BT and HP Announce $1.5 billion Alliance

BT and HP have signed a series of managed services agreements with a combined value of $1.5 billion over the next seven years. Under these agreements, HP will manage BT's midrange and desktop information technology (IT) infrastructure in the UK, and BT will manage HP's voice and data network and product support call centers within the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region.



The companies have also formed a strategic go-to-market alliance targeting the global information and communications technology (ICT) marketplace. Starting this summer, the companies plan initially to address targeted European enterprises, plus the UK mid-market, consumer and small- and medium-size business (SMB) markets through a combination of service offerings. Subsequently, other markets will be added as conditions and opportunities develop, in order to ultimately provide global solutions capability via the alliance. http://www.bt.comhttp://www.hp.com