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17Dec/10Off

HP Care Pack Services – Service Made Simple

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Increase uptime, productivity, and ROI with packaged support services.

HP Care PackHP Care Pack Services cost-effectively upgrade or extend your standard warranty with easy-to-buy, easy-to-use support packages. They reduce downtime risks with support levels from basic to mission critical. And they cover all the IT products your business relies on: servers, storage, networking, desktops, mobile computing, printing and imaging, and software.

These packaged IT services can be purchased along with HP products. For many products, post-warranty HP Care Pack Services are available when your original warranty has expired.

What if you had the time and resources to…

…manage costs, control operational risks, and turn technology into an accelerator of business growth? 

That’s the irony in technology management today. Streamline your processes and manage your costs - and you will be able to redirect budget and resources toward growing your business. But with limited funds and expertise, where do you begin? 

We have a simple, reliable solution: HP Care Pack services. 

When it comes to helping your business get ahead, it’s good to know that you are not alone. HP Care Pack services provide expert advice and personalised, reliable IT support that suits you - at a price you can afford. Select from an easy-to-buy, easy-to-use portfolio of packaged services that span the technology lifecycle and complement your staff and skills with HP Certified expertise. Our experience and insights help you focus your technology resources to strengthen your business results. For a lower cost of technology ownership and full peace of mind, let us care for your infrastructure - so that you can get back to caring for your business.

HP Care Pack services help you drive better business outcomes throughout the technology lifecycle

Think beyond maintenance and repair. 

You can accomplish so much more than just remedial support with HP Care Pack services. Regardless of the size of your organisation, HP Care Pack services can help you get from “Point A” to “Point B” efficiently and effectively. 

Want to accelerate business growth?

• Generate more revenue as HP services let you shift from infrastructure maintenance to more strategic initiatives.

• Make better decisions when your technology puts the right information at your fingertips. 

• Capture more market share with services that streamline processes and speed time to market. 

How can you reduce technology and business costs? 

• Manage costs with services that streamline your server and storage environment as well your datacentre power and cooling. 

• Reduce printing infrastructure costs while retaining the ability to print just about anything, anytime, anywhere. 

• Free up capital when we show you how virtualisation can improve utilisation of your technology assets. 

Looking for ways to lower your risk? 

• Increase your infrastructure’s reliability when we realign your IT processes according to our best practices. 

• Drive better customer satisfaction when we help you keep business-critical systems up and running with 24x7 support. 

• Tap our expertise to support you in managing your technology environment. 

Choose the service that’s right for your business needs. 

There are HP Care Pack services to help you drive better business outcomes throughout the complete lifecycle of your technology infrastructure. Choose from: 

• Installation and deployment services - Make sure your new HP hardware or software is installed smoothly, efficiently, and with minimal disruption to your technical and business operations - and learn how to get the most from your high-performance technology. 

• Support and maintenance - Choose from a range of packaged services for both reactive and proactive support, dedicated to boosting performance and increasing return on your initial investment. 

• Optimisation and assessment - Parts of your infrastructure - specifically your servers - are critical to your business, mandating near 24x7 uptime, bulletproof security, and extreme performance and reliability. HP Data Centre services can help you address those needs by transforming the way your business information is delivered. 

• Education and learning - Furnish your IT staff with the appropriate knowledge, skills, and training to not only keep operations running, but at the same time to be responsive to rapidly changing business needs. 

But isn’t it expensive? 

Compared to the cost of downtime, HP Care Pack services help you save by working proactively to keep your business running. And our services can be more cost-effective than doing it alone because: 

• You avoid the steep learning curve sometimes associated with new technologies

• You learn through the experience of others who share industry-recognised best practices

• You buy only what you need to enhance the in-house skills you already have

• You shift from maintenance to growth without costly, cyclical investments for in-house expertise 

Will HP work with us if we’re not a big company? 

In fact, HP is a leading provider of services to midmarket organisations as well as large companies. HP shares their expertise to provide you with everything from supplemental services to a virtual technology staff.

Through HP’s Total Care philosophy we can help you choose, use, protect, and transition to a technology environment that drives positive business results. We can help you assess your infrastructure, make changes that will lower costs, and select the right support package that strikes the balance between service-level coverage and affordability. The end result is peace of mind and a lower cost of technology ownership, freeing you to do what really matters: business.

Helping you achieve better business outcomes.

HP’s goal? To help you transform technology into a growth accelerator. HP’s method? Make service simple, so you can make your infrastructure less complex. HP Certified Service Professionals have the expertise to identify ways to reduce your costs, control risks, and improve your competitive advantage - from printers and mobile devices to data-centre computing and storage, whenever or wherever you need it. Through these highly trained individuals and our extensive partner network, we deliver global services with a local presence, designed so you feel we are on your technology team. Simply put, we provide the personal touch that drives results.

HP Care Pack services: Simple. Affordable. Reliable.

The support you need (no more, no less)

Improved uptime

Easier contract administration

Easy, rapid access to support when necessary

More manageable environment

Faster, more cost-effective installation

Options for business-critical environments

Options for both enterprise and mid-market customers

Rapid ROI

Affordable, best-in-class, and scaled to your needs, HP Care Pack services mean complete technology lifecycle support - and complete peace of mind.

