HP should buy Juniper
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Such a move would take chutzpah and would cost HP around $30 billion. But analyst Jon Oltsik believes an acquisition of Juniper makes a ton of sense.
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Vendor says it&#39;s developing standards-based servers in various form factors for the telecom market. By Darrell Dunn. Hewlett-Packard on Thursday unveiled plans to create a portfolio of products and services
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PALO ALTO, Calif.  -- Computer and printer company Hewlett-Packard Co. said Monday it will buy data center automation software company Opsware Inc. for about $1.6 billion.
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(InfoWorld) - Hewlett-Packard isn't yet a household name in enterprise LANs but is poised to extend its gains against leader CiscoÂ with a new core switch and coordination with HP's consulting arm. The company's ProCurve networking division has made steady progress in SMBs over the past several years and last year started targeting Fortune 100 enterprises. That move has already paid off, according to market research company Dell'Oro Group, which said ProCurve beat Nortel Networks to become the second-biggest enterprise Ethernet switch vendor in the second quarter with 5.5 percent of worldwide revenue. Cisco led with 71.3 percent. On Monday, the company unveiled the ProCurve Switch 8212zl, which completes its lineup of products from the core to the edge of the LAN, according to Wenceslao Lada, vice president and general manager of ProCurve. The 8212zl is based on HP's ProVision network chip technology. It also introduced the Wireless Edge Services zl Module, a hardware module for the new switch and the 5400zl Series Intelligent Edge switches. That blade could be the first of many such products with a range of added capabilities, such as VoIP, Lada said. ProCurve has gained converts partly through competitive pricing and partly by appealing to enterprises that want relatively basic features in their LANs, analysts said. While Cisco pitches expanded network tools, such as NACÂ and deep packet inspection functions, most enterprises don't really want those things, said Burton Group analyst David Passmore. But another advantage the division has is its name, which can make ProCurve's gear an easier sell to top executives who hold the purse strings, he added. Other Cisco rivals, such as Foundry Networks, aren't exactly startups but don't give the same assurance of longevity, he said. "There are an awful lot of customers who are looking for an alternative to Cisco and yet want to buy from a big name," Passmore said. ProCurve is run as an independent business within HP. But recently the company has started using its corporate tie more actively, turning to the HP Services consulting business for referrals to customers that want network help, ProCurve's Lada said. Lada pointed to two other factors he said give ProCurve an edge: It offers a lifetime warranty on products all the way from the core to the edge, including the new switch. Many common parts among a range of ProCurve products, and the same operating system across the board, also make management easier and less expensive, he said. Cisco has different versions of its IOS (Internetwork Operating System) for different devices. Going up against Cisco's multiprotocol routing expertise, HP partners with Foundry for the technology in the ProCurve 9300 core switch, Lada said. That relationship continues because the 9300 offers more routing capabilities, and HP will keep selling and supporting that product, he said. The company's sales still come about 75 percent from small and medium-sized customers, with 25 percent larger enterprises, according to Lada. "ProCurve was predominantly an SMB play, but they have been expanding upward," said Dell'Oro analyst Alan Weckel. He thinks the company has broken away from the pack of also-rans. Its Ethernet switch revenue in the second quarter was nearly $240 million, up from just about $140 million a year earlier, according to Dell'Oro. Number-three Nortel, still recovering from years of financial restatements and reorganization, came in with about $150 million in this year's second quarter. Cisco, meanwhile, had more than $3.1 million in Ethernet switch revenue in the quarter.
