HP and Microsoft Collaborate for Cloud

HP Enterprise Services and Microsoft have announced a global, 4-year initiative to deliver Microsoft’s leading communications and collaboration applications via global, private, and public cloud services. HP and Microsoft will offer private and public cloud solutions designed to help organizations rapidly scale new users, shift IT resources from maintenance to innovation, and change IT from a capital to operating expense. The solutions include private cloud, public cloud, and hybrid solution. HP and Microsoft engineering resources will collaborate to deploy, support, and enhance the new solutions. The solutions will launch globally with initial availability in Australia, Canada, the UK, and the US.