MUMBAI
APRIL 11, 2007

ProCurve Networking by HP launched the ProCurve Alliance, a membership program designed to offer customers security, mobility and convergence solutions that have been tested and qualified for interoperability with ProCurve offerings.

Four companies - Mitel, AirWave Wireless, DVTel and ShoreTel - are the initial members of the ProCurve Alliance, with Mitel and AirWave recognized as top-tier strategic members. Each Alliance member completed a rigorous application process that includes technology certification to ensure solution interoperability, simplified deployment and optimized performance. ProCurve plans to add further member-companies based on customer needs.

ProCurve India Country Head Subhodeep Bhattacharya said, "The ProCurve Alliance will serve to bolster joint engagements further, resulting in more tightly integrated go-to-market activities, better communication of combined capabilities, and a continued commitment to comprehensive support. This will further add to ProCurve's strong capabilities in addressing customer needs by creating formal, supportable alliances with key providers of products, applications and services that are adjacent to ProCurve infrastructure offerings."

Mark Thompson, Global Director of Sales and Marketing, ProCurve Networking, added, "Customers want to work with vendors they trust and who can deliver complete solutions to solve their business needs. Through the ProCurve Alliance, we have created alliances that deliver tested interoperable solutions without exposing organizations to unnecessary risks."

ProCurve Alliance members will work with ProCurve, the No. 2 networking vendor in both ports and revenue, and be able to benefit from its well-established and growing distribution channel. Resellers also benefit from the ProCurve Alliance as they can offer customers comprehensive solutions built on dependable ProCurve infrastructure that are certified as reliable, secure and scalable.

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