Cleverboxes are an HP Preferred Partner and pleased to announce its continued working relationship with Hewlett-Packard after receiving the award of HP Preferred Partner 2011.

HP Preferred Partners are highly trained to design and implement customised IT solutions geared to your business needs. At Cleverboxes, our winning combination of broad and deep knowledge means that we offer the expert talent and technical know-how to ensure your business retains its competitive edge. 

Successful partnerships thrive through strong communication and commitment to training. The HP Preferred Partner logo states the year of its award so that you can identify a business that is an HP Preferred Partner currently matching up to Hewlett-Packards' high standards. In winning the coveted 2011 HP Preferred Partner Award, Cleverboxes is delighted to showcase its position at the forefront of the IT industry. 

For further information on how HP Care Packs can help your business, please call the Cleverboxes HP Team today – 01254 238 749

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29Oct/10Off

HP Dual Port 146gb 15k sas hdd Hot-swap hard drive – 507125-B21

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HP Dual Port 146gb 15k sas hdd
507125-B21

507125-B21 - HP List price £179

Available and in stock at hp.cleverboxes.com now our price
£132.60* Ex VAT

507125-B21Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) provides a superior storage solution. With some storage requirements escalating and others becoming more complex, factors such as flexibility, performance, increased reliability, greater density, security, scalability and accessibility are more critical than ever. Today's organizations consist of different kinds of environments. Enterprise data centers must be online 24 x 7, fulfill requests from numerous users simultaneously, and allow for constant growth and expansion while in operation. Other customer environments require high capacity storage and high data availability for low I/O environments. HP's portfolio of SAS drives meets all these demands

This HP Dual Port 146 GB Hot-swap hard drive 507125-b21 is a very popular drive and is compatable with most of the HP Sever range.

Compatible products for:
HP 146GB 6G SAS 10K SFF (2.5-inch) Dual Port Enterprise 3yr Warranty Hard Drive (507125-B21)

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BladeSystem ProLiant Server Blades
HP ProLiant BL460c G6 Server series
HP ProLiant BL460c Server series
HP ProLiant BL465c G5 Server series
HP ProLiant BL465c G6 Server series
HP ProLiant BL465c G7 Server series
HP ProLiant BL685c G6 Server series
HP ProLiant BL685c G7 Server series
BladeSystem Storage Blades
HP StorageWorks SB40c Storage Blade
Disk Enclosures
HP StorageWorks 70 Modular Smart Array
HP StorageWorks D2000 Disk Enclosures
Entry File Services
HP StorageWorks X3000 Network Storage Systems
Entry NAS Appliances
HP StorageWorks X1000 Network Storage Systems
HP ProLiant DL Servers
HP ProLiant DL160 G6 Server series
HP ProLiant DL170h G6 Server series
HP ProLiant DL180 G6 Server series
HP ProLiant DL320 G6 Server series
HP ProLiant DL360 G6 Server series
HP ProLiant DL360 G7 Server series
HP ProLiant DL370 G6 Server series
HP ProLiant DL380 G6 Server series
HP ProLiant DL380 G7 Server series
HP ProLiant DL385 G5p Server series
HP ProLiant DL385 G6 Server series
HP ProLiant DL580 G5 Server series
HP ProLiant DL580 G7 Server series
HP ProLiant DL585 G5 Server series
HP ProLiant DL585 G6 Server series
HP ProLiant DL585 G7 Server series
HP ProLiant DL785 G5 Server series
HP ProLiant DL785 G6 Server series
HP ProLiant ML Servers
HP ProLiant ML350 G6 Server series
HP ProLiant ML370 G5 Server series
HP ProLiant ML370 G6 Server series
P2000/MSA Disk Arrays
HP StorageWorks 2000fc G2 Modular Smart Array
HP StorageWorks 2000i G2 Modular Smart Array
HP StorageWorks 2000sa G2 Modular Smart Array
HP StorageWorks P2000 G3 MSA Array Systems
Product Description HP Dual Port Enterprise - hard drive - 146 GB - SAS-2
Form Factor 2.5"
Manufacturer Warranty 3 years warranty
Dimensions (WxDxH) 7 cm 1.5 cm
Type Hard drive - hot-swap
Data Transfer Rate 600 MBps
Interface Type Serial Attached SCSI 2
Capacity 146 GB
Average Seek Time 4 ms
Spindle Speed 10000 rpm

*Price correct at time of blog

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28Oct/10Off

The HP ProLiant DL 160, 165, 360, 370, 380, 385, 585 G7 Servers – CleverBoxes.com | Review

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The wide-ranging problem of IT sprawl—the explosion of data and technologies in data centers—has a straightforward solution. New scale-up HP ProLiant G7 servers help companies blaze a quick path to more reliable server performance. Meanwhile, HP Intelligent Power Discovery technology helps create the Industry’s first energy-aware network between IT and facilities.

