – like selling. This is why the current HP Networking Channel Program is designed with greater simplicity in mind: to create a compelling program that is easy to understand and manage yet still offers opportunity for our partners to differentiate and reap rewards with real added value.