HP and Microsoft have announced a joint initiative to deliver an end-to-end, integrated unified communications and collaboration solution that helps customers lower costs and enhance productivity. Available now, the solution is optimized for HP ProCurve network infrastructure, enabling HP ProCurve customers to leverage their network investments by adding integrated instant messaging, voice, video, unified messaging, and presence applications.

An HP ProCurve network delivers the quality of service, security, mobility and reliability required for unified communications and collaboration applications. An HP ProCurve infrastructure provides:

• Quality of service for the voice, video and data traffic associated with unified communications and collaboration applications. HP ProCurve infrastructure integrates with Microsoft software to dynamically provision and enforce critical QoS policies from end-to-end.
• Robust security to protect vital business information. HP ProCurve works with Microsoft software to provide granular levels of network access control and enforce security policies at the network edge.
• Seamless mobility for diverse end-point devices, including smart phones and laptops. An HP ProCurve infrastructure converges wired and wireless networking for consistent user services.
• Reliable network operation enables enterprises to run IP-enabled line of business applications with complete confidence

The joint initiative builds on this optimization with commitments to further integrate ProCurve products into the unified communications and collaboration solution. These developments will help customers improve productivity by mobilizing their workforces.