After considering a number of vendors, China Telecom selected Hewlett-Packard (HP) hardware to run its ERP software because of its scalability, flexibility, low total cost of ownership, and ability to support SAP. Specifically, China Telecom chose the HP 9000 server family to run its SAP applications and HP StorageWorks XP128 Disk Array for its network storage infrastructure. Eventually, more than 30,000 employees will use the SAP and HP solution at more than 20 China Telecom subsidiaries. The deployment of the SAP software reflects the needs of each subsidiary. For example, most of China Telecom’s business comes through Guangzhou and Shanghai, so those offices will use the financial, operations, human capital management, and analytic capabilities of MySAP ERP. The headquarters in Beijing will use MySAP ERP to run human capital management functions to centralize human resources management and consolidate enterprise-wide information.