HP to offer mobile applications for CSPs

HP has announced to deploy and manage mobile applications for business customers for communications service providers (CSPs) that enables them to help enterprise customers increase productivity by supporting employee use of smartphones and tablets.

The HP Enterprise Mobility platform enables enterprises to provide internal mobile applications (apps) to employees so they can access company data quickly, easily and securely on their personal mobile devices.

The core components of the HP Enterprise Mobility platform are HP enterprise mobile app store enables CSPs to help enterprises create, certify, distribute and manage ”mobilized” versions of company apps for employees, HP enterprise mobility gateway enables CSPs to help enterprise employees access the right enterprise data at the right time by connecting mobile applications with an enterprise’s back-end systems.

“CSPs must invent new business models to win in a 4G world. HP’s offering enables CSPs to generate new revenue by helping enterprises tap the productivity potential of smartphones and tablets used by employees", said David Sliter, VP and GM, Communications, Media and Entertainment, HP Enterprise Services.

In addition to offering mobility services to enterprises, CSPs can use the HP platform to manage mobility services for their own employees, including the development and distribution of new apps.

Designed for CSPs to offer to their enterprise clients, the HP Enterprise Mobility platform also will be sold directly to enterprises by HP, as an on-premises solution.