Hosting vs. outsourcing

Most people think of "hosting" as:

• Management of systems that reside in the service provider's data center
• Providing customers with access over the Internet to the service provider's data center
• Service provider retains ownership over the datacenter, network, systems, storage, tools software & IT management resources
• Somewhat simpler, prepackaged solutions, targeted at small and medium-sized customers or departments within an enterprise

They think of “outsourcing" as:

• Management of systems on a customer's premises in their data center, or with the service provider
• Acquisition of IT management resources by the service provider
• Customer owns the systems and software licenses
• Often large, complex, global, enterprise-level implementations

The bottom line with HP - we can help you whether:

• Your systems will run in your data center, ours or a partner's.
• You want to retain ownership of your systems and software, or you'd like us to assume that responsibility.
• The implementation will be for one department or your entire global enterprise.
• You want to retain full control over your IT management resources, or you'd like us to assume that responsibility.

HP is your global, mission-critical, flexible partner to assist in implementing the most challenging SAP implementations.