HP Client Management solutions overview - Technical white paper

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 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.