Brochure Networks that work for you Just Right IT solutions for small and midsize business Brochure | Just Right IT $211 billion USD It’s a great time to be you Like most companies, small and midsize businesses have several key goals: continue to Estimated cloud services spending in 20171 innovate, find ways to drive down costs/increase profits, help employees improve productivity, and take advantage of advances in technology and the strength of your customer relationships. Cloud holds big benefits for small and medium business The ease and low cost of cloud services mean you don’t need the budgets or resources of large companies to fund product development. Using the cloud, you can take advantage of third-party services for everything—from marketing to product engineering to IT support to accounting. However, you still need to balance the IT issues that result from implementing these new technologies, but with far fewer resources than the larger organizations you’re competing against. Mobility drives your small and midsize business Whether your business is small or midsize, you and your employees demand the same immediate and reliable access to business applications whether you are in the office, at home, or in the field. In the U.S. alone, SMBs are saving more than $67 billion USD a year using mobile apps, tables, and smart phones in day-to-day activities.2 Additional research shows SMBs that employ technology achieve approximately 11 points higher revenue growth than SMBs that use less technology.3 BYOD presents benefits and risks As much as cloud levels the playing field between you and your large competitors, other technology issues and trends also bring enterprise-level challenges to your business. And you have to deal with them in different ways. The bring-your-own-device (BYOD) movement, which is driven by mobility, is as much of a trend in SMBs as it is in large organizations. While BYOD gives employees the flexibility to use their personally owned devices to access corporate data, it presents many challenges; including security (how can you enforce corporate security on an employee’s smartphone?) and capacity (can your wireless infrastructure cope with the influx of traffic from new mobile devices?) 1 ICT & Cloud Study, AMI Partners, 2014 2 “For Small Business, Technology is Creating Jobs,” Huffington Post, April 16, 2014 3 “Fifth Annual Brother Small Business Survey,” PR Newswire, March 19, 2014 2 Brochure | Just Right IT Make IT work for you with HP at your side Want to learn more about networking HP understands your business drivers and has the expertise and solutions to help you make technology? technology work for you. As one of the largest IT companies in the world, HP has a complete portfolio of Just Right IT solutions that spans networking, servers, storage, printers, notebooks, Read our white paper. desktop PCs, and more. These offerings address the needs of the SMB customer, no matter the size or maturity level. HP has solutions that help your organization take advantage of technology while delivering a consistent user experience. We are changing the way organizations design, build, and manage networks. Our HP Networking portfolio provides simple, affordable, and reliable solutions designed for performance and scalability that are: • Simple to manage: Quickly connect staff and resources to improve productivity and collaboration. • Affordable to own: Stretch your budget farther and share resources across more projects. • Reliable to operate: Confidently work with a market leader to improve network performance and availability. HP OfficeConnect for your small and growing business Your business may be small but your opportunities are big. The Web means your business never closes as customers can do business with you wherever they are in the world, 24x7. This also means your network has to be reliable and protected—so your customers can connect with you and entrust you with their personal data, and the network has to be flexible—so you can support whatever devices your customers may be using to access your network. We understand that small businesses have many unique requirements. Most often you do not have IT staff, so you require a network environment that’s easy to deploy and maintain. You want a network that provides out-of-the-box, plug-and-play simplicity, yet is comprehensive, reliable, and advanced to support your quickly evolving business. Alternatively, you may need a network that you can easily customize to your requirements. Either way, you want a network that is cost effective and allows you to remain competitive. HP OfficeConnect portfolio includes: • The small business portfolio ranges from plug-and-play unmanaged switches to smart-managed switches with advanced features and functionality that support the needs of a growing business. • The wireless portfolio provides both standalone and centrally managed solutions for up to 16 APs to support your employees’ and guests’ desire for mobile access from smartphones, tablets, and other wireless devices. 