[THIN] Press Release: New HP Products
- From: "Jim Kenzig http://thethin.net" <jimkenz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Thinnews <thinnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Brain Madden <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 07:01:54 -0700 (PDT)
Reliable New HP Products Simply and Affordably Help Reduce Business Risk for
Small and Medium-size Businesses
Storage and thin client solutions easily integrate into existing IT
environments and allow customers to focus on their business
NEW YORK, TechXNY, Oct. 5, 2004 ? HP today continued to deliver on its Smart
Office initiative with the announcement of new collection of reliable,
low-cost, storage and thin client solutions that easily integrate with existing
technology and help increase productivity for businesses with limited resources
and IT budgets.
?The introduction of NAS and thin client products demonstrates HP?s continued
commitment to deliver on its Smart Office strategy to provide customers with
affordable, easy-to-use technology,? said Nigel Ball, vice president, SMB
Programs and Solutions, HP. ?HP?s trusted, proven technologies are now even
easier to buy, deploy and manage, and provide customers worry-free business
continuity so they can keep focused on their business.?
HP simplifies storage for reduced business risk
HP announced a new network attached storage (NAS) system designed to help
smaller companies realize the full potential of their IT environments. The
affordable HP StorageWorks NAS 500s Storage Server offers communication and
collaboration functionality in an easy-to-use and simple-to-deploy solution
that provides centralized storage for file sharing, print services, application
storage services, and Microsoft® Exchange data hosting. The new system draws on
HP?s strong position in the NAS market and represents the industry?s first
affordable yet powerful, entry-level Windows®-based tower form factor.
The NAS 500s, based on industry-leading HP ProLiant technology (HP ProLiant
ML110 server) for easy install and quick configuration, is now available direct
from HP or authorized HP resellers. HP offers Internet list pricing of
$2,249(1) for direct sales.
When coupled with the HP iSCSI Feature Pack ? also announced today ? the NAS
500s enables SMB customers to leverage their existing IT investments in
Ethernet infrastructure to migrate from less efficient direct attached storage
to networked storage ? without the need for a more sophisticated fiber
channel-based storage area networks. The iSCSI Feature Pack, priced at
$2,000(1) direct from HP, significantly reduces the complexity and time needed
for training and implementation. It also helps to improve productivity with
centralized management, increased performance and mailbox capacity for hosting
Microsoft Exchange e-mail stores and SQL Server data. In addition, the Feature
Pack is available for HP?s existing family of NAS solutions.
HP has demystified networked storage solutions for SMB customers with its
recently announced HP Simply StorageWorks program. Now available around the
world, the program helps customers and channel partners understand the business
benefits of networked storage and the best solution to meet their business
needs.
The HP Simply StorageWorks program breaks the world of networked storage
solutions into three easy-to-understand components: ?MyFirstSAN,? ?Easy as NAS?
and ?Ultimate Business Protection.? HP provides customers with straightforward
explanations of each type of solution, recommends which solution is best for
different types of business needs and educates customers how networked storage
solutions can optimize budgets and staffing, improve productivity with easy,
reliable access to information and allow better overall focus on their
business. With proven HP technology, customers trust that their valuable
business information is protected.
The program also includes a 70-city Better Together Tour ? the Simply
StorageWorks customer and channel partner road show. The HP Better Together
trailer is fully equipped with the latest storage technologies and provides
attendees with HP storage expertise through a series of live presentations and
product demonstrations.
The Better Together Tour: HP Simply StorageWorks will make its first stop in
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on Oct. 12, continuing across Canada and then to the
United States in the coming months. For more information about the tour, city
schedule and to register to attend an event, please visit
www.hp.com/go/bettertogether.
More information on HP storage solutions for small business is available at
www.hp.com/go/smbstorage.
HP Thin Clients help SMBs create easily managed, secure server environments
Two new additions to the HP Compaq Thin Client t5000 series provide a simple,
secure server-based desktop computing solution with an unmatched combination of
price and performance for multiple platforms including Microsoft, Linux and
Citrix.
?Our long-standing relationship with HP is based on a shared vision to offer
CIOs an easily managed, flexible and reliable IT infrastructure that gives
employees access to business information in heterogeneous IT environments ?
securely, easily and instantly from anywhere, using any device,? said Chris
Fleck, managing director, Strategic Alliances, Citrix. ?This includes the use
of thin-client devices that can significantly reduce IT costs. These cost
savings allow our customers to invest those savings in the growth of their
businesses and to deliver increased shareholder value.?
Easy to deploy right out of the box, the new t5510 for Microsoft Windows
CE.NET/IE and the t5710 for Microsoft Windows XPe/IE help SMB customers gain
competitive advantage by providing affordable solutions while delivering a
desktop-like user experience. Available today, estimated U.S. starting prices
for HP Thin Client t5510 and t5710 are $359 and $509,(1) respectively.
More detailed information on HP?s extensive offerings of thin client products
is available at www.hp.com/products/thinclients.
About HP
HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions
globally. The company?s offerings span IT infrastructure, personal computing
and access devices, global services and imaging and printing. For the four
fiscal quarters ended July 31, 2004, HP revenue totaled $78.4 billion. More
information about HP (NYSE, Nasdaq: HPQ) is available at www.hp.com.
(1) Prices shown are available directly from HP. Reseller prices may vary.
Prices are subject to change without notice.
Microsoft and Windows are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. Linux
is a U.S. registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they ever materialize or prove
incorrect, could cause the results of HP and its consolidated subsidiaries to
differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements and assumptions. All statements other than statements of historical
fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including
the expected development, performance or rankings of products or services;
statements of expectation or belief; and any statement of assumptions
underlying any of the foregoing. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include
the development, performance and market acceptance of products and services and
other risks that are described from time to time in HP's Securities and
Exchange Commission reports, including but not limited to HP's Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the period ended July 31, 2004 and other reports file
d after
HP's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended Oct. 31, 2003. HP
assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking
statements.
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