ProCurve Networking by HP Positioned in "Challengers" Quadrant for 2006 Global Campus LANs Magic Quadrant.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif. -- ProCurve Networking by HP has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the "Challengers" quadrant of the October 2006 Magic Quadrant The Gartner Magic Quadrant is a proprietary research tool developed by Gartner Inc., a US based research and advisory firm. It is designed to provide an unbiased qualitative analysis of a “markets’ direction, maturity, and participants. for (Global) Campus LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. report.(1) The report positions vendors in one of four quadrants based on the companies' vision and ability to execute on that vision. The four quadrants are Leaders, Challengers, Visionaries and Niche Players. ProCurve Networking by HP, the second largest vendor in the global wired and wireless LAN A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area market, was one of nine vendors evaluated by the Gartner Magic Quadrant report, which measures and compares companies in a specific industry in terms of their ability to execute and the completeness of their vision. Ability to execute measures how well a vendor is performing in the current market, while completeness of vision measures a vendor's understanding of the market and their preparedness to meet market requirements in the future. "ProCurve's continued rapid growth in both market share and revenue is a testament to our ability to provide customers with the standards-based, easily manageable and cost-effective solutions they need to meet today's networking challenges," said John McHugh John McHugh can refer to:
LAN switching is a form of packet switching used in local area networks. Switching technologies are crucial to network design, or to that minority of LANs that are used outside the home. market further validates our ability to execute and long-term viability." About the Gartner Magic Quadrant The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted Oct. 16, 2006 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability mer·chant·a·ble adj. Suitable for buying and selling; marketable. mer  chant·a·bil or fitness for a particular purpose. About ProCurve Networking by HP The ProCurve Networking business unit of HP delivers enterprise networking The networking infrastructure in a large enterprise with multiple computer systems and networks of different types is extraordinarily complex. Due to the myriad of interfaces that are required, much of what goes on has little to do with the real data processing of the payroll and orders. solutions comprising wired and wireless LAN and WAN networking products, services and solutions. Recognizing the necessary migration of intelligence and functionality to the network edge, the ProCurve Adaptive EDGE Architecture strategy is the industry's only comprehensive and inclusive network design strategy that is adaptable, scalable and completely interoperable for achieving command from the center with control to the network edge. Further information on ProCurve networking solutions and products is available at www.procurve.com. About HP HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging and printing. For the four fiscal quarters ended July 31, 2006, HP revenue totaled $90.0 billion. More information about HP (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HPQ HPQ Hewlett-Packard Corporation (NYSE) HPQ High Priority Queue ) (Nasdaq:HPQ) is available at www.hp.com. Note to editors: HP news releases are available via RSS feed at www.hp.com/hpinfo/rss.html. (1) Gartner Research, "Magic Quadrant for Campus LAN (Global), 2006," by Mark Fabbi. Oct. 16, 2006. [c] Copyright 2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. |
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