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Airtel launches HP powered cloud platform

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NEW DELHI, INDIA: Telecommunications company Bharti Airtel launched Cloud Enablement Platform (CLEP) based on HP Aggregation Platform for software-as-a-service (AP4SaaS).

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Bharti Airtel will offer hosted SaaS and IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service) applications to small and large enterprises on a pay-as-you-go model. HP will offer implementation and management services for the Cloud Enablement Platform.

Initially, Airtel will offer solutions such as ERP, accounting packages, storage and compute on the Airtel CLEP Platform.

Going forward the company will introduce diverse SaaS applications on the same platform.

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Sanjay Kapoor, CEO (India & South Asia), Bharti Airtel, said: “Cloud computing market in India is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 40 per cent by 2014. Bharti Airtel, with our end to end telecom solutions bundled with the latest technologies like 3G and 4G, is uniquely poised to lead this space by offering a wide range of Cloud based services /applications to our customers. Our strengths as an integrated telecom provider combined with HP's technical expertise will help us unlock the potential of the rapidly growing cloud services market in the country thereby enabling our customers to increase their business agility and productivity."

HP Enterprise Services built a CLEP using the HP AP4SaaS, integrated into Bharti Airtel's existing network system. A key component of HP Cloud Services Enablement portfolio, the AP4SaaS is a common platform from which Airtel can not only deliver IaaS but also communications-as-a-service and SaaS, either hosted on operator premises or integrated with third-party SaaS providers, says a release.

“Communications service providers need flexibility, innovation and speed to market to attract new customers and drive new revenue streams,” said Neelam Dhawan, managing director, HP India. “HP Aggregation Platform for SaaS eases the integration of SaaS and IaaS into the CSP environment, expediting the delivery to Airtel’s small and medium business customers.”

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