Mark Armstrong, HP Public Sector Sales Director.
Kable report ranks HP as Number 1 cross-sector technology supplier
BRACKNELL, UK, 2 July, 2007 – HP has the largest presence of any technology supplier across the whole of the UK public sector, according to a new report published by leading market research organisation, Kable.
HP was ranked as ubiquitous technology supplier in the UK across government, health, education, transport and criminal justice. In the report by Kable, entitled ‘The supplier landscape in the UK public sector marketplace’, HP came fifth in terms of revenue.
“The report illustrates the role HP is playing in enabling Transformational Government across the UK public sector,” said Mark Armstrong, public sector sales director, HP UK. “We are continuing to grow our business significantly faster than the market rate. The innovation that HP delivers means we are ideally placed to enable customers to achieve their efficiency targets and drive better business outcomes from their IT investments.”
Commenting on the report, Seyi Agboola, head of analysis at Kable, said: “HP has made significant advances within the public sector market and is well positioned for future growth.”
HP has grown revenues particularly within the healthcare sector through its partnerships with BT and CSC.
“Partners continue to be a core component of our growth strategy. Our worldwide alliance with BT has attracted more than $1.5 billion in contract revenue since 2004,” said Armstrong. “The joint capabilities offered by the HP BT Alliance are designed to help customers with the provision of global converged network and IT solutions, from the desktop to the data centre.”
HP is also leading the drive towards shared services within local government. Blackpool City Council worked with HP to create a more stable, resilient and efficient IT system. This is now shared with a number of other councils to provide better services and value for money for council tax payers.
Armstrong also cites recent software acquisitions by HP - in particular Mercury Interactive - as key drivers for future growth.
“The HP and Mercury merger combines leaders in managing IT operations and applications to provide public sector customers with a strategic partner that helps align IT investment with business outcomes.”
Moving forward, he believes the increased focus on environmental concerns can only benefit HP: “Energy efficiency is an integral part of the environmental programme HP has had in place for decades and is a key component in making HP a leader in sustainability.
“Thanks to HP’s continuous efforts in design for environment, we are now a leader in the market in the development of energy efficient computing. A recent benchmark study shows HP BladeSystem uses up to 27 percent less power than the equivalent IBM product. HP is fast becoming the technology provider of choice as public sector customers develop their next generation datacentres.”
About HP
HP focuses on simplifying technology experiences for all of its customers – from individual consumers to the largest businesses. With a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure, HP is among the world’s largest IT companies, with revenue totaling $97.1 billion for the four fiscal quarters ended April 30, 2007. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at www.hp.com.
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