Microsoft® and HP have been business partners for over 20 years and have a relationship that has its roots in a key factor for both companies: Microsoft runs their business on HP servers and HP runs their business on Microsoft software.
Since the very beginnings of Microsoft Exchange Server as a product, HP has been a key Microsoft partner and has made huge investments in the technology. These investments have positioned HP as the premiere provider of platforms, services, and solutions for Exchange.
In addition, HP ProLiant servers are the computer platform of choice by Exchange customers with more than 40% market share.
HP has a unique marketing and engineering relationship with Microsoft. A group of HP software engineers are co-located with Microsoft engineers at the Microsoft Redmond facility, where, under non-disclosure, we work closely with the Microsoft engineers in the testing and debugging of new versions of Exchange and other Microsoft products. This helps benefit our customers in that:
- Good engineering level communications provides HP updates on product development and certification
- Our products get qualified on Microsoft right from deployment
- When specific problems are identified our engineers can talk directly with Microsoft engineers
In addition HP provides solutions engineering expertise in benchmarking, characterization, solution development, deployment guidelines, planning and sizing tools, etc. - all available freely from HP ActiveAnswers.
Here are some key proof points for HP/Exchange expertise. Put this expertise to work for you!
- HP Services is designated by Microsoft as ''Global Prime Integrator'' for Exchange Server 2007
- HP has over 14 million Microsoft Exchange Server 2000/2003 seats under contract through HP Services; plus over 6 million seats through HP authorized business partners
- Over 550 global enterprise customers
- Over 5,000 Microsoft Certified Engineers
- Over 850 dedicated Exchange Solution Integration experts worldwide
- ProLiant servers are the platforms of choice for Exchange with more market share than our three largest competitors combined 24x7 leadership through highly available, reliable systems based on clustering and SAN technologies
- HP Solutions architects have published several new books and many white papers on Exchange 2000/2003
- A Transition Guide to Exchange Server 2007
- HP has enlisted best-of-breed partners to ensure a secure and powerful Exchange environment
- Continuing investment in engineering resources to expand the existing messaging framework - by adding voice, collaboration, and wireless applications
- Microsoft Information Technology Group (ITG) has deployed Exchange 2000/2003, servicing over 60,000 mailboxes, on ProLiant servers and HP StorageWorks storage within Microsoft's infrastructure.
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