Saturday, September 29, 2007 HP presents small, mid-size businesses new IT solutions
AN information technology company is introducing a set of products that are not only designed to make small to mid-size businesses more efficient, but also help these organizations cut electricity consumption.
Hewlett-Packard (HP) launched in Cebu last Thursday its HP Blade System servers and storage products — the HP BladeSystem c3000 enclosure and SB600c Storage Blade.
“With limited budgets and small IT staff, mid-size companies are challenged to do more with less and, as a result, require very different solutions than their enterprise counterparts,” HP said in a statement.
The c3000 is appropriate for smaller technology sites, branch offices and remote locations, the statement read. It added that the operation and management of the c3000 “requires no special power, cooling or staff, easing mid-size customers’ ability to gain the benefits of a fully bladed environment.”
HP Philippines industry standard product manager Veronica Escalante said the Blade System consumes 30 percent less power because it uses a technology, called Thermalogic, that enables the system to function without special cooling even in “harsh environments.”
During a presentation to the press at the Parklane Hotel in Cebu City, Es-calante said that since technology is “changing very fast, we need to address the needs of our customers to respond to this (change).”
A recent research made by the company indicates that two-thirds of mid-size businesses want technology offerings that meet their needs and are created just for them, HP said in a statement.
“Almost 90 percent of senior business and technology executives of these companies say their company is doing more with less by using technology,” the company said.
“Mid-size customers don’t want scaled-down enterprise solutions. They demand complete, powerful solutions that address their specific needs,” Escalante said in a statement.
Other innovations of the Blade System include “an all-in-one small site infrastructure in a box, cable-free back-up, data protection, and tower server reinvention,” Escalante said during the product presentation.
HP’s Blade System infrastructure has a total market share of 53.1 percent, the company said. Citing IDC data, it said it leads the blade industry, in terms of revenue, with 51.5 percent market share. (TEP)
