HP takes on Tower

May/June Edition, 2008: HP will use the acquisition of Australia’s Tower Software as a means of extending its capabilities in the electronic discovery and compliance software market.

Tower’s electronic records management systems will add to HP Software’s existing e-discovery and compliance capabilities in information collection and retention.

Under an existing alliance between the companies, Tower TRIM Context has been integrated with the HP Integrated Archive Platform to provide customers with a combined records management and compliance archiving solution.

“The combination of HP and Tower will allow us to scale and provide our customers with a comprehensive portfolio of enterprise information and IT management software solutions,” said Martin Harwood, chief executive officer, Tower Software.

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