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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/12/hp_bt_tieup/

HP is expected to take BT’s UK datacentres off its hands in a £1.5bn deal.

The arrangement will see BT offloading 400 staff and 24 data centres to the Silicon Valley giant in return for £1.5bn in cash, according to the Sunday Times. BT will continue to access the centres under a ten year deal. At the same time, the telcos current deal to manage HP’s voice and data networks in Europe will be extended worldwide.

Interesting news, it’s always good to see different companies approach to the way they provision and manage their data center. This could be a real enabler for BT, allowing it to focus on it’s core business and have HP provide the IT services as a more fixed service cost, we’ll have to see, I’ll need to read up more.

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