An HP seminar was held for HP business partners, customers and media representatives, last Monday and Tuesday at the Corinthia San Gorg Hotel.

The seminar consisted of three parts focusing on the new product announcement on the Imaging and Printing Group (IPG) for the small and medium-sized business (SMB) range. On Monday, special focus was given to the latest developments and news from HP’s IPG and its Personal Systems Group. On Tuesday morning, the focus of the seminar was HP’s product and solutions portfolio for the Enterprise Business, as well as the latest news about industry specific solutions, storage, technology servers, management software, technical services and consulting services. On Tuesday afternoon, the seminar provided a deep insight into the HP Blade System approach, highlighted by a hands-on live Blades Demo.

Participants had the opportunity of being informed about the latest developments in the fields of both HP hardware and software.

“HP continues the active exchange of updated news about HP technology with its partners, managers, technical customers and media in Malta. The main objective of events such as this is to inform customers and partners in Malta how to improve their competitiveness in the market and at the same time in adapting solutions that will best serve for their needs in terms of efficiency and cost-effectiveness,” said Mr Scherz.

During the partner dinner held at Palazzo Parisio, a series of awards were presented to HP partners in Malta. Megabyte Ltd received the “Enterprise Server & Storage Partner for 2005” and a special prize for mention for “Installing the largest Storage Solution in 2005”. Fortune Technology was presented with “Best Growth for 2005” award, while Systec Ltd was awarded the “Best-in-Class Distributor for 2005”. Nuno Fernandes from Systec Ltd was named “HP CDG Blade Ambassador of the year 2005”.