HP Networking extends trade-in for Cisco products

NEW DELHI, INDIA: HP expanded HP Networking “A Catalyst for Change Trade-in Promotion” for qualifying customers in Asia Pacific.

HP estimates that globally about $9 billion in Cisco networking equipment is approaching end of life or service in 2011.

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The “A Catalyst for Change” programme enables clients to upgrade from existing complex, proprietary and expensive network gear to simpler, open standards-based HP solutions, says the company.

In Asia Pacific, the “A Catalyst for Change” trade-in is the first HP Networking programme to deliver savings to customers through cash rebates upon purchase of the HP A-Series, E-Series and V-series switches. The programme will run until October this year in Australia, India, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Thailand. 

To facilitate transition from outdated equipment, HP Networking solutions offer interoperability with all networking equipment. HP also provides network planning and migration services, as well as fast-track ExpertONE certification training. As a result, clients can upgrade core, data centre and campus infrastructures.

“Under the single vendor stronghold of the past, enterprise networks have gotten too complex, difficult to manage and expensive,” said Subhodeep Bhattacharya, director, HP Networking, HP India. “HP Networking gives organizations a choice that delivers unprecedented flexibility, performance, agility, which allows our valued reseller partners to expand their business as well as enable our clients to be more competitive.”