We specialise in HP ProLiant G7 server technology here at CleverBoxes, call our dedicated HP team today for helpful advice and information 01254 238 749

HP DL 160 G7, HP DL 165 G7, HP DL 360 G7, HP DL 370 G7, HP DL 380 G7, HP DL 385 G7, HP DL 580 G7HP DL 585 G7 Servers HPDL380

HP enhances processor innovations

HP has added unique innovations on top of what Intel® and AMD provide in their processors. HP innovations featured in the new scale-up ProLiant G7 servers include Thermal Logic, Dynamic Power Capping, and the HP Integrated Lights-Out 3 (iLO3) standard. iLO3 is key to monitoring power consumption.
Meet the new members of the HP ProLiant G7 family:

HP ProLiant G7 servers DL 580 G7 server. With up to 1TB memory footprint, 11 I/O slots and up to 32 cores, it is ideal for the most demanding x86 applications.

HP ProLiant DL 580 G7 server. Offering up to eight Intel Xeon 7500/6500 series processors, up to 64 cores and up to 2TB of memory, this server is an x86 scale-up powerhouse. It also features a key HP innovation, the PREMA Architecture, described below.

HP ProLiant DL 585 G7 server. This AMD Opteron 6000-based server offers up to 512MB memory and up to 48 cores. It offers four-socket performance at two-socket pricing—providing payback within 30 days.

HP PREMA Architecture extends Intel innovations

HP PREMA architecture offers a way for companies to relieve the massive stress under which their data centers operate. PREMA HPDL980Architecture, built in to the HP ProLiant DL980 G7 server, brings many benefits, in particular:

Redundant system fabric: Provides 50% more interconnect capacity and dynamic traffic routing capability for improved reliability in addition to extending many of Intel 7500 series processor's advanced reliability functionalities.

Smart CPU caching: Achieve up to 20% better processor scaling than competitive 8 socket systems by reducing processor overhead.

HP Intelligent Power Discovery helps reduce human error

A crisis has been brewing in the data center, caused largely by IT’s inability to accurately monitor power consumption. Fifty-seven percent of 100 data center managers surveyed in 1997 blamed outages on human error2. The same study revealed that 18 percent of respondents did not know the average power density of their racks. In 1998, another survey showed that data centers suffered from a lack of unified tools to monitor their environments in real-time.

HP Intelligent Power Discovery fills this gap with a hardware/software solution that gives IT total control over the server environment.  At the same time, they can avoid needless costs created by overprovisioning energy requirements.

- Data center managers can now see automatically:
- When new servers are plugged in.
- If they have redundant power supplies.
- Which power distribution units (PDUs) are plugged in to which outlets.
- How much power servers consume.
- If there is enough power—or too much—provisioned for each rack.

Automation is the key word

The components of HP Intelligent Power Discovery:

Platinum Power Supplies: A common-slot architecture for flexibility and bright blue power-line communications connectors for use with HP’s Intelligent PDU.
Intelligent Power Distribution Unit (PDU): Six individually monitored C19 outlets communicate with monitoring software and allow visual power monitoring via multi-segment LED display.

Insight Control software: Enables instant server discovery and comprehensive power management.

Intelligent Power Discovery hooks into third-party facility management software, providing a dynamic map of data center power consumption. This enables IT and facilities to free trapped capacity in overprovisioning and avoid power overloads in underprovisioned racks.

HP Intelligent Power Discovery is not limited to just the new scale-up HP ProLiant G7 server models described here. It is also available on other HP ProLiant G6 and G7servers, such as the DL 360 G7 and DL 380 G7 servers.

How to enable automated intelligent power discovery

The HP ProLiant DL 580 G7 server, the HP ProLiant DL 585 G7 server and the HP ProLiant DL980 G7 servers are all engineered to enable HP Intelligent Power Discovery. All that’s needed are the right number of Platinum Power Supplies and intelligent PDUs. Insight Control takes the information from the Intelligent PDU and Platinum Power Supplies to provide a complete picture of the data center’s power profile.

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15Oct/10Off

What is so “Clever” about CleverBoxes

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What is so "Clever" about CleverBoxes

People have been asking us recently "So, what is so Clever about CleverBoxes?" So we tasked our very own Professor B.Clevr to do some research for us.

What's so "Clever"

What did he discover?

Follow this link and find out what Professor B.Clever discovered during his research. You maybe a little surprised, we were...

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15Oct/10Off

We are always offering great IT deals, check out these 2 great HP Server Deals

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We're always offering great IT bundles, check out these 2 great HP Server Deals:-

HP Bundles

HP Rack Proliant DL380

- HP 8GB memory
- HP Sata DVD
- Raid 0-3-5 ready
- 2 x HP 146 GB 10k dual port SAS HDD
- 3 Year on-site warranty

RRP £2228
Our Price £1595

HP Rack Proliant DL360

- HP 8GB memory
- HP Sata DVD
- Raid 0-3-5 ready
- 2 x HP 146 GB 10k dual port SAS HDD
- 3 Year on-site warranty

RRP £2147
Our Price £1495

Read more info on this HP Server Bundle

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