With a new combination of software and services for service-oriented architecture (SOA), HP said, it is enabling customers to mitigate business risk and deliver high-quality, measurable business outcomes from SOA initiatives. SOA is a business and IT architecture style that supports business integration as linked services that can be quickly aligned to changing business needs.

HP provides organisations with the flexibility to optimise SOA business services regardless of the underlying infrastructure. Capitalising on its acquisition last year of Mercury and including key Systinet governance offerings, HP’s Business Technology Optimisation (BTO) for SOA helps customers establish a practical, flexible and incremental approach for deploying SOA governance, quality and management across their organisations. HP focuses on simplifying technology experiences for customers – from individual consumers to the largest businesses.

With a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure, HP is among the world’s largest IT companies, with revenue totalling $97.1 billion for the four fiscal quarters ended 30 April. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at: www.hp.

com.