Dubai, April 21, 2009 - HP ProCurve Networking has taken the number two position in the enterprise wireless LAN market, in terms of unit shipments, in Europe the Middle East and Africa, according to a recent report by market research firm Dell'Oro Group (1). The shipments measured include enterprise access points.

In the Dell'Oro Group data that reported only a slight port shipments increase for the majority of vendors of enterprise wireless LAN sales in EMEA, HP ProCurve's unit shipments grew at a rate of 65.9 percent year-over-year from the fourth calendar quarter of 2007 to the same quarter of 2008. The EMEA industry rate for this period increased by 0.2 percent, according to the report.

This significant change in HP ProCurve's leadership in the enterprise wireless LAN market demonstrates the successful integration of the Colubris portfolio (now HP ProCurve Mobility Solutions) since the acquisition of that WLAN vendor was completed on 1 October 2008.

"The successful and rapid integration underscores our dedication to leading the way in next-generation unified wired and wireless networks that customers demand," said Alaa AlShimy, General Manager of HP ProCurve Middle East. "We are very happy to have gained this key position in EMEA and will continue to leverage our knowledge, expertise and product portfolio to our existing and new partners and customers."

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About HP ProCurve Networking
As part of the HP Technology Solutions Group, HP ProCurve is the Network of Choice for best-in-class solutions, products and services for wired and wireless networks.

HP ProCurve was positioned in the Leaders quadrant in research and advisory firm Gartner Inc.'s 2008 Magic Quadrant Report for Global Campus LANs and is a worldwide leader in Ethernet switch market revenue and ports according to Dell'Oro Group.

More information about HP ProCurve is available at http://www.procurve.com/.

Footnote:

(1) Dell'Oro Group, "Enterprise Wireless LAN Report Q408," February 2009

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