HP, LeaseWeb Partner on Green Hosting

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Hosting firm LeaseWeb and Hewlett-Packard have entered into a strategic partnership whose activities will include Green IT. The partnership will focus on supplying HP solutions which will reduce the energy consumption within the hosting infrastructure.

Within the partnership, LeaseWeb will offer a variety of products and services, including HP ProLiant Servers DL120 and DL180, a "Scalable Configurable Infrastructure" server custom-made for LeaseWeb, Factory Express services for configured and cabled racks and remote management, and virtual KVM switches via iLO remote IP management.

"HP has a broad portfolio of innovative products and technologies which enable companies to optimize their data centers and so contribute to improving the environment," said Ruud Mous, sales director of LeaseWeb. "HP has invested considerably in green technology and the development of energy-efficient servers. That makes HP the ideal partner for us."

As a hosting provider, LeaseWeb manages more than 15,000 servers in four different data centers, including the CO2-neutral and energy-efficient EvoSwitchdata center.

"We are very pleased with this partnership, because partners such as LeaseWeb are essential for the success of HP and for creating energy-efficient and environment-friendly hosting platforms," said Laurent Pacqué, business unit manager of Industry Standard Servers, HP Nederland. "By viewing the IT platform from an environmentally conscious standpoint, companies can reduce their energy consumption, and also realize more hardware per square meter. They not only contribute to improving the environment but also reduce their costs."

LeaseWeb provides hosting solutions primarily geared towards the professional market. The company's services include domain name registration, webhosting, dedicated servers, collocation, server virtualization, and streaming. LeaseWeb operates four datacenters in the Amsterdam region and is also present through Internet exchanges in Amsterdam, Brussels, London, Frankfurt, New York, Vienna, Stockholm, Warsaw, Zurich, Prague, and Madrid.

For more information, visit LeaseWeb.com.

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