HP introduced solutions to help small and midsize businesses (SMBs) improve data security, maximise productivity and minimise business risk while significantly reducing costs and energy use.

The new offerings expand the HP Total Care portfolio, which helps SMBs manage, protect and grow their businesses.

“By investing in new IT solutions now, SMBs will be in a stronger position to seize growth opportunities and thrive as the economy rebounds,” said Kathy Chou, vice president, Worldwide Small and Midsize Business Strategy, HP.

For SMBs needing increased levels of security to protect their data and keep mission-critical systems running smoothly, HP introduced these new solutions:

• To significantly improve system availability while reducing the risk associated with security breaches and data, the HP Total Care Business Risk Mitigation solution offers customisable configurations of servers, storage, networking and security products.

• For affordable data management, the HP StorageWorks X500 Data Vault Series (starting at $699)(2) allows small businesses to remain competitive by improving the protection of critical business data and automating backups.

• For maximum uptime, the HP StorageWorks X3000 Network Storage Systems High Availability Bundles combine hardware and software into an efficient shared storage solution for file and application data.