HP announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase Bitfone Corporation, a privately held global software and services company that develops software solutions for mobile device management for the wireless industry.

The acquisition is a part of HP's strategy to develop its mobile enterprise business. Acquiring Bitfone will strengthen HP's ability to provide customers a flexible and a modular approach for building a mobile infrastructure. It will allow them to choose what they need to meet their business needs.

“Mobile device management is a key component to drive widespread mobile IT deployments,” said Dave Rothschild, VP-Handheld Business Unit (Personal Systems Group), HP. “With the acquisition of Bitfone, HP adds mobile device management to a comprehensive management suite that already includes servers, desktops and notebooks.”

Mobile devices are increasingly becoming part of the core IT infrastructure and there is a growing requirement that they need to fit into existing management systems and frameworks. This acquisition provides HP the software tools to help business customers reduce device support costs and smooth device deployments, migration and replacement.

“As a leading technology innovator in the mobile device management and wireless space, Bitfone has built a world-class software platform over the past six years,” said Gene Wang, Chairman and CEO, Bitfone Corp.

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