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15 November 2007
Technology products and services company Hewlett - Packard said on Monday 12 November that it has agreed to buy data centre consulting company EYP Mission Critical Facilities for an undisclosed sum .
The New York - based EYP specialises in technology planning , design and operations support for large data centres .
It has about 350 employees with offices in the US and the UK .
Its customers are in the financial services , telecommunications , technology , broadcast , manufacturing and health care sectors , as well as the government .
HP said the acquisition will boost its ability to help clients improve their data centres and build new computing environments .
The deal is expected to close in January 2008 .