HP Tops New ABI Research "Green Data Center" Vendor Matrix Ranking

Business Wire, Oct 15, 2008

NEW YORK -- Hewlett-Packard (HP) has been ranked at the top of the latest Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research.

IBM and Cisco claimed the second and third spots in the company's new evaluation of data center equipment vendors' efforts to improve their performance on energy conservation and environmental issues.

According to ABI Research vice president and research director Stan Schatt, "HP should be complimented for its extensive internal green efforts. While it has not received quite the publicity of IBM's Big Green efforts, the company has perhaps the most extensive list of carbon goals of any vendor, with clear accountability each year on which goals have been met. Cisco's focus on network switching and storage means that it cannot offer quite as broad a portfolio of products and services under one roof but must rely on vendor partners to fill technology gaps and channel partners to provide integration services. Still, Cisco joins HP at the top of any listing of vendors' internal green efforts."

The Vendor Matrix is an analytical tool developed by ABI Research to provide a clear understanding of vendors' positions in specific markets. Vendors are assessed on the important parameters of "innovation" and "implementation" across several criteria unique to each vendor matrix.

For this particular matrix, under "innovation," ABI Research examined the firms' carbon footprints, their regulatory compliance, recycling efforts, their efforts at "greening" internal operations, their use of video and telecommuting, and their membership and participation in environmental organizations.

Under "implementation," ABI Research scrutinized the following criteria: the firms' product portfolios, their product features, their intellectual property holdings, their certification achievements, and the planning and virtualization tools they use.

To view a chart showing the rankings of the "top ten" firms in this Vendor Matrix, please visit "Evaluating the Greenness of Data Center Equipment Vendors and Their Products" (http://www.abiresearch.com/products/vendor_matrix/Evaluating_the_ Greenness_of_Data_Center_Equipment_Vendors_and_Their_Products.) Registration on the ABI Research website (free) is required. Access to the rankings and profiles of all companies surveyed is available to clients of ABI Research.

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This Vendor Matrix forms part of ABI Research's Wi-Fi Research Service (http://www.abiresearch.com/products/service/Wi-Fi_Research_Service). It is one of three newly-released ABI Vendor Matrices related to green networking practices.

For a list of all ABI Research Vendor Matrices, please visit The ABI Research Vendor Matrix (http://www.abiresearch.com/vendor_matrix_home.jsp).

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