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HP Helps Small and Midsize Businesses Prepare for Economic Turnaround

PALO ALTO, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — November 9, 2009 — HP (NYSE: HPQ) today expanded its HP Total Care portfolio to help small and midsize businesses (SMBs) build a strong technology foundation that increases their productivity and collaboration, reduces environmental impact and provides greater flexibility as they refresh technology in preparation for the economic turnaround.

New offerings include:

“SMBs are the pulse of the economy, and HP is partnering with SMBs to provide a boost as the economy rebounds,” said Kathy Chou, vice president, Worldwide Small and Midsize Business Strategy, HP. “All businesses must find a reliable foundation upon which to build their futures, and for SMBs, HP’s new offerings will help sustain their well-being and prepare them for upcoming growth.”

For Saladino’s, a $385 million company that supplies restaurants up and down the West Coast, a sophisticated and reliable technology infrastructure is critical to meeting customer needs and tight delivery deadlines. The company, based in Fresno, Calif., upgraded to new enterprise resource planning software while standardizing on HP servers, storage and desktop PCs by working with Western Blue, an HP partner.

“HP systems are flexible and reliable. They have solid desktop PCs and the best server technology on the market. Knowing the different vendors, HP was an easy choice,” said Craig Urrizola, chief information officer, Saladino’s. “The benefit of the HP infrastructure continues long after the original deployment. I can easily manage the solution using web tools, and with every blade server that replaces older servers, we save power and improve efficiency. The new architecture also accommodates growth and change, providing important flexibility to our business.”

Flexible solutions for cost-effective expansion

HP’s new offerings offer SMBs value, productivity and the flexibility to evolve with the needs of their businesses:

Maximizing resources

HP also released a survey confirming that today’s administrative staffs need affordable solutions to stay productive as the economic turnaround takes hold. To help SMBs maximize their assets and resources, HP announced:

Managing environmental impact

HP expanded its HP Eco Solutions for printing with new solutions designed to reduce the impact of printing on the environment:

HP also announced that the small business communities of the Village of Suffern and the Town of Ramapo, N.Y., will participate in a community-wide environmental initiative to reduce their energy consumption by up to 60 percent, carbon footprint by up to 41 percent, paper use by up to 37 percent, and energy and paper costs by up to 38 percent.(5)

Financing and new HP Access offers

HP provides SMBs with many offerings designed to manage, protect and grow their businesses:

Additional information about HP’s expanded Total Care offering for SMBs is available in an online press kit at www.hp.com/go/domorewithless.

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(1) This offer provides a Huddle premium account free for 30 days. Upon the end of the trial, users will be charged $75 per month. Users can downgrade to a free account or cancel their trial before the 30-day trial ends by emailing Email Contact.

(2) A free 30-day trial of Norton Online Backup comes installed on HP PCs with 5 GB of storage. Users also can purchase a 25 GB online storage plan for $39.99, a 20 percent savings, now until Dec. 31, 2009. Details are available at www.norton.com/hpnoel/en/other4. Offer valid in United States and Canada only. Internet access required.

(3) Estimated U.S. street prices. Actual prices may vary.

(4) Instant-on Technology uses cutting-edge fuser technology to produce the first page faster when a printer is coming out of low power mode. An InfoTrends study shows the typical office print job is three to five pages long: www.infotrends.com/public/Content/Presentations/officeprinteruse.pdf. Actual results may vary.

(5) Estimated environmental savings calculated using the HP Carbon Footprint Calculator. Results assumed using the HP LaserJet P2055d, power off, HP Smart Web Printing and duplex printing. Actual results may vary.

(6) HP Support Assistant also is preinstalled on select PCs with Microsoft Windows Vista®.

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