HP Launches New Investing Plans For The Move To The Cloud
December 7, 2013
Grazed from CruxialCIO. Author: Brian T. Horowitz.
Hewlett-Packard’s Financial Services division has announced new financing options to help companies migrate to a cloud-computing platform. HP introduced Accelerated Migration to Cloud, which helps companies establish a way to retire and upgrade IT infrastructure. It allows companies to form a timeline on migrating to the cloud.
HP purchases customers’ assets and leases them back to customers to fund the transition. Customers’ assets are upgraded when customers make the move to the cloud. With cloud computing becoming an important part of IT infrastructure, companies will need ways to finance the migration…
“The uncertainty associated with transitioning to cloud, mobile, big data and BYOD will require enterprises to plan and build their IT investment strategies differently,” Susan Middleton, research director for technology financial strategies at IDC, said in a statement. “Most importantly, CIOs and CFOs should have a detailed conversation with their vendors about the expected costs of unforeseen events,” Middleton said in a Q&A with HP…
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