London, 23 January, 2008 – HP today announced a new business desktop designed with the environment in mind to help companies increase the reliability and reduce the environmental impact of their PCs.
The HP Compaq dc5800 Business PC provides power and flexibility as well as a variety of environmental features that allows it to meet the most stringent environmental requirements of the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT™) Gold registry.
HP currently tops the industry in the number of Gold-listed products in the EPEAT registry, which helps businesses evaluate, compare and select technology products based on their environmental attributes, such as meeting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s latest ENERGY STARTM energy efficiency requirements.
While using more power efficient PCs can help any business save on energy costs and reduce the environmental impact of their technology, the effect across an enterprise environment can be immense. For example, the recent IDC Go Green PC Power Play Study found that the U.S. Federal government could save more than $82.4 million dollars in energy costs(1) and equivalent to conserving more than 1.3 million barrels of oil in just one year(2) if its more than10 million existing ENERGYSTAR 3.0 PCs were updated to the new 4.0 standard.(3) The research study was underwritten by HP to help quantify the savings opportunities energy-efficient PCs could provide the Federal government.
“For many decades HP has been designing products with the environment in mind,” said David Wright, vice president and general manager, Personal Systems Group, HP UK&I. “Our long-standing commitment to continually develop smart ideas for products like the HP Compaq dc5800 can help business customers remain competitive whilst also reducing their operating costs and impact on the environment.”
New Desktop More Efficiently Powers Business
The new HP Compaq dc5800 Business Desktop PC, available in both a redesigned small form factor and a microtower PC design delivers reliable technology, productivity tools and security features that are designed to provide a worry-free foundation for businesses. It is loaded with energy efficient features, including the latest Intel® Core™ 2 Duo(4) processors, preloaded Verdiem SURVEYOR™ remote power management software agent(5) and an 80PLUS Power Supply delivering maximum energy efficiency to help dc5800 customers reduce processor heat and energy costs, as well as manage power and sleep settings more efficiently to increase the useful life of the PC.
The HP Compaq dc5800 Business PC is also now equipped to with additional manageability and security features to help better protect IT investments. Available features include access to a suite of client management tools from a single integrated console, minimum 12-month product lifecycle, a single software image designed for use across entire platform, regardless of model or configuration, and worldwide configurations for consistent deployment for global corporations.
The dc5800 security options include embedded TPM 1.2 to help provide enhanced data protection and limit system access through hardware-based encryption. Optional HP ProtectTools security software further enhances an IT infrastructure’s first line of defence.
Pricing and availability
The HP Compaq dc5800 is expected to be available in the UK as of 18 March, 2008 with configurations starting as low as £449 (6)
More information about HP’s desktop offerings is available at www.hp.com/go/businessdesktops.
About HP
HP focuses on simplifying technology experiences for all of its customers – from individual consumers to the largest businesses. With a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure, HP is among the world’s largest IT companies, with revenue totalling $104.3 billion for the four fiscal quarters ended Oct. 31, 2007. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com.Note to editors: More news from HP, including links to RSS feeds, is available at www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/.
1 Kilowatt hours estimated at .10 per hour per the Energy Information Administration, http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epm/table5_6_a.html 1; data on 3.0 ratios as a portion of total population: Sanchez, Marla C., Carrie, A. Webber, Richard Brown, and Gregory K. Homan. 2008 Status Report – Saving, Estimates for the ENERGY STAR® Voluntary Labelling Program. LBNL-56380. October. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley CA
2 Source: U.S. Climate Technology Cooperation Gateway, http://www.usctcgateway.net/tool/
3 Source: Government Insights, an IDC Company
4 Dual/Quad Core is a new technology designed to improve performance of multi-threaded software products and hardware-aware multitasking operating systems and may require appropriate operating system software for full benefit. Not all customers or software applications will necessarily benefit from use of this technology
5 SURVEYOR licenses must be purchased separately and are available as an option from HP.
5 Estimated street price. Actual price may vary.
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