HP to expand Cloud and Security Business in Asian Pacific area

According to CMS Wire:

At a media event in Barcelona, Spain, vice president and general
manager for HP's Business Technology Optimization, Robin Purohit, said
the company plans to expand its market share in Asia Pacific by 2011.
While he did not disclose the details of this target, he identified
two areas where HP plans to achieve this growth: security and cloud
computing.

Security and Datacenter Management
"Many companies are looking to improve their core security
capabilities but do not have the necessary skilled manpower to do so,
which is why we see a clear opportunity for us to play in this space,"
Purohit says. HP has highlighted its recent acquisition of security
providers Arcsight and Fortify Software to boost the company's
capability in providing managed security services to clients.

Meanwhile, cloud computing is another area where HP plans to ramp up
activities in the Asia Pacific region. More particularly, HP cites its
capabilities in managing disparate, virtualized datacenter systems,
which are a foundation of cloud computing services. Purohit says HP is
in a position to help businesses manage their data systems through a
networked infrastructure, with their experience in datacenter and
cloud technologies.

Application Lifecycle Management
Additionally, HP has identified application testing to be another
opportunity in the region. Outsourced BPO industries in India, China
and the Philippines are seen as potential growth areas for HP's
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) 11 platform, which was launched
at the HP Universe 2010 conference, likewise in Barcelona.

Michael Sher, HP Asia Pacific & Japan director for application quality
sales says that the company sees "huge opportunities" for ALM 11 in
the region. He cited rising labor costs and scalability as being
advantages of automated application quality and performance testing.Gartner predicts that Asia Pacific sees an aggressive growth in

enterprise IT spending in 2011, expenditures expected to top US$ 312
billion. This includes a projected 11.3% growth in software and 9.3%
in IT services, fueled by the booming BPO industry in the region,
among others.