Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard are teaming up to grab a bigger slice of the storage market.
As the first step in a new storage partnership to be announced on Tuesday, the software giant and hardware giant are planning a 10-city roadshow to tout their joint work in the storage arena. Microsoft and HP also plan joint training of their respective sales forces as well as a combined sales effort to win new business.
By investing more in sales and marketing efforts, the two companies hope to carve out a larger share of the market for network-attached storage (NAS), currently a $1.8 billion global market, according to research firm Gartner Dataquest. Microsoft said that estimates from market researcher IDC show it has a 30 percent share of the NAS market, by units shipped.
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