3 Brochure | Just Right IT Starting out with HP OfficeConnect HP OfficeConnect: A network that works The reference configuration for a “first network” is ideal for small businesses that want to share for you resources and access to the Internet. This all-in-one solution provides high-speed networking with a built-in 4-port Gigabit Ethernet switch, a choice of IEEE 802.11n or 802.11ac wireless access point, a Stateful Packet Inspection Firewall and Virtual Private Network for improved security access. The benefits of the HP all-in-one router: • Fast access to data and files to help users get their jobs done • High-performance connectivity to the Internet, remote workers, and locations • Easy to use and manage with the next-generation HP Networking Web-interface design Figure 1. All-in-one solution for small business Mobile worker R120 wireless Printer VPN router Internet Growing the network with HP OfficeConnect unmanaged solutions The reference architecture for an unmanaged network is ideal for businesses with employees who use a mix of notebooks and desktop computers. You may have added a few employees and you’ve deployed a server to centrally store and access files to improve worker productivity. The benefits of an unmanaged network are: • Simple enough to plug and play • Reliable, high-speed wired connectivity for servers, PCs, notebooks, and printers • Scalable based on industry-standard technologies Figure 2. Growing the network with unmanaged plug-and-play simplicity Mobile worker Server R120 wireless VPN router Internet 1410 switch M210 access point 4 Brochure | Just Right IT Building momentum with HP smart-managed OfficeConnect solutions The reference architecture for a smart-managed network is ideal for businesses that require high-performance wireless and wired LAN connections for servers, storage, printers, client PCs, and notebooks. Wireless access points support mobile workers, while your guests gain secured Internet access through a separate virtual LAN. You can manage your switches, access points, and routers through an intuitive, easy-to-use Web interface from any PC on the network. In fact, the network is so easy to maintain that you can appoint anyone to manage it. The benefits of a smart-managed network are: • Customized operations using intuitive Web interface • Gigabit Ethernet networking • Web-managed control for security and scalability • Support for network-efficient and cost-effective power over Ethernet for wireless and voice applications Figure 3. Smart-managed solutions that are easy-to-configure to suit your needs Mobile worker Main building R120 wireless VPN router Internet Server Branch building 1920 R120 wireless VPN router 1920 M220 1810 switch Support your expanding business with HP FlexNetwork solutions As a midsize business, you are the unsung hero of the world’s economy. You create and sustain jobs in local communities. Your company’s manageable size enables you to move quickly to protect your business during extended recessionary periods. Although you have the same opportunities and challenges as large companies, your IT resources may be limited. When it comes to IT, you must be a generalist with skills that cut across many disciplines. HP understands that you need a network environment that’s easy to deploy and maintain, and which you can configure to fit your company’s changing needs. HP Networking mid-market solutions are based on the HP FlexNetwork architecture, specifically designed to support wired and wireless networking, cloud computing, and rich-media traffic. It’s built on industry standards so you can be sure our solutions fit into your existing infrastructure and are fully compatible with the HP OfficeConnect small business solutions. It’s also flexible enough to support business growth and new technologies. Our architecture is supported by a host of third-party applications from our ecosystem of HP AllianceOne partners, including Microsoft®, Citrix®, and Avaya. You get a choice of best-of-breed solutions for every aspect of your network. Built specifically for your midsize business, HP Networking solutions are: Open and agile—Our solutions use industry-standard technologies so you can easily integrate HP solutions into your existing infrastructure. 5 Brochure | Just Right IT Scalable and protected—Our modular approach enables you to grow your infrastructure as your business grows. Our networking solutions are protected by HP TippingPoint network security products, and are managed by a single console, saving you time and removing the need for multiple management platforms. Enhanced to provide proven business value—Customers cited in an IDC white paper reported up to 47 percent reduced network TCO.4 IDC also cited a 64 percent reduction in network downtime after implementing HP Networking.5 This is a key business benefit for companies that rely on the network for mission-critical or revenue-generating operations.6 There are four building blocks to HP FlexNetwork: • HP FlexCampus—Enables you to converge and help secure your wired and wireless network to deliver consistent, video-optimized, and identity-based network access.