HP Expands Network Virtualization Business with Shunra

HP announced this week that it has officially purchased Shunra, a a Philadelphia-based application performance engineering (APE) company and current HP partner.

Michael Cusanelli, Associate Editor

March 7, 2014

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HP Expands Network Virtualization Business with Shunra

Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) announced has purchased Shunra, a a Philadelphia-based application performance engineering (APE) company and current HP partner. HP hopes the acquisition will help to expand its mobile testing capabilities for its line of Loadrunner and Performance Center products, both of which allow users to test the efficiency of their enterprise networks.

Shunra's technology will help the company bolster its mobile capabilities and expand its growing software-as-a-service (SaaS) portfolio within its application delivery management (ADM) business. The press release cites recent figures from market research firm ABI, which predicts that the mobile application testing market could reach $1 billion by 2017.

HP did not reveal how much the acquisition cost, nor did it provide further details on how it will affect Shunra employees. The transaction is expected to close sometime in Q2 2014.

HP also was said to be in talks to purchase online file-sharing and cloud content management company Box, but the rumors were quickly dispelled after Forbes posted its initial article.

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Michael  Cusanelli

Associate Editor, Penton Technology Group, Channel

Michael Cusanelli is the associate editor for Penton Technology’s channel properties, including The VAR Guy, MSPmentor and Talkin' Cloud. He has written articles and produced video for Newsday.com and is a graduate of Stony Brook University's School of Journalism in New York. In his spare time Michael likes to play video games, watch sci-fi movies and participate in all things nerdy. He can be reached at [email protected]

 

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