IT Partners Hosts Roundtable With HP CEO & Valley Business Leaders

PHOENIX, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- IT Partners, a leading Phoenix-based technology consulting firm, hosted a CIO roundtable discussion for Valley business leaders with Mark Hurd, chairman and chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Company.

Local business and technology executives from a variety of industries attended the dynamic networking event to hear Hurd's perspective on current IT industry trends, the economy, HP's business outlook and their overall strategy to reduce cost and increase efficiency. Also discussed were the results of HP's own internal IT transformation.

The roundtable provided the opportunity for Hurd to interact with attendees and receive direct feedback from current and prospective customers. He touched on how Hewlett-Packard engages with its customers and the company's commitment to provide better solutions and deliver better business outcomes.

IT Partners President, Gary Johnston, and Chief Operating Officer Willie Hawileh, invited Hurd to Phoenix to talk about the "state of the industry" with Valley execs. Johnston stated, "It was an incredible experience to host this forum and have a visionary and driving force like Mark Hurd share with us his insights, as well as his successes and challenges at HP."

The event was positively received by participants, "What a great event! It was an excellent opportunity to hear from Mark his views on the market, HP's direction and industry changes. I appreciated being a part of it," commented a CIO from the financial industry.

"The size of an organization doesn't matter. Today's decision makers are all facing shrinking budgets and heightened expectations. Hearing Mark talk about facing those same challenges puts everything into perspective," said Johnston.

IT Partners is a data center solution provider specializing in industry-leading virtualization, server, storage and network offerings.  It teams with companies to create solutions to business challenges, lower IT costs, improve systems availability and maximize their investment in technology.  The firm was founded in 2003 by six IT industry veterans and has since grown to 30 employees. It has been named as one of the fastest growing technology solution providers by several industry resources including VAR500, Inc. 5000 and CRN's Fast-Growth 100.

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