Local IT company Itex has been picked by Hewlett Packard (HP) as a Cloud Centre of Business Excellence (CCOE)

Itex is one of the first five UK companies to have been selected for the new HP scheme and one of only 21 companies across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Unveiled in August, the CCOE scheme was set up to find and certify about 10 UK partners to be HP’s leading lights in deploying private cloud infrastructures based on HP technology.

Kevin Matthews, HP’s UK and Ireland channel manager for enterprise, storage, servers and networking, explained that he wants to end up with a “crack team” of about 10 resellers.

“It is all about customers that want to have private clouds and the CCOE partners will be the best partners in the UK. CCOE partners are subject-­‐matter experts in deploying private cloud in HP technology.”

Cloud technology is a fast growing aspect of today’s IT service provision and one which forms a key part of Itex’s business strategy:

Richard Parker, Itex’s Group Market Development Director is delighted with this latest initiative:

“HP is one of a number of strategic partnerships Itex has built over the years. Being recognised by one of the largest players in the IT industry in this way is excellent news for us. Association with a highly respected brand such as HP will certainly build our profile in the market place and is a clear reflection of the quality of service we strive to deliver to our clients.”

Isle of Man Managing Director, Alyson Hamilton Lacey comments:

“Cloud is one of the technologies prompting a real shift in the way organisations purchase and consume IT services and resources. Businesses will need to adapt to these changes if they are going to remain competitive and we are helping and advising clients on the best way to manage these changes”.