HP Partners with Cisco to Deliver Pervasive Indoor Wireless Solution

The two companies have announced through a press release that they will be joining forces to expand the suite of applications and services addressing corporate customers, based on Cisco's Pervasive Indoor Wireless technology. "The new applications and services include security, guest access, voice over Wi-Fi, and location-based services and allow for the creation of a variety of new applications, such as IT asset tracking, presence-based applications, dual-mode voice, and integrated intrusion detection and prevention," revealed the duo in the press release.

Cisco's Unified Wireless Network Family of products will be complemented by HP's system integration services in order to lower operational costs and increase efficiency of WLAN services.

"This is a strategic effort from both companies to create a wireless foundation that enables a host of new applications," said Brian Brouillette, vice president, Technology Services, HP Services. "Through our efforts, customers can quickly and cost-effectively benefit from a range of new, scalable applications."

The two companies have already introduced joint solutions structured on the centralized wireless network intelligence via Cisco's Light Weight Access Point Protocol. HP will use Cisco's wireless platform to build an enterprise computing network.

"Our strategy has been to deliver a Unified Wireless Network architecture that features hardware, software and services integrated to deliver network scale, simplify deployment and drive down total cost of ownership," said Brett Galloway, vice president and general manager, Wireless Networking Business Unit, Cisco. "We are excited to work with HP to guide enterprise businesses to an intelligent network to accelerate applications, business processes and profitability."