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(InfoWorld) - It's been a busy Monday for Hewlett-Packard as the company announced not one, but two proposed purchases. Somewhat overshadowed by theÂ $1.6 billion HP is forking overÂ toÂ acquire datacenter automation specialist Opsware,Â is the $241 million the vendor is offering for Neoware. Publicly traded Neoware provides Linux- and Windows-based thin-client computing devices as well as thin-client and virtualization software. HP's keen to use Neoware to expand its existing thin-client business. "Our objective is to become the preferred brand of thin clients and software for virtualized client computing," said Kevin Frost, vice president of business desktops with HP's personal systems group, in a release. HP's offer values Neoware at $16.25 per share. Neoware's shares ended trading Friday at $15.24 and by midday Monday were trading up 3.7 percent at $15.81. Subject to shareholder approval, the acquisition is set to close in the fourth quarter of calendar 2007. On becoming part of HP, Neoware will be incorporated into the vendor's business desktop unit of its personal systems group. Neoware's partners include ClearCube Technology, IBM, Microsoft, and VMware. Publicly traded Neoware has its headquarters in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania as well as offices in Europe and Asia. Â
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(InfoWorld) - Hewlett-Packard plans to acquire business transactions monitoring software vendor Bristol Technology. HP announced Monday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Bristol as a way to beef up its business technology optimization (BTO) product offerings. The vendor didn't reveal the financial terms of the deal. Bristol's TransactionVision software helps customers monitor complex business transactions ranging from insurance claim processes to product orders and inventory management. Users can manage processes running on J2EE or .Net application servers as well as processes running on mainframes. With Bristol under its belt, HP said it will be better positioned to provide users with end-to-end management of their real-time business transactions and extend its HP Business Availability Center business service and application management software to the mainframe. HP and Bristol are already partners. Bristol's TransactionVision software is integrated with HP's Business Availability Center and its Universal Configuration Management Database (CMDB) software, both of which were products HP acquired when it purchased Mercury Interactive last year. As part of an ongoing company-wide restructuring effort designed to make the vendor more competitive and efficient, HP has beenÂ revamping its software business, creating a number of focused units. In December, following the completion of its $4.5 billionÂ acquisition of Mercury, HP created a BTO unit to bring together Mercury's application management software with HP's OpenView systems and network management technologies. Founded in 1991, privately held Bristol has its headquarters in Danbury, Connecticut, and the majority of its customers are financial services and insurance companies in the U.S. and the U.K., including JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida. Bristol started off as a provider of cross-platform development tools with its Wind/U offering, which is still in use, for porting Windows applications to Unix and Linux. In 1998, the vendor began to change its focus to also encompass enterprise software. Subject to closing conditions, HP expects to complete the acquisition within the next 30 days. At that point, Bristol will become part of the HP Software unit inside the vendor's Technology Solutions Group.
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Cisco Systems Inc. of San Jose, Calif., Monday acquired privately held P-Cube Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif. P-Cube develops service control platforms, which help service providers
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Network equipment maker Juniper Networks ( juniper.net ) announced on Monday that ARSYS ( arsys.es ), a Spain-based Web hosting company, is significantly upgrading its network infrastructure with routing and ...
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Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:JNPR) today announced that Intelig  Telecom, one of Brazil's leading local and  long distance data and voice service providers, has selected Juniper  Networks M-series routers, including the M320, to upgrade its IP/MPLS  network.
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Juniper Networks Inc , the world's second-largest network equipment maker, on Tuesday reported higher quarterly profit as telecommunications companies bought more equipment to handle growing Internet traffic.
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Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:JNPR) today announced that it has been  selected by BT Plc to provide routers and security solutions for the U.K.'s  Defence Fixed Telecommunications Service (DFTS) project.
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NEW YORK/LONDON Oct 1  - U.S. computer giant  Hewlett-Packard Co. said on Friday it had acquired Synstar Plc,  a UK based technology services firm, for 163 million pounds  ($293 million).
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Hewlett-Packard on Thursday announced that it will integrate Brocade Communication's SAN switching capability into its HP BladeSystem architecture.ADVERTISEMENTSBC Datacomm White PaperFind out how Crate & Barrel expects to save $180,000 by moving to VoIP, compared to a traditional PBX.
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Hewlett-Packard's decision to combine its PC and printing businesses makes sense.
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Juniper Content Corporation (OTCBB:JNPC) ("Juniper"), the media and  entertainment company which owns and operates Firestone Communications  and the Sorpresa! Network, announced today that Maria D. Gomez has  joined Firestone as Vice President of Affiliate Sales.
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Cisco Systems and Fujitsu will partner to develop high-end routers and switches for use in advanced IP networks. Initally, Fujitsu will offer co-branded products running Cisco&#39;s IOS-XR operating
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Hewlett-Packard has announced that it would add Cisco's double data rate InfiniBand-based server fabric switches to HP's Unified Cluster Portfolio, and that HP BladeSystem c-Class servers are now supported with Cisco's InfiniBand host driver software.