HP Powers Expansion for China’s Range Technology

Country’s leading IT services provider selects HP Technology Services to build cloud data center

HP Discover 2011 Vienna

SINGAPORE--()--HP (NYSE: HPQ) today announced that technology services provider Range Technology Development Co. Ltd. has selected HP Technology Services to build an energy-efficient, cloud-based data center.

The new facility will provide Range Technology’s government and enterprise customers with cloud services to support their business growth demands.

Organizations across China want to accelerate business innovation and growth in service areas such as transportation, telecommunications, e-government and healthcare. Range Technology has selected HP Critical Facilities Design and Implementation services to create an energy-efficient cloud data center that can accommodate this growth and enable the company to provide reliable cloud services to its customers.

“To meet our customers’ pressing needs for cloud services, we need to create a data center in line with the government’s carbon emission reduction plans,” said Zhou Chaonan, chairwoman, Range Technology. “HP will give us end-to-end support for data center design as well as cloud technologies to help us open a green data center and further strengthen the economic development of China.”

Set to measure more than 7,500 square meters, the center will be built in Langfang, Hebei province. Range Technology will benefit from HP’s experience in designing 50 million square feet of data center space for its clients.

“Many IT service providers in China are challenged to meet business demands for a high-end, service-based economy,” said Mohan Krishnan, vice president and managing partner, Technology Consulting – Asia Pacific and Japan, HP. “HP will draw on its unrivalled data center design-build experience to help Range Technology construct a cost-effective, cloud-based data center with the flexibility to meet changes in customer demand.”

HP is helping Range Technology in the pursuit of its Instant-On Enterprise. In a world of continuous connectivity, the Instant-On Enterprise embeds technology in everything it does to serve customers, employees, partners, and citizens with whatever they need, instantly.

More information about HP Critical Facilities Services is available here.

HP’s premier client event, HP DISCOVER, takes place Nov. 29 - Dec. 1 in Vienna, Austria. The event showcases how organizations can get started on their Instant-On Enterprise journeys.

About HP

HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world’s largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure at the convergence of the cloud and connectivity, creating seamless, secure, context-aware experiences for a connected world. More information about HP is available at http://www.hp.com.

This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. If such risks or uncertainties materialize or such assumptions prove incorrect, the results of HP and its consolidated subsidiaries could differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and assumptions. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including but not limited to statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations, including execution of growth strategies, transformation initiatives and restructuring plans; any statements concerning expected development, performance or market share relating to products and services; any statements regarding anticipated operational and financial results; any statements of expectation or belief; and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include macroeconomic and geopolitical trends and events; the competitive pressures faced by HP’s businesses; the development and transition of new products and services (and the enhancement of existing products and services) to meet customer needs and respond to emerging technological trends; the execution and performance of contracts by HP and its customers, suppliers and partners; the protection of HP's intellectual property assets, including intellectual property licensed from third parties; integration and other risks associated with business combination and investment transactions; the hiring and retention of key employees; expectations and assumptions relating to the execution and timing of growth strategies, transformation initiatives and restructuring plans; the resolution of pending investigations, claims and disputes; and other risks that are described in HP’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2011 and HP’s other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to HP’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2010. HP assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.

© 2011 Hewlett-Packard Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. Registration No.: 198703164G. 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.

Contacts

HP
Lin Li Lim, +65 8518 3298
lin-li.lim@hp.com
or
Burson-Marsteller for HP
Deborah Dingle, +65 966 37347
deborah.dingle@bm.com
or
Hewlett-Packard Asia Pacific
450 Alexandra Road
Singapore 119960
www.hp.com

Contacts

HP
Lin Li Lim, +65 8518 3298
lin-li.lim@hp.com
or
Burson-Marsteller for HP
Deborah Dingle, +65 966 37347
deborah.dingle@bm.com
or
Hewlett-Packard Asia Pacific
450 Alexandra Road
Singapore 119960
www.hp.com