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Unified Communications: HP’s 2 Secret Weapons Against Cisco

  • Written by The VAR Guy 1
  • March 31, 2010
As the Cisco Partner Summit and HP Americas Partner Conference approach in late April, The VAR Guy is poking around both camps for some updates on their respective unified communications strategies. During a chat with HP yesterday, The VAR Guy stumbled onto an obvious (but intriguing) advantage HP may hold in the UC market. Here it is.

As the Cisco Partner Summit and HP Americas Partner Conference approach in late April, The VAR Guy is poking around both camps for some updates on their respective unified communications strategies. During a chat with HP yesterday, The VAR Guy stumbled onto an obvious (but intriguing) advantage HP may hold in the UC market. Here it is.

First, a little background. The HP (April 26-28, Las Vegas) and Cisco (April 26-29) partner conferences have overlapping schedules for 2010 — the latest twist in an ongoing grudge match between the two computing giants. Amid rising competition on multiple fronts (storage, servers, networking, UC), Cisco canceled its channel partner relationship with HP in February 2010.

Getting the Story Out

Meanwhile, HP is reaching out to media to share a bit more about the company’s unified communications strategy. Manfred Arndt, a distinguished technologist and convergence solutions architect at HP, is quick to note that more and more UC solutions will be deployed on industry standard hardware. Plus, Arndt says, HP will maintain open relations with a range of hardware, software, networking and unified communications companies.

Two prime examples: During the recent VoiceCon conference in Orlando, HP announced:

  • A mobile workforce initiative involving Microsoft Communications Server 14
  • A global agreement with Polycom for visual and unified communications solutions

Two Key Areas of HP Expertise

So far, so good. But here’s the really interesting part — and it involves more opportunities with Microsoft.

The crux of the matter: Can you name Microsoft’s largest Exchange Server partner and Microsoft SharePoint partner — in terms of seats deployed?

The answer is HP, notes Arndt. And since many UC systems include Exchange Server and SharePoint as core components, HP could be sitting in a prime position for new UC business — especially as Exchange and SharePoint customers begin to evaluate Microsoft’s Office Communications Server (soon to be replaced by Communications Server 14).

Should Cisco Systems be worried? Hmmm… let’s keep things in perspective. The networking and UC markets are big enough for multiple competitors. But The VAR Guy certainly enjoys the fireworks between HP and Cisco. And our resident blogger expects plenty of colorful language from both companies during their upcoming partner conferences in April 2010.

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2 comments

  1. Avatar The real world April 3, 2010 @ 5:39 am
    Reply

    Another secret weapon HP have is list price. You take the HP list price and give that to the customer and they then send a purchase order as your price is so competitive.

    I have not had any customers ask me for WebEx Unified Comms so far this year, I expect giving it away free would be the best idea.

    But, I have had every customer ask me for OCS, Exchange and Sharepoint. Cisco should start to sell the tools people want but you need to be more than just a network vendor to understand how to deliver these type of solutions and used to collaborating (this means working together to solve a clients issue). Oh and a services business would be helpful. That team would need to have more than just CCIE as qualifications (although it does mean you get paid way more than market economics should offer…)

    Very little top to bottom lock in either there, the market has competition (this means there are other suppliers who can compete – you have to get out of bed, or leave the fax machine to get the orders in these markets).

    All new experiences. These free markets are hard work huh!

  2. Avatar The VAR Guy April 3, 2010 @ 12:35 pm
    Reply

    Real World: Thanks for sharing your 2 cents with The VAR Guy’s readers. Cisco and Microsoft do have a relationship. But The VAR Guy thinks it’s safe to say the HP-Microsoft relationship is deeper…

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