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66% lower TCO on datacentre networking. Tempted?

Gartner’s 2010 paper “Debunking the Myth of the Single-Vendor Network” has proved a game-changer for networking strategy. For Systems Integrators and Managed Service Providers it shows how networking choices can: drive large reductions in TCO, increase efficiencies, improve service delivery and leverage networking in larger initiatives such as virtualisation, convergence and cloud.

Gartner’s own research suggests savings of between 15-25% when introducing a second vendor to the network. Even more encouragingly IDC identifies savings of to an astonishing 66% on networking TCO when datacentre decision-makers integrate HP Networking with HP servers, storage and software.

Read the full Gartner report, key highlights include how:

Introducing a second vendor into the network infrastructure has no long-term impact on operational costs for organisations following best practices, whilst reducing total cost of ownership (TCO) for most organisations by at least 15% to 25% over a five-year time frame
Gartner did not encounter one example where operational cost savings would offset the equipment cost premium that Cisco generally charges
Most organisations that introduced a second vendor report a lasting decrease in network complexity, compared with an all-Cisco network
Network operations teams that are already using some form of multivendor management tools for fault alerting, configuration management or performance management are well-positioned to take advantage of the second-vendor opportunity
Network architects and CIOs must consider alternative network vendors to ensure that they deliver a functional network solution at an appropriate cost point
Network operations teams should invest in multivendor-capable tools, enabling the organisation to deal with a second vendor in their infrastructure and improve the operational capabilities with their incumbent solution.”

For Systems Integrators and Managed Service Providers the benefits of HP Networking are clear:

Open Standards in networking reduces energy consumption by up to 35% and increases performance by up to 62% - offering scalable, cost effective deployments without vendor lock-in
Full lifetime warranty on enterprise class switches and chassis translates into reduced support costs, and using IMC to easily manage multi-vendor networks through a single pane of glass means big reductions in management costs
HP’s switches, routers and extended networking solutions, in combination with 10Gb Ethernet on the network edge, offer game changing performance and functionality for enterprise and mid-range IT environments
HP is committed to future development of the HP Networking portfolio, providing frequent upgrades, new technologies and published product roadmaps to provide confidence in network investments.

Gartner also places HP Networking as a ‘leader’ in its Global Enterprise LAN Magic Quadrant, establishing HP as the genuine alternative to Cisco when it comes to networking in enterprise environments.   Only by working with a Tier 1, whole of infrastructure Supplier and distribution partnership, like HP and Avnet, can you leverage the network within a fully optimised IT infrastructure for virtualisation, convergence and cloud.

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Read the full Gartner report: Debunking the Myth of the Single-Vendor Network