HP is changing the rules of networking by bringing next-generation technologies and proven deployment experience to customers demanding IT alignment to these new business priorities. Innovating across the infrastructure, HP will help networking break free from its historical walls, play a more integrated role, operate differently, and deliver far different economics.

Unlike other vendors, HP is the only company to offer a full portfolio of standards-based, integrated solutions and enterprise-class services developed specifically to address the complexities of the extended enterprise. As part of Converged Infrastructure, HP will help customers dramatically simplify their networks, deliver business services more flexibly, and aggressively contain costs to open up new opportunities for business growth and fulfill the promise of a unified, converged IT infrastructure.

Organizations can take actions today to realize these benefits with innovation from HP.

• Drive a simpler and more secure networking infrastructure
  Simplify the infrastructure with fewer network elements, embedded security and intrusion prevention, and single-pane-of-glass management for consistent operations and policy enforcement.
  
  
• Build a more flexible application-centric infrastructure to deliver better and faster time-to-service
  Networking is more than connectivity; it must enable delivery of business services more effectively across the entire extended enterprise. Organizations can build a high-performance, scalable and modular infrastructure that's flexible, ready to deliver a variety of services, fully orchestrated, and aligned with the rest of IT to meet diverse and evolving business needs.
  
  
• Utilize open solutions, expect lower total-cost-of-ownership, and drive more innovation from IT budgets.
  Deploying a networking using open standards enables customers to more easily leverage best-in-breed solutions, leverage existing staff and consultant experience, and get more done with existing resources.