HP offers servers to growing enterprises

HEWLETT-PACKARD Inc plans to provide servers and related services to growing enterprises in China to penetrate the domestic market, which will hit US$46 billion in 2010, the world's largest PC maker said yesterday in Shanghai.

United States-based HP, which defines growth firms as those with between 100 and 999 staff and global vision, will promote the packages in major cities within two months, including Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, according to Andy Song, the director of pre-sales & solutions center of HP's TSG division in China.

HP's package includes servers, software, storage and services, which can accelerate income growth, save IT infrastructure costs and hedge risks. HP has teamed with partners like Intel, Microsoft, SAP and Oracle over the package.

"The package can make people see the results or return of investment in a short period and it can adapt with various firms' different requirements," said Song.

In 2010, China's IT investment among growing firms will reach US$46 billion, or 17-percent annual growth since 2005, according to AMI-Partners Inc, a US-based research firm.

IT investment in six Chinese major cities, including Shanghai, Beijing and Chengdu, will reach US$2.9 billion, an 80-percent growth rate compared with 2005, according to AMI.

Investment by growing firms, mainly in manufacturing, airlines and the medical sectors, will surge in the future, according to Song.