HP Pro 6305 HP Client Management solutions overview - Technical white paper - Page 8

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Software image compatibility A key design benefit of many HP commercial PCs is that HP carefully engineers the software image to be compatible across the various hardware form factors within a particular product series. Maintaining a single image within a product series provides unprecedented IT simplicity, manageability, benefit of ownership, and investment protection. The benefits of a having a single image include:  Simplifying the pre-install qualification process when you buy multiple HP product families, or multiple generations of the same product family  Simplifying deployment when you are using multiple HP product families  Implementing changes via a single image  Allowing the same customer-created image to be used across multiple releases of a single HP product family You can use HP Factory Express customization services to deploy a single custom image across multiple platforms before your systems leave the factory. Image Development services provide a flexible framework that can be leveraged to meet your specific needs, from the simple loading of your custom image at HP factories to complete lifecycle image management by HP engineers. HP also provides a dedicated program manager as a single point of contact to further simplify the customization process. For more information on HP Factory Express visit www.hp.com/go/factoryexpress. Questions and answers Q. How can I evaluate HP Client Management Solutions? A. Visit http://www.hp.com/go/clientmanagement for more information. Q. How do I purchase HP Client Management Solutions? A. Visit http://www.hp.com/go/clientmanagement or contact your HP representative to purchase licenses for HP Client Management Solutions. Summary HP offers a portfolio of HP Client Management Solutions that address a broad range of client management requirements; in addition, the HP Services organization offers extensive training and services expertise. The combination of HP Client Management Solutions and services capability provides the best choice for customers trying to reduce the cost and complexity of managing client systems. 8

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Software image compatibility
A key design benefit of many HP commercial PCs is that HP carefully engineers the software image to be compatible
across the various hardware form factors within a particular product series. Maintaining a single image within a product
series provides unprecedented IT simplicity, manageability, benefit of ownership, and investment protection.
The benefits of a having a single image include:
Simplifying the pre-install qualification process when you buy multiple HP product families, or multiple generations of
the same product family
Simplifying deployment when you are using multiple HP product families
Implementing changes via a single image
Allowing the same customer-created image to be used across multiple releases of a single HP product family
You can use HP Factory Express customization services to deploy a single custom image across multiple platforms
before your systems leave the factory. Image Development services provide a flexible framework that can be leveraged
to meet your specific needs, from the simple loading of your custom image at HP factories to complete lifecycle image
management by HP engineers. HP also provides a dedicated program manager as a single point of contact to further
simplify the customization process. For more information on HP Factory Express visit
www.hp.com/go/factory-
express
.
Questions and answers
Q.
How can I evaluate HP Client Management Solutions?
A.
Visit
for more information.
Q.
How do I purchase HP Client Management Solutions?
A.
Visit
or contact your HP representative to purchase licenses for HP Client
Management Solutions.
Summary
HP offers a portfolio of HP Client Management Solutions that address a broad range of client management
requirements; in addition, the HP Services organization offers extensive training and services expertise. The
combination of HP Client Management Solutions and services capability provides the best choice for customers trying to
reduce the cost and complexity of managing client systems.