How to get more from your IT budget

How to get more from your IT budget

HP has a complete range of products for colleges and universities, reflecting different priorities. Picking the right technology for the right users can make a huge difference.

HP has a full range of products for the education market, including notebooks, desktop PCs, workstations, Blade PCs and Remote Client Solutions, handheld iPAQs, Tablet PCs, printers, servers, and ProCurve networking equipment. We can custom build systems so that you get exactly the configurations you want, and we can make these configurations available on our HP.com Business to Business purchasing portal to make standardisation easier. The result is a menu of options that are better for the end-user, and better for the IT department.

Product or service	Typical benefits for the user	Typical benefits for the IT department
Ultra-light full-feature notebooks	Small, light, long battery life, robust security. Supports flexible working with optional 3G Mobile Broadband.	Reduced management costs thanks to Intel® vPro™ technology and HP ProtectTools software.
Ultra-portable, Linux notebooks	Ultra-portable at just 1.27kg but with a full-size keyboard. Ideal for students.	Great value; available with Linux or Microsoft Windows Vista™.
Tablet PCs	Small, light, long battery life, robust security. Supports flexible working. Tablet PC mode is ideal for labs and fieldwork.	Reduced management costs thanks to Intel® vPro™ technology and HP ProtectTools software.
Small form-factor desktop PCs	Available in small form factor and ultra-slim space-saving models. High-performance Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor.	80 PLUS power supply and ENERGY STAR® 4.0 compliance means lower energy bills. Reduced management costs thanks to Intel® vPro™ technology and HP ProtectTools software.
HP Remote Client Solutions with HP Blade PCs and HP Blade Workstations	All the power of a conventional desktop PC or workstation, but with the added flexibility and security of a thin client.	Reduced management costs by centralising storage and processing. Lower energy consumption compared with traditional desktop PCs.
HP Remote Client Solutions with server-based computing (e.g. VMware or Citrix)	Run familiar programs and operating systems. Log into the user’s own desktop from different thin clients, or an existing PC acting as a ‘fat client’, making it easier to work flexibly.	Use desktop virtualisation to simplify management and run many user sessions on each server for maximum efficiency.
HP Prime services	Users get new machines that are properly installed, configured and connected. They’re ready to go right away.	Outsource time-consuming deployment and configuration tasks. Ensure that all new hardware has the right software image. Recycle old kit efficiently.