HP:s nya, tunna lösningar får kunderna att se på datorer med nya ögon

November 2009 - HP utökar sitt branschledande utbud av tunna lösningar med nya, innovativa tunna klienter och integrerade virtualiseringslösningar för klienter. De nya lösningarna är lättare att hantera, säkrare och mer pålitliga, och ger kunderna både mer värde för pengarna och en överlägsen användarupplevelse.

"Businesses and educational institutions are looking for alternatives to traditional personal computing, such as client virtualization or multi-seat computing, that are easier to deploy and manage while helping them directly address business challenges," said Kobi Elbaz, Client Solutions & Workstations Business Unit Director, HP EMEA , Customers recognize that HP is the only provider that can design, deploy and manage complete thin computing solutions from the desktop to the datacenter that meet IT and user needs with a comprehensive portfolio of hardware, software and services."

Customers cut costs and increase efficiencies with HP

New York-based JetBlue Airways needed a way to cut long-term costs for airport-based technology and improve security. "In terms of maintenance and cost effectiveness, the thick client model simply wasn't sustainable for us. We realized it was critical to increase efficiency and manageability to drive down costs," said Pat Thompson, director of IT Operations, JetBlue Airlines.

The airline installed nearly 1,400 HP thin clients, which were supported by JetBlue's central datacenter and backed by 25 HP ProLiant server blades. Today, more than 12,000 JetBlue crew members use the HP thin clients at curbside check-in, ticket counter, gate and back office locations at airports. "Our decision to deploy HP thin clients is expected to save nearly $5 million over five years, while improving customer satisfaction."

New thin computing platforms deliver new levels of performance and value

HP introduced new thin clients designed to optimize the end user experience for client virtualization which deliver more capability and breakthrough ease-of-use.

• The new HP t5740 and HP t5745 Flexible Series Thin Clients are designed to deliver the best PC experience for client virtualization deployments. The t5740 Flexible Series Thin Clients feature the Intel Atom N280 processors and GL40 chipset, enabling a power-efficient and rich PC experience delivered with the dependability of a thin client. The HP Flexible Series Thin Clients are designed to grow with a business, providing eight USB 2.0 ports and optional PCI expansion module for easy upgrades. The HP Flexible Series also meets stringent ENERGY STAR®, EPEAT Silver and EuP Lot 6 requirements.
• The HP t5325 Essential Series Thin Client is an affordable, power-efficient thin client designed with a new interface that simplifies the setup and deployment experience. It offers a combination of features unique in its class, enabling local Web access and basic multimedia support.
• All new HP Thin Clients now include intuitive set-up tools that streamline configuration and management into a short series of easy-to-follow steps. The ThinPro Setup Wizard for Linux and HP Easy Config for Windows help customers quickly choose the right configurations for their virtual environment in just a few clicks. In addition, HP thin clients also include on-board utilities that automate deployment of new connections, properties, low-bandwidth add-ons and image updates from one centralized repository to thousands of thin clients.

HP extends the power of the data center to the desktop with new client virtualization solutions

HP is extending the power of its Converged Infrastructure strategy to help customers accelerate the delivery of client virtualization by providing industry-leading solutions that combine servers, storage, software and thin clients, along with services and support. HP client virtualization solutions provide a high quality user experience, increased scalability and reliability in a secure environment, all at a breakthrough price.

• Three new client virtualization architectures that combine Citrix XenDesktop 4, Citrix XenApp, and VMware View4, with HP ProLiant servers, storage and thin clients. These solutions provide mid-size to large customers with a range of scalable and affordable solutions that meet the performance and reliability, needs of task workers and knowledge workers.
• HP Client Automation 7.8, part of the HP Business Service Automation software portfolio and fully supporting Windows® 7, allows customers to easily deploy and migrate to a virtual desktop infrastructure environment and manage it through the entire lifecycle. It manages traditional and virtual client environments - including all thin clients, virtual back-end infrastructure and traditional PCs - with a common methodology that reduces management costs and complexity. Customers also capture inventory and usage information to help size their initial virtual client deployment and re-optimize as end user needs change over time.
• New HP Technology Services implementation, support and education offerings help organizations lower complexity and risk with new business value services that provide a reliable path to client virtualization:
• o HP Transformation Experience Workshop helps customers build their strategy for virtualized solutions, identify a high-level roadmap and get executive consensus in a one-day intensive session.
•  HP Business Benefit Workshop allows customers to identify, quantify and analyze the business benefits of client virtualization as well as set return-on-investment targets prior to entering the planning stage.
•  Enhanced HP Solution Architecture and Pilot Service ensures the successful integration of the client virtualization solution into the customers' infrastructure through a clear roadmap, architectural blueprint and phased implementation strategy.
• HP Enterprise Services further extends the value of HP's client virtualization solutions by hosting the customer's applications and data in a remote data center
• Recently announced HP business computing bundles bring end-to-end IT capabilities to small business owners. The bundles, which include HP Thin Clients, HP ProLiant tower servers and Microsoft Windows® Server 2008 R2, efficiently deliver Windows desktops, business applications and remote access while improving security and reducing total costs.

HP MultiSeat Solution doubles computing seats without expanding IT budgets

The HP MultiSeat Solution stretches the computing budgets ofsmall businesses and other resource-constrained organizations by delivering up to twice the computing seats as traditional PCs for the same IT spend.

HP MultiSeat uses the excess computing capacity of a single PC to give up to 10 simultaneous users an individualized, fully supported and licensed Microsoft Windows 7 computing experience. This not only helps organizations affordably increase computing seats, but also simplifies IT management with setup simple enough for non-technical users and reduces energy consumption by as much as 80 percent per user over traditional PCs.

Pricing and availability(1)

• HP t5740 Flexible Series Thin Client: €459.-
• HP 5745 Flexible Series Thin Client €402.--
• HP t5325 Essential Series Thin Clients: €275.--
• HP t100 MultiSeat Thin Client: pricing to be confirmed for selective countries

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(1) Estimated street prices. Actual prices may vary by country.

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Journalistkontakter

Magnus Janson, Produktchef HP tunna klienter och arbetsstationer, magnus.janson@hp.com 08-52494540

Gunilla Lundqvist, Informationschef HP, 08-5249665, gunilla.lundqvist@edelman.com