HP Enhances Virtual PC Architecture with New Blade PC Based on AMD Athlon 64 Processor

HP Enhances Virtual PC Architecture with New Blade PC Based on AMD Athlon 64 Processor

HP today introduced a high-performance blade PC featuring AMD64 technology, adding increased performance, manageability and security to the company’s virtual computing offering. The new HP bc1500 blade PC, based on HP BladeSystem technology, is the latest addition to the HP Consolidated Client Infrastructure (CCI) solution, which can significantly reduce IT management costs. The solution also improves data security by limiting traditional desktop computing risks such as theft, viruses and lost data, while maintaining a high-quality, personalized desktop experience for end-users. “Putting PC blades in the data center answered our requirements for better manageability and better security,” said Kevin Thompson, manager, Workstation Operations, Sallie Mae.

“CCI is a clean, straightforward solution that’s much easier to manage than individual PCs. With the higher reliability of the centrally managed HP PC blades, the IT staff is spending much less time on PC management.” In fact, implementing HP CCI can lead to a potential 50 percent reduction in the total cost of ownership over the typical four-year lifecycle of traditional desktop PCs, according to company estimates.(1) “We’re seeing all the benefits that HP advertises for CCI – strong security, easy management and a low total cost of ownership,” said Corie Smith, senior client computing specialist, Cinergy. “We’re finding this to be a less expensive solution than traditional PCs because it’s much easier to service and support. We also have much greater confidence that our data is secure because it never leaves the data center.”

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