HP testimonial

HP (NYSE: HPQ) is a technology company that operates in more than 170 countries around the world. HP's Enterprise Solutions Partners Division maintains a Developer & Solutions Partner Program (DSPP), a global network of thousands of developers who create software applications that integrate HP's computing hardware devices, helping to drive additional sales of HP hardware systems. The division supports this network of developers with its DSPP portal, a global, centralized system that provides documentation, advance access to code and patches, a community forum and other interactive resources.

High availability and performance of the DSPP Portal are critical to the productivity of HP's developer community. To meet project deadlines, developers must be able to access DSPP portal resources quickly and efficiently. However, after the portal was launched, overseas users experienced long download times – up to five seconds in Europe and up to nine seconds in Asia. Monthly developer satisfaction surveys showed the delays were straining the developer and partner relationships. After assessing the performance, ease of implementation, technical support, and cost of multiple vendor solutions, HP's DSPP operations team chose Akamai Web Application Accelerator to meet its application performance and availability needs. The DSPP organization was impressed by the elegance of the Akamai solution and the overall performance enhancements Web Application Accelerator produced.

"Building out new data centers would have been far too costly and a poor use of our resources. Akamai's Web Application Accelerator has given us the outstanding performance we required with a transparent implementation and no capital investment. To put it simply, Akamai is one of the best partnerships I have experienced in my 15 years at HP."
—Tony Hinojosa, Manager, Enterprise Solutions Partner Division, HP