Hewlett-Packard Tuesday launched two e-services aimed at U.S.-based small
businesses.
The services — HP Extended Office and HP Web Services — are geared to
assist business owners in installing, managing and supporting their
information technology systems and quickly deploying their businesses on
the Internet.
“Small business owners are faced with the daunting task of installing,
managing and supporting their PCs and Web sites with limited or no IT
support staff,” said Michael Weir, general manager, HP Small and Medium
Business Organization. “We take care of the technology so our customers can
focus on their businesses.”
HP Extended Office is a subscription-based service that combines business
computing products with installation, business software and 24-hour phone
support. The service requires that callers use the HP technical support
number. If calls placed at that number are not answered live within 90
seconds after a subscriber initiates the call, the subscriber receives one
month of HP Extended Office service free.
HP Web Services offers Web site construction to enable e-commerce and
real-time credit card processing. The package also includes ready-to-use,
industry-specific Web site templates that allow entrepreneurs to expediently
put their businesses online.
At press time, the firm, based in Palo Alto, Calif., was
trading at $32.56, up by $2.18.