HP2-H37 · Question #7
Who is HP's largest competitor in the thin client market?
The correct answer is D. Dell Wyse. Dell Wyse (D) is HP's largest competitor in the thin client market because both companies are enterprise-scale hardware manufacturers with broad global distribution, making them the two dominant players competing for large corporate deployments. Why the distractors are wrong…
Question
Who is HP's largest competitor in the thin client market?
Options
- ACitrix
- BVXL
- CnComputing
- DDell Wyse
How the community answered
(48 responses)- B2% (1)
- C4% (2)
- D94% (45)
Explanation
Dell Wyse (D) is HP's largest competitor in the thin client market because both companies are enterprise-scale hardware manufacturers with broad global distribution, making them the two dominant players competing for large corporate deployments.
Why the distractors are wrong:
- Citrix (A) is a software/virtualization company - it provides the platform that thin clients connect to, not a thin client hardware manufacturer.
- VXL (B) is a real thin client maker, but it's a much smaller niche player, primarily serving emerging markets.
- nComputing (C) offers ultra-low-cost shared computing devices, a narrower segment that doesn't position it as a primary HP rival at enterprise scale.
Memory tip: Think "D for Dell - the other big iron brand." HP and Dell are both legacy PC giants that extended into thin clients, so it follows that they'd be each other's biggest rival in that space.
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