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HP Helps Enterprises Enter New Era of Efficient, Effective and Integrated Document Workflows

HP today announced several new imaging and printing offerings, the expansion of its 25-year relationship with Canon Inc., and new channel programs to help businesses streamline and integrate paper-intensive processes with digital workflows.

HP’s broad portfolio of products, services and solutions for enterprises, combined with its IT expertise, is designed to transform business processes and drive down costs by optimizing a company’s imaging and printing infrastructure, effectively managing the total imaging and printing environment, and improving and streamlining document workflows.
“HP is helping customers strategically evaluate the role imaging and printing plays in the IT conversation, signaling a new approach to managing printable content,” said Vyomesh Joshi, executive vice president, Imaging and Printing Group, HP. “As enterprise customers embark on the transformation from paper-based to digital processes, it is imperative they engage with a company like HP that knows how to bridge imaging and printing with IT expertise.”

The announcements include:

HP and Canon have expanded their alliance to give HP Managed Print Services (MPS) customers access to the industry’s broadest portfolio of single and multifunction devices.

New channel-led programs, hardware and solutions enable HP’s reseller partners to become even more competitive in the imaging and printing market.

A new Managed Enterprise Solutions global business unit within the Imaging and Printing Group at HP is committed to building and growing MPS and helping customers drive down costs and improve productivity.

Expanded MPS offerings include extending the recently announced HP Printing Payback Guarantee to the Europe, the Middle East, Africa region, as well as Mexico, Brazil and Canada.

HP’s largest ever rollout of workflow solutions includes new printing products designed to improve efficiencies and accelerate business results.
“HP Managed Print Services is a valuable tool as it enabled us to allocate printing budget for each department accurately; something that we were unable to do before,” said Dannarjaya Sri., Business Systems Head, PT Unilever Indonesia Tbk. “We decreased the number of printers that we own by 60 percent from the original 550 units, dropped paper consumption by 50 percent and saved 30 percent of printing cost in total.”

HP Ushers in New Era of Consumer Printing with Full Suite of Print Solutions

HP today announced a series of new relationships and solutions designed to open up web printing to the masses by enabling people to print customized content how, when and where they choose.

HP is partnering with AOL to bring embedded print customization tools to AOL sites.
An agreement between HP and Flickr, a division of Yahoo! Inc., will expand print services for Flickr members worldwide through Snapfish by HP.
HP Apps (applications) come alive with the launch of the HP App Studio, featuring everything from informative news content to movie tickets, maps and fun activities for children.
New HP App partners announced today and rolling out over coming months include Disney, CNET.com, 60 MINUTES, Flickr and Tabbloid.
HP brings web-connected printing to the home with the HP Photosmart Premium with TouchSmart Web available on www.hp.com starting this week and at Staples, Best Buy, Office Depot and OfficeMax stores nationwide as well as Amazon.com throughout the fall.

“With the explosion of digital content on the web, our goal is to enable consumers to print anywhere, anytime,” said Vyomesh Joshi, executive vice president, Imaging and Printing Group, HP. “Today’s announcement is a major step forward in our Print 2.0 strategy, we knew the web would be the future of the printed page and now, with 50 percent of everything that is printed coming from the web, we are embarking on a new era of consumer printing.”

Online communities expand print capabilities

HP is working with AOL to embed the Tabbloid publishing service across the AOL network – including its RSS feeds – allowing people to print customized newsletters tailored to their interests.

Flickr, one of the world’s largest photo sharing communities, will expand its print offering and experiences for members through Snapfish.

HP Introduces First Professional Workstation with Six-core AMD Opteron Processor

HP today announced the immediate integration of the highly anticipated Six-Core AMD Opteron™ 2400 Series processor into the award-winning family of HP Workstations.

Ideal for high-end workstation applications in fields such as engineering, 3-D digital content creation, oil and gas, and science, the HP xw9400 Workstation taps the power of the new AMD Opteron processors to deliver higher productivity, especially for multi-threaded applications, multi-tasking and mega-tasking environments.

