HP bolsters its global partnership with Alcatel-Lucent

To help organizations build network-enabled distributed cloud solutions, HP(NYSE:HPQ) and Alcatel-Lucent(NYSE:ALU) has announced expansion of their global alliance. The partnership incorporates selected Alcatel-Lucent IP routing and optical products into HP’s existing routing and storage portfolios, allowing organizations to more efficiently leverage the convergence of IT and telecommunications to realize reduced complexity and greater agility.

Since the original agreement in 2009, HP has been a key partner in Alcatel-Lucent’s strategic IT transformation by providing advanced infrastructure and services that deliver higher performance and greater efficiency. The transformation includes the move of future applications hosted in the cloud, including the rationalization of applications and data center sites. HP and Alcatel-Lucent are also working collaboratively to drive IT Service Management improvements, including a world-class security framework and end-user satisfaction, and have initiated joint innovation programs for mobility and cloud services.

"HP and Alcatel-Lucent’s expanded alliance demonstrates our deep joint commitment to help large organizations and service providers transform and disrupt their respective industries and markets. We do this by taking each other’s best-in-class flagship products from our respective IT and networking portfolios, to deliver a unique set of data center and network solutions that reduce complexity, lower OPEX and boost agility to accelerate innovation of new products and services," said Rajesh Dhar, ?Senior Director, Technology Services, HP.

"This expanded alliance with HP allows us to continue doing what we do best – building networks that help meet our customers’ objectives. And it will allow us to leverage the strengths of both companies to increase the value we deliver to those customers. Together, we will continue to innovate and offer large enterprises and service providers the industry’s most agile and flexible solutions with the right performance and economics for the cloud era," said Basil Alwan, President, Alcatel-Lucent IP Routing and Transport.

HP Storage will extend its solutions between data centers to provide joint HP and Alcatel-Lucent customers with fully validated end-to-end business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities.

HP Networking is expanding its WAN router portfolio for large organizations with the targeted adoption of selected Alcatel-Lucent Carrier-grade routers.