HP Armada 7300 Intelligent Manageability for Armada Portable PCs - Page 3

INTELLIGENT MANAGEABILITY FOR ARMADA PORTABLE PRODUCTS (cont.) ... OVERVIEW Technological improvements and significant reductions in purchase price have made portable computers much more accessible to a growing number of users. More corporations are purchasing portable PCs in order to provide greater flexibility to their user base without sacrificing performance or functionality. In addition, the shift from mainframe environments to client server computing has reduced IT control resulting in escalating costs. These trends are leaving IT Managers with an almost impossible task: maintaining and keeping track of the corporation's mobile assets in a cost-effective and efficient manner. According to Gartner Group the five-year cost of ownership of portable PCs is 58% higher than desktops. The higher cost of computing is mainly caused by difficult tracking and managing of portable PCs. Enforcement of asset and security management procedures for remote and mobile assets is becoming a serious challenge. Similarly, maintenance, troubleshooting and upgrades are often expensive and time consuming. For portable PCs, the Total Cost of Ownership message really hits home because portable computers are continuously exposed to different environments. In addition, the mobility, size and often times modular design contributes significantly to the amount of lost or stolen data and portable PCs or parts thereof. Compaq understands this problem and has worked to provide solutions that reduce the total cost of computing in the enterprise. Intelligent Manageability solutions are designed to help control the costs of managing PCs in networked and stand-alone environments. Industry analysts agree that investing in tools and processes for efficiently managing and controlling distributed computing environments can save up to one-third of the associated costs. WHY USE INTELLIGENT MANAGEABILITY? Intelligent Manageability is pre-installed on all Compaq Armada portable PCs. It allows the user to retrieve detailed information about the PC and its components and automatically alerts the user of any pending failures. This results in: • Prevention of hardware loss or damage • Prevention of data loss or damage • Asset control from one central location • A significant decrease in downtime and increase in productivity • Easy integration because Compaq uses industry-standard solutions and partners with industryleading PC Management vendors 3