HP and BT have announced an expansion of their alliance to meet growing customer demands for standardised and flexible collaborative IT and network services around the globe.

“Our customers have benefited from the BT HP Alliance over the past three years and we are committed to further strengthening our offerings to provide them with enhanced global solutions for their networked IT needs,” said Mark Hurd, CEO, HP. “We will continue to work closely with BT to ensure that our alliance delivers truly integrated services that result in better business outcomes for our customers.”

The joint capabilities offered by the BT-HP alliance are designed to improve the overall customer experience and help customers achieve better business outcomes. The enhanced offerings are based on the ITIL-based integrated services architecture developed by the alliance.

As part of a multi-year agreement, HP will provide BT with the IT infrastructure components of servers, storage, software and services to accelerate and expand BT’s service transformation. BT will be a key enabler of HP’s own global IT transformation project, focused on improving service and reducing costs.

According to Ben Verwaayen, CEO, BT, “Customers will benefit from the unique approach taken by our two companies in improving service and operational efficiencies. The way we are working together will ensure our customers’ demands for collaborative IT and networked services are met.”