With the built-in engineering advantages of HP’s highly tuned workstations, the HP xw9400 Workstation can accommodate up to two Six-Core AMD Opteron processors – for a total of 12 cores – each of which offers up to 34 percent more performance per watt⁽¹⁾ over the previous-generation quad-core processors.

“HP understands the immense pressure its customers are under to deliver more return on investment in a shorter period of time,” said Jeff Wood, director, Worldwide Marketing, Workstations, HP. “By providing the most extreme combination of technologies – up to 12 cores in one workstation – HP continues its commitment to bringing customers leading-edge technologies.”

AMD HyperTransport™ 3.0 technology (HT3) increases interconnect rates from 2 gigatransfers per second (GT/s) up to a maximum 4.8 GT/s, allowing the entire system to provide superior performance. Additionally, the HP xw9400 can be configured with the ATI FirePro V7750 3-D workstation graphics accelerator.

HP Challenges Small Businesses to Save Up to 50 Percent on Printing Costs and Energy Use with HP Officejet Pro

HP today launched a contest that challenges small businesses to exchange their current printer for an HP Officejet Pro and save up to 50 percent on color printing costs and energy use.⁽¹⁾

The HP Officejet Pro Challenge will allow five randomly selected small businesses to test drive the new HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless All-in-One for four weeks. During this period, the businesses will share their printing experiences through blog posts on the HP Small and Medium Business Community.

The grand prize winner, chosen through readers’ votes, will receive a one-year supply of HP Officejet inkjet cartridges and HP Bright White Paper.⁽¹⁾With the HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless All-in-One, small businesses can save up to $500 in one year compared to competitive laser printers.⁽¹⁾ In addition, the winner will receive a Logoworks by HP “Gold Package” for professional graphic design services. All participants will be able to keep their Officejet Pro system.

HP Introduces World’s First Web-connected Home Printer

SAN FRANCISCO, June 22, 2009

HP Helps Small and Medium-size Businesses Gain Competitive Edge with New Printers, Support Services

PALO ALTO, Calif., May 18, 2009. Bolstering its Total Care initiative to better serve small and medium-size businesses, HP today announced two additions to its HP Officejet portfolio. The award-winning product line offers up to 50 percent savings on printing costs and energy use.⁽¹⁾

Additionally, HP unveiled specialized support packages designed to provide small businesses with enhanced technical support for their home and office environments.

HP made the announcements in conjunction with the U.S. Small Business Administration’s National Small Business Week at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel and Conference Center in Washington, D.C. HP is the sponsor of Innovation Forum: Technology – Our Competitive Edge, which features a panel discussion among industry and government experts and takes place today from 3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. ET.

”HP is a true technology partner to its customers, helping them manage, protect and grow their businesses every step of the way,” said Stacey Wueste, vice president, Worldwide Small and Medium Business Segment, Imaging and Printing Group, HP. “Recognizing that small businesses are under more pressure than ever to save time and money, we are introducing new products and services to help them operate efficiently and reduce their printing costs without sacrificing quality.”

HP Showcases World’s First High-speed, 30-inch Digital Color Press

PALO ALTO, Calif., May 5, 2009. HP today announced developments for its HP Inkjet Web Press platform to help print service providers (PSPs) become more profitable and accelerate their transition from analog to digital printing.

On show at an open house event at Los Angeles-based O’Neil Data Systems – site of the first HP Inkjet Web Press beta installation – the press demonstrates how customers can benefit from market-leading total cost of ownership, excellent productivity and a high level of quality.

Bolstering HP’s efforts to target the $3 billion digital print market opportunity for publishing in 2010, as well as the $13 billion market opportunity for direct mail, transactional and transpromotional printing in 2010,⁽¹⁾ the HP Inkjet Web Press offers:

Addressable printing resolution of 1,200 x 600 dots per inch (dpi) at a full press speed of 400 feet per minute – an industry first for high-volume continuous-feed inkjet production platforms – using the latest generation of HP Thermal Inkjet printheads based on HP Scalable Printing Technology.
Compatibility with a wide range of media types and weights, including uncoated offset stock, newsprint, and treated and coated papers.

