HP launches new portfolio for SMB business continuity market

As part of its Smart Office initiative for small and mid-size businesses (SMBs), HP has launched a new ‘Business Protection’ portfolio, which helps SMBs to meet all their business continuity needs.

The Business Protection portfolio emphasises three areas:

Security protection
HP supports SMBs by arming them with the tools to better protect against increasingly sophisticated security threats. Its ‘Layers of Security’ blueprint is an approach designed to help businesses easily understand how to shield themselves from threats such as viruses, spyware, spam, intrusion and outdated security.

Data protection
With HP's data protection solutions, businesses are provided the tools to capture, distribute and protect information automatically and back up and recover data quickly and affordably.

Business-critical availability
HP provides business continuity products and services that can help keep business systems running during crises.

"The new HP portfolio is a comprehensive approach to business protection that really addresses the business challenges that SMBs struggle with most, such as ease of management of their networking products and maintaining the integrity of their data," said Chris Liebert, senior analyst, Small & Medium Business Strategies, Yankee Group. "With a complete lineup of products, services and expert advice, HP is making it easy and affordable for small and mid-sized business customers to reduce risk so they can better focus on their businesses. While most vendors address point security concerns, HP has thought this through completely ... considering all the threats that could bring down a business and addressing data protection, IT security and availability."

Among the new services and products are the HP Smart Desktop Management Service for data protection and security of networked PCs; an online SMB Security Solution Center to make it easier for small business owners and partners to understand and choose security features to best protect their businesses; and affordable, easy-to-use storage and server solutions that help protect business data and keep it available.

"After facing a security breach, IT threat or disaster, the survival of a smaller business often depends on how quickly it can recover," said Kevin Gilroy, senior vice president and general manager, Small and Medium Business, HP. "In today's increasingly data-centric business environment, IT preparedness is a major component to getting back to business. SMBs must confront this reality and focus their attention on this critical issue - HP's new Business Protection portfolio is simplifying that process."

•Date: 20th May 2005 • Region: N.America • Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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