HP Unveils Servers for Small Businesses
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The new models include two new Intel-powered ProLiants plus two AMD units aimed at midsize firms.
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Microsoft Corp. has released the second beta of a new server aimed at giving users a way to connect and manage Windows Vista PCs, devices and printers in their homes.
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Say it with us - 'Mission Critical' HP today gave its Unix business the big squeeze with a new release of HP-UX and a pair of compact Itanium-based servers.â¦
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Company hopes to attract users who will later upgrade to its small business software.
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By Subashini Selvaratnam  TO meet the demanding workloads of enterprise users especially in areas such as business intelligence, Hewlett-Packard (M) Sdn Bhd has announced two additional models to its line of HP Integrity servers.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Hewlett-Packard Co. yesterday launched a line of powerful computers aimed squarely at gamers, in the company's latest step to court a small-but-influential audience.
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InfoWorld - Hewlett-Packard has announced four entry-level servers for SMBs, along with updates to its remote management software.
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Fujitsu Siemens readies storage area network bundle for small businesses.
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InfoWorld - Hewlett-Packard launched a server based on&#160;Intel&#39;s new Tigerton quad-core Xeon processor&#160;Thursday, battling IBM for customers who run data-intensive business applications like enterprise resource planning and virtualization software.
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In an effort to push mobility into thin clients, Hewlett-Packard is adding a laptop with minimal storage and wireless networking features to its lineup.The HP Compaq 6720T Mobile Thin Client has 1GB of internal flash storage and will be more of a terminal than a full-blown PC, with data storage and system management handled from a remote server, the company said Thursday. The laptop boots off Windows XP Embedded OS in the flash module.Because data isn&#39;t stored on the laptop, there is less risk of a company losing data, said Thai Nguyen, HP worldwide product marketing manager for thin clients. The thin-client laptop is also managed from a server, diminishing management challenges such as issuing software updates, Nguyen said.Along with better security and easier system management, thin-client architecture uses less power than traditional PCs, said Klaus Besier, vice president for thin clients at HP. The thin-client laptop does not have a fan or moving parts such as a hard drive.The product is targeted at vertical industries such as health care and insurance, Nguyen said.Weighing 5.4 pounds (2.45 kilograms), the laptop is powered by an Intel Celeron M processor. It includes 802.11a/b/g wireless networking, wired networking, integrated graphics, three USB ports and two PC Card slots. It includes a DVD-ROM drive and stereo speakers.The laptop comes with terminal software, including HP Session Allocation Manager, which establishes a secure network connection to remote servers.Priced starting at $725, the 6720t thin client will be available in North America and Japan later this month.Users may not be inclined toward the HP thin-client laptop, said analyst Roger Kay, founder and president of Endpoint Technologies Associates. Terminal users such as financial brokers prefer powerful thin clients that support multiple monitors, and mobile workers want something like Research in Motion&#39;s BlackBerry, he said.The biggest problem with the HP thin client could be its lack of mobility. &quot;You don&#39;t want a situation where you can&#39;t use it unless you are connected,&quot; Kay said. With minimal storage and no network connection, it would be useless on an airplane, for example.HP could be experimenting or demonstrating the laptop as a new concept to the thin-client market and as a predecessor to future HP products, Kay suggested. &quot;It&#39;s an odd product. It won&#39;t be all that successful,&quot; Kay said.However, the thin-client laptop isn&#39;t aimed at &quot;mobile warriors&quot; who spend a lot of time on the road, said Tad Bodeman, director blade PC and thin client solutions at HP. &quot;We&#39;re not trying to replace every laptop PC,&quot; he said.The laptop works better in environments like hospitals, where nurses walk around with laptops on carts wirelessly pulling patient data from a central server, he said, adding that it may also be useful within an office environment. The laptop minimizes the risk of data loss related to theft and gives corporations a device that is low in cost to support and maintain.Bodeman declined to comment about HP&#39;s plans for future thin-client products.HP competes with IBM and ClearCube Technology in the thin-client hardware and software space.
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Hewlett Packard has introduced a new range of smaller, quicker and cheaper mono printers targeted at the home, SME and enterprise markets.
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(InfoWorld) - Hewlett-Packard (HP) is offering a "virtual house call" service to users who have trouble getting their PCs to work HP Instant Care, announced Monday, provides personalized service over the Internet. Customers can sit at their home PCs while remote workers defragment a hard drive or speed up booting time by deleting extra files in the Start Up menu. HP's move follows remote IT services offered to business customers by Dell Inc. and Intel Corp. As PC prices continue to fall, some vendors are using improved customer service to differentiate their products in a crowded marketplace. Dell has been expanding its customer service in an effort to turn around poor earnings results. In June, the company launched "DellConnect", an expansion of its TechConnect service allowing Dell service agents to troubleshoot customers' PCs using a broadband Internet link instead of a personal visit. Dell claims the approach will save time and money compared to the cost of dispatching technicians. Likewise, remote monitoring is one of the cornerstones of Intel's vPro technology bundle for business desktops, launched in September. One ingredient of the bundle, Intel's Active Management Technology, allows IT managers to make fewer time-consuming "desk-side" visits by booting and repairing PCs remotely. HP, Gateway Inc. and Lenovo Group Ltd. have adopted the vPro platform in their business desktops. Dell offers a similar package in the OptiPlex 745 PC. HP Instant Care is free for HP customers whose computers are still under warranty and have purchased either PC Tune-up for $99 or SmartFriend for $59.99. Â
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Company calls PowerEdge servers more powerful and simpler to operate.
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New initiatives aim to help businesses create server clusters for high-performance computing tasks.
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Hewlett-Packard has announced that it would add Cisco's double data rate InfiniBand-based server fabric switches to HP's Unified Cluster Portfolio, and that HP BladeSystem c-Class servers are now supported with Cisco's InfiniBand host driver software.
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Ziff Davis - HP is working with software makers to create bundles of their most popular small- and midsize-business applications preinstalled on HP systems, while IBM is bringing its Power 5 design to the SMB segment through its Express architecture.
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Microsoft releases the second beta of a new server aimed at giving users a way to connect and manage Windows Vista PCs, devices, and printers in their homes.