HP also announced the addition of Courier Corporation, a leading North American book manufacturer, and Consolidated Graphics, one of the largest North American general commercial printing companies, to the HP Inkjet Web Press pilot program.

HP Introduces Industry’s First Business-ready Infrastructure for Automated Service Delivery in Data Centers

HP today unveiled new solutions within its Adaptive Infrastructure (AI) portfolio that fundamentally change the way technology is used to deliver business services, while also reducing overall infrastructure costs and data center complexity.⁽¹⁾

HP BladeSystem Matrix (Matrix) is the industry’s first converged software, server, storage and networking platform that automates service delivery for the data center. HP Matrix Orchestration Environment provides a unified management interface to rapidly design, deploy and optimize the application infrastructure.

Together, these offerings create an integrated pool of resources that operate in both physical and virtual environments, creating the first truly business-ready infrastructure.

This powerful combination dramatically simplifies complex infrastructure tasks such as disaster recovery, capacity planning, consolidation and provisioning. As a result, companies can save nearly 80 percent in operational costs and realize payback in as little as eight months, with a potential return on investment in three years of over 300 percent.⁽²⁾

Through a self-service portal, Matrix provides chief information officers with a push button approach to accelerating the provisioning of the infrastructure for applications. It also dynamically assigns resources to meet the needs of the business in minutes versus weeks or months. Resources are assigned to requests as needed, and then returned to the pool once the service requirements are completed, optimizing utilization of the infrastructure.

HP Drives Down Enterprise Costs with Expanded Information Workflow Solutions

PALO ALTO, Calif., March 31, 2009
HP today announced an expanded portfolio of offerings for enterprise organizations seeking to drive efficiency, cost savings and environmental responsibility into their imaging and printing operations.

Designed to help enterprise customers optimize and manage their imaging and printing environments and improve document workflows, the new offerings include two high-speed scanners, extensibility platform capabilities, fleet management software, solutions for telecommuters, and five large-format devices.

“Companies are searching for ways to reduce costs, increase efficiency and improve environmental soundness,” said David Murphy, senior vice president, LaserJet and Enterprise Solutions, Imaging and Printing Group, HP. “The offerings announced today help customers meet their immediate challenges and provide a foundation for emerging stronger once the economy stabilizes.”

Optimized infrastructures – for the office and the telecommuter
IDC estimates that by 2013 the telecommuter workforce will grow to nearly 10 million in the United States.(1) HP is making it easier for enterprise employees to work from home more effectively.

Through an HP Managed Print Services contract, IT-sponsored telecommuters receive an integrated bundle of technical support, a multifunction printer (MFP), up to three months of initial supplies and a convenient portal to replenish supplies over the life of the contract.

HP Rewrites Economics of Product Label Printing with High-volume Digital Press

PALO ALTO, Calif., March 23, 2009

HP today announced commercial availability of a high-volume digital press that helps consumer packaged goods makers, product marketers and other product brand owners increase their marketing effectiveness and reduce costs and environmental impact across their product label supply chains.

The new HP Indigo WS6000 Digital Press’s combination of speed, size format and streamlined digital workflow offers distinct advantages over conventional analog printing of labels, shrink sleeves and other packaging materials.

The high-volume, high-quality digital press helps brand owners make their manufacturing supply chains more cost-effective by significantly reducing time to market and waste from obsolescence. In addition, label and packaging converter businesses that serve brand owners can reduce make-ready waste while offering enhanced efficiency to their customers by moving production to a just-in-time environment that diminishes warehousing and inventory needs.

“HP is unlocking lean manufacturing benefits for consumer packaged goods makers in addition to offering a competitive cost per label,” said Alon Bar-Shany, vice president and general manager, Indigo division, HP. “Building on the success of the market-leading digital label press, the HP Indigo ws4500, the new WS6000 model offers a combination of quality, fast turnaround and flexibility that will enable our customers to pursue new revenue opportunities.”

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