Hewlett-Packard is launching an "application modernization" consulting service for enterprises implementing services-oriented architectures.
The service is apparently modeled on IBM's Global Services, which has been engaged in SOA consulting as firms struggle to revise their software infrastructures.
The HP services are designed to get companies to SOA by getting them past their own infrastructure obstacles. "Every company has got existing applications that were never designed for SOA," says Paul Evans, director of worldwide application modernization services. HP will help customers either re-engineer an existing application or re-host it to a simpler-to-manage platform.
