Acquisitions and market growth
HP announced that it has signed a definitive merger agreement to purchase Neoware Inc., a provider of thin client computing and virtualisation solutions. It has also extended its lead in the blade server market.The company said the acquisition is part...
HP announced that it has signed a definitive merger agreement to purchase Neoware Inc., a provider of thin client computing and virtualisation solutions. It has also extended its lead in the blade server market.
The company said the acquisition is part of its strategy to expand in growth markets and further its leadership in personal computing. Acquiring Neoware is intended to accelerate the growth of HP's thin client business by boosting its Linux software, client virtualisation and customisation capabilities, expanding its regional sales footprint and broadening its hardware portfolio.
The transaction will combine the respective strengths of each company: Neoware's Linux-based thin client solutions and software with HP's thin clients based on Microsoft Windows XPe and Windows CE and its virtualised client solutions, such as blade PCs, blade workstations, virtual desktop infrastructure and server-based computing.
Following completion of the transaction, HP plans to integrate Neoware into the Business Desktop Unit of HP's Personal Systems Group.
In the meantime HP announced it extended its lead in the worldwide blade server market in both total blade server units shipped and factory revenue, according to second calendar quarter 2007 server market figures released today by industry analyst firm IDC.
HP significantly increased its lead as the No. 1 blade server vendor in the period with 47.2 per cent total factory revenue share, a year-over-year factory revenue growth rate of 71.9 per cent.
As businesses require more powerful and scalable computing solutions for traditional applications and new workloads such as Web 2.0, high-performance computing and gaming, HP saw increased demand for its HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture and ProLiant family of servers in the second quarter of 2007, the company said.
The company said the acquisition is part of its strategy to expand in growth markets and further its leadership in personal computing. Acquiring Neoware is intended to accelerate the growth of HP's thin client business by boosting its Linux software, client virtualisation and customisation capabilities, expanding its regional sales footprint and broadening its hardware portfolio.
The transaction will combine the respective strengths of each company: Neoware's Linux-based thin client solutions and software with HP's thin clients based on Microsoft Windows XPe and Windows CE and its virtualised client solutions, such as blade PCs, blade workstations, virtual desktop infrastructure and server-based computing.
Following completion of the transaction, HP plans to integrate Neoware into the Business Desktop Unit of HP's Personal Systems Group.
In the meantime HP announced it extended its lead in the worldwide blade server market in both total blade server units shipped and factory revenue, according to second calendar quarter 2007 server market figures released today by industry analyst firm IDC.
HP significantly increased its lead as the No. 1 blade server vendor in the period with 47.2 per cent total factory revenue share, a year-over-year factory revenue growth rate of 71.9 per cent.
As businesses require more powerful and scalable computing solutions for traditional applications and new workloads such as Web 2.0, high-performance computing and gaming, HP saw increased demand for its HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture and ProLiant family of servers in the second quarter of 2007, the company said.