HP, Critical Path To Deliver Managed Messaging Services

The service combines Critical Path's hosted messaging offering with HP's IT infrastructure and data center management services. HP will also run Critical Path's data center operations and provide systems integration services.

The companies said the deal is worth $100 million when go-to-market strategies are combined with the managed services relationship.

The messaging solution includes e-mail, wireless access, instant messaging, group scheduling, personal address book, registered mail, Internet file storage and antispam and antivirus protection.

HP plans to sell the solution direct to enterprise customers and to the SMB and SOHO markets via service provider partners and customers