If you’re thinking about building a network—especially a larger and more complex network—you ought to take a look at Hewlett-Packard ProCurve network equipment. It’s high quality stuff, full of useful features, and backed by the most successful IT-focused company in the industry. It’s easy to manage and it comes with a totally free, lifetime service, support, replacement and upgrade plan that’s unmatched in the industry.
10/100 BASE-T switch
Core and Data Center Switch
You can start with wire-speed managed 10/100 BASE-T switches that have POE options, for pricing comparable to off-brand manufacturers’ products. You can invest in redundant core and data center switches that run at wire speeds even with hundreds of ports active and handle 10 gigabit connections with ease.
Need a stable, expansible, easily-managed wireless network? Hewlett-Packard has a choice between a conventional “fat” access point offering and two different managed wireless products. They have the only managed wireless system that can handle hundreds of 802.11n radios, and that has a graceful transition path from 802.11a/b/g to 802.11n. These access points run on standard POE, too, which means that you won’t have to upgrade your network.
Hewlett-Packard’s ProCurve network equipment is great at supporting converged networks, with superior handling of priority voice and video traffic. The network equipment is stable and reliable, with self-protection attributes for reliable service.
A complete network needs to be much more than hardware, and Hewlett-Packard networks come with some very advanced software. Management software—some of it free, access control software, wireless management software, and intrusion detection and response security software is available to create a network that automatically adjusts itself to changing conditions. Want to be freed from the chore of everyday network management? Implement a Hewlett-Packard network.
Think about a network that can sense when it’s being attacked, hacked or when some user is violating a pre-set usage policy, and then automatically take action to eliminate the threat. You can set a Hewlett-Packard network to do this, and it’s only the addition of inexpensive software with the features already built into the Hewlett-Packard switches. Click here for more information.
If you’re using Cisco network equipment you can buy a comparable network of Hewlett-Packard equipment for less than half the cost. And when you factor in the free lifetime support, the five-year lifecycle cost of a Hewlett-Packard network will be less than 20 percent the cost of a comparable Cisco network. In times of tight budgets this cost-effective networking can be a real help.
Need to see the difference for yourself? Send us your networking requirements and we’ll turn around a design, bill of material and guaranteed installed cost within three working days. It never hurts to look when you’re looking into a network upgrade, replacement, or the purchase of a new network. Here’s a sample design and bill of material. We can do one just like that for you.
