HP, Cisco fell as a network of certified partners, and Global Service Alliance partners, and intends to compete with the company for future business.
In a YouTube video released Thursday, said Cisco’s Worldwide Partner Organization chief, Keith Goodwin, the company’s partnership with HP has “developed” by the partnership to “companies with different and conflicting visions of how to provide value for our customers.
Both companies have long-term partnerships in the switch server and unified communications and technology had, but Cisco has seen the shift in servers in 2009, a growing rivalry between firms in the data center.
Goodwin said that Cisco had to align with partners that they “share a network-centric vision,” adding that it “suitable” for the benefits of HP partnership, such as access to guides and product profitability initiatives our partners.
“We recently announced HP that we will extend the contract system integrator if it ends April 30, 2010,” said Goodwin. “We will compete with HP for its future activities.”
Goodwin said that Cisco will provide, in discussions with HP on a new agreement on business continuity for existing customers, and would be “contracts of service to HP customers to honor its duration.
In a statement released Friday, HP said: “History has shown that customers require, and the two co-opetition and collaboration between vendors.
“The most important players are competing in a lot and partners in other, better meet the needs of our customers,” read the statement. “We do not believe it takes in the best interest of the client in a position of intellectual property.”
HP said it would guarantee customers consulting, integration, management and support services for their heterogeneous environments and to ensure that hardware and software platforms for all major network platforms are optimized.
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