Dubai - To protect valuable information and keep businesses up and running in the face of disaster, HP has expanded its industry-leading business protection portfolio with new solutions to address data protection issues such as backup, recovery and compliance for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs).
The new HP StorageWorks Data Protector Express and HP StorageWorks MSA 1510i are just the latest additions to HP's Smart Office strategy to deliver smart technology, advice and services from HP and its more than 145,000 worldwide channel partners to companies that want to spend less time on technology and more time focused on their businesses.
"SMB customers across the Middle East know that when they choose HP, they get easy-to-use products and services designed for their specific needs, along with the local expertise and support they require," said Anil Gandhi, General Manager, Personal Systems Group (PSG) HP Middle East. "Through the HP Smart Office portfolio, HP delivers value and simplicity so customers can use technology to grow their businesses."
The HP StorageWorks Data Protector Express is the first low-cost software application tailored to help SMBs easily manage the backup and recovery of business data. Backup and recovery scheduling, media management and reporting can be complicated tasks which often require specialized IT support. The Data Protector Express graphical user interface (GUI) simplifies these tasks, and works across Windows, Netware and Linux environments, eliminating the need for separate software tools for each platform.
Typically used for environments with one to ten servers with up to one terabyte of data, the HP StorageWorks Data Protector Express is a user-installable product that can go from 'box to backup' in a matter of minutes. Able to securely store information on any media, including tape, disk or CD/DVD, it uses the same three-tier architecture as the enterprise-scale HP OpenView Storage Data Protector. This feature is unique for an SMB product and provides increased performance and robustness (vs two-tier architectures).
The new HP StorageWorks MSA 1510i array for IP based Storage Area Networks (SAN) enables mid-size businesses to ensure their data storage keeps pace with the rapid growth of business-critical information. An iSCSI or IP SAN delivers a simple, efficient solution that allows customers to easily implement and manage a SAN just as they do their existing Ethernet network.
In addition, customers can take their internal disks directly out of existing HP ProLiant servers and move them into the MSA 1510i, an industry exclusive, which results in lower risk when a customer is moving from direct attached storage to external storage.
In addition, HP recently added the new HP ProLiant DL100 G2 Data Protection Storage Server to its Business Protection portfolio. The ProLiant DL100 is an easy-to-deploy bundled appliance that provides rapid, near-continuous data protection and operational simplicity for disk-based backup of Windows file servers. The server, storage and software bundle reduces data loss through hourly backup, eliminates the possibility for user errors and minimizes IT overhead through enablement of the end-user file recovery.
HP's new Business Protection portfolio of offerings for the Middle East follows an interactive, highlevel, roundtable discussion on the importance of business protection for smaller businesses.
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About HP
HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging and printing. For the four fiscal quarters ended Oct. 31, 2005, HP revenue totaled $86.7 billion. More information about HP (NYSE, Nasdaq: HPQ) is available at www.hp.com
About HP Middle East
HP is the largest technology and solutions provider in the Middle East with 670 employees and subsidiaries in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Jeddah, Khobar, Cairo and Ramallah servicing the GCC, Egypt and the Levant.
HP has been present in the Middle East since 1968, and opened its first regional office in 1994. HP Middle East is the market leader for Enterprise, Small and Medium Business and Consumer technology products, and offers a large portfolio of solutions and services in various business domains.
For more information about HP in the Middle East, please visit www.hp.com/me
For more information please contact:
Hanan Kamal, HP
Tel: 9714 391 6000
E-mail: hanan.kamal@hp.com
Antony Newton
Hill and Knowlton for HP
Tel: 9714 334 4930
E-mail: antony.newton@hillandknowlton.com
Hewlett?Packard Middle East
P O Box 17295
Website: www.hp.com
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