HP Simplifies Networking With Broadest Choice of OpenFlow-Enabled Switches

PALO ALTO, CA, Feb 02 (MARKET WIRE) --
HP (NYSE: HPQ) today announced a portfolio of OpenFlow-enabled switches,
providing customers with the broadest choice in the industry for
simplifying network management while meeting a wide range of bandwidth,
performance and budget needs.(1)

The portfolio spans 16 models and includes the HP 3500, 5400 and 8200
series switches.

Additionally, HP plans to expand support for OpenFlow across all switches
in the HP FlexNetwork architecture this year, making HP the only major
networking vendor to offer a complete portfolio of OpenFlow-enabled
solutions.

OpenFlow is an emerging network virtualization technology that provides
customers flexibility and control to configure their networking
environments to their specifications.

Deploying the OpenFlow standard enables enterprises to significantly
reduce the complexity of network devices and automate tasks using
simplified network management. By reducing the time it takes to make
changes to the network, OpenFlow allows IT staff to better respond to
changing needs in real time.

Customers and partners can now access a free upgrade to HP's
OpenFlow-enabled software for their HP switches here.

"To help enterprises uniformly manage network traffic flow across the
data center, HP became an early innovator of the OpenFlow standard,
supporting more than 60 universities and research centers in trials,
development efforts and practical real-world applications," said Bethany
Mayer, senior vice president and general manager, Networking, HP. "With
more than 10 million OpenFlow-capable switch ports deployed and the
broadest portfolio currently available on the market, HP is leading the
move to the OpenFlow standard and further simplifying networks for our
enterprise clients."

HP pioneers OpenFlow-enabled switches, drives real-world deployments
HP
switches with OpenFlow-enabled software have been deployed by academic
and commercial researchers worldwide to achieve simplified management.
The extensive testing and practical application of OpenFlow technology on
HP switches over the last four years in these environments have helped to
ready the standard for broad enterprise use.

HP partners and customers include Indiana University, Stanford University
and the Global Environment for Network Innovations (GENI) Project. The
GENI Project, operated by Raytheon BBN Technologies and funded by the
National Science Foundation, is a virtual laboratory that explores future
applications and services for efficient, agile networks.

"Enterprise data centers are in the midst of a massive transformation
driven by data center consolidation, server virtualization, web-based
applications and new security requirements, which our research indicates
has created numerous network challenges that can't be addressed with
existing legacy networks and manual processes," said Jon Oltsik, senior
principal analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group. "OpenFlow holds the promise
of breaking the logjam in network flexibility as well as paving the way
for network innovation in the data center -- and vendor support from
companies like HP is crucial for advancing this technology in 2012."

HP is a founding member of the Open Networking Foundation, which
continues to advance the OpenFlow standard in order to lower network
operating costs for enterprises through simplifying hardware, software
and management processes. Additionally, HP Labs -- the company's central
research arm -- has been developing programmable networks since 2008, and
has published research on evolving OpenFlow technology for broader
deployment by enterprises.

More information about HP Networking solutions is available at
www.hp.com/go/networking.

HP Networking is a key component of HP Converged Infrastructure, which
enables the Instant-On Enterprise. The Instant-On Enterprise embeds
technology in everything it does to serve customers, employees, partners
and citizens with whatever they need, instantly.

HP's premier client event, HP Discover, takes place June 4-7 in Las
Vegas.

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(1) Based on HP's internal research.

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