User:Dkhydema/HP Networking

HP Networking is the networking division of Hewlett-Packard. HP's networking division was previously known as HP ProCurve. In April 2010, following HP's acquisition of 3Com Corporation, HP combined the ProCurve and 3Com entities as HP Networking.

Organization
HP Networking was formed in April 2010 as the combination of these entities.


 * HP ProCurve. Based in Roseville, CA, USA. Developer of networking switches and wireless solutions.  Global sales.
 * The acquired 3Com Corporation. Based in Marlborough, MA, USA.  Global sales outside of China.
 * The 3Com division H3C Technologies Co., Ltd. Based in HangZhou, China.  Developer of networking switches, routers, telephony and wireless solutions.  Sales within China.
 * The 3Com division TippingPoint. Based in Austin, Texas.  Developer of networking security solutions, particularly intrusion prevention systems.  Global sales.

History

 * The HP division that became the HP ProCurve division began in Roseville, CA, in 1979. Originally it was part of HP’s Data Systems Division (DSD) and known as DSD-Roseville. Later, it was called the Roseville Networks Division (RND), then the Workgroup Networks Division (WND), before becoming the ProCurve Networking Business (PNB). The trademark filing date for the ProCurve name was February 25, 1998..
 * On August 11, 2008 HP announced the acquisition of Colubris Networks, manufacturer of wireless capabilities, such as 802.11n.. This completed on October 1, 2008
 * On November 11, 2009, HP announced its intent to acquire 3Com Corporation for $2.7B. In April 2010, HP completed its acquisition.

Product Highlights
HP Networking (HPN) has an extensive portfolio of networking products for enterprise and small-to-midsize business environments, schools and government entities. At Interop Las Vegas in April 2010, HP began publicly using HP Networking as the name for its networking division and outlined how products would be branded under the new entity.
 * A-Series: Data center, campus and branch network switches and routers.  Predominantly heritage H3C.
 * E-Series: Campus and branch network switches, voice, and wireless products.  Mix of heritage ProCurve and 3Com.
 * V-Series: Small business smart managed and unmanaged switches and wireless products.  Mix of heritage ProCurve and 3Com.
 * S-Series: Enterprise and small business security products.  Heritage TippingPoint.
 * H3C: Brand for sales into China.

Technologies include:
 * Fixed configuration Ethernet switches including stackable switches: A-Series S5600, S5500, S5100, S3600, S3610, S3100.  E-Series Gigabit switches 5500G, 4800G, 4500G, 4200G.  V-Series V1910, V1810, V1700, V1410, V1405.
 * Wide area network routers
 * Wireless access points, adapters, and connectivity products
 * Network management applications
 * Network security platforms including the TippingPoint Intrusion Prevention System.
 * IP Telephony applications including voice platform VCX.

HP is the world's second-largest vendor of networking switches based on port count and revenue. They have the worldwide headquarters at Roseville in California, USA and they focus on the Enterprise and SMB Markets.

For a comprehensive list, refer to User:Dkhydema/HP_Networking_Products

Training
HP Networking offers product, solution and sales orientated trainings, which can be found here.

Alliance Program
In January 2009 Hewlett Packard launched the ProCurve Open Network Ecosystem (ONE) Alliance, and a programmable module which hosts partner applications from IP telephony to network management This multivendor alliance program objective was to optimize performance of enterprise-class applications with the then ProCurve's (now HP Networking) infrastructure.

Analysts were quoted that this program will drive down cost in networks.

In April 2010 HP combined the ProCurve ONE alliance program with the programs from 3Com and Tipping Point, and programs from the rest of HP's Enterprise Business to create a new program called HP AllianceONE.

Support
HP Networking provides a lifetime warranty on many of its products with next business day replacement. This was seen as a Unique Selling Point, until other networking vendors offered similar warranty on part of their product lines.

User Community
There are three forums for HP Networking Users existing at the HP IT Resource Center:
 * Networking
 * Switches-Hubs-Modems
 * Communications-Wireless