IT Vendors Follow Automakers With Zero Percent Financing

IT Vendors Follow Automakers With Zero Percent Financing

If you're big buyer of technology, Hewlett-Packard has a deal for you: zero percent financing for up to 36 months on leases of many of its core business software products.

The financing offer, which was announced Tuesday, covers licensing and IT support costs on enterprise and information management software contracts valued at more than $100,000, HP said. But you'll have to act quickly: the promotion is scheduled to expire on Jan. 31.



With the economy in recession , credit tight and IT support spending forecasts down , technology vendors are increasingly using incentives to try to convince corporate users to buy or upgrade products now rather than later. And big vendors, which have their own financing arms, have become much more aggressive about it.