L-R Enterprise Account Manager, Hewlett-Packard (HP); Ade Akinlade, HP District Sales Manager, Print and Personal Systems (PPS) Africa, Jean Panc-Pinto; Permananent Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology, Lagos State, Nike Animashaun; Commercial Director, Middle East and Mediterranean Africa, HP, David Rozzio, and Public Sector Account Manager, HP, Emmanuel Eze, at the opening of the HP Technology Tour 2015 in Lagos.
The tour which held in Lagos and Abuja was an opener for multinationals, big corporations and SMEs which are discerning in their approach to getting businesses done fast with less cost.
Declaring the Technology Tour open in Lagos, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology, Lagos State, Mrs.
Nike Animashaun, said businesses around the world need advanced technology as a way of reducing the cost of doing business while also churning out high scale productivity that redefines economies globally.
“As a responsible government, we are aware that with information technology, business transactions have become seamless globally, reducing physical presence and creating breathtaking pace of information exchange. The Lagos State government is happy to be part of the HP Technology Tour 2015”, Animashaun declared.
She further stated that “an event of this magnitude will boost Nigeria’s ICT sector and enhance greater technological advancements through extensive brainstorming on pertinent issues within the IT industry alongside exhibition of the latest advancement in computer technology.”
Growing businesses globally, HP recognizes these intrinsic potentials of IT and has consistently re-innovated to ensure its customers are not left behind, especially the businesses which dare to survive the very challenging global economic terrain.
Cloud, big data, security and mobility are reshaping the way technology businesses are done in the IT industry. HP technology tour offers incredible depth of information and access to experts from its partners and other professionals. Whether as a business or individual trying to get the next project off the ground to bring new ideas back to the organization, HP technology tour provides the answers.
The continual improvement in technology, particularly Information Technology, over the decades has shown that people embrace technology not just as an innovation but as part of socio-economic activities. Businesses around the world have been helped by advance technology, which is the overall, and has reduced cost of doing business while also turning out high scale productivity that drives economies.
The technology tour by HP was aimed at providing Nigerian businesses and IT professional, the opportunity to tap into the latest technology and improve the performance and overall profitability of businesses while also guaranteeing security of business intelligence.
The HP Technology Tour presently being conducted across the globe is another giant move by the company to bring its customers closer to the latest in information technology.
Starting off in February 2015 in Saudi Arabia, technology industry watchers were propped up for what would be one of the best showcase of world class IT product across the world.
The Tour which held in Saudi Arabia had in attendance top Managing Directors and Chief Executives of blue chip companies, IT companies and government officials. During the Nigeria tour, the HP team, led by Senior Vice President, Enterprise Group and Managing Director HP EMEA, Mr. Peter Ryan, showcased the latest of its technology that expressed the company’s claim of “doing things that makes things better”. The tour has also been held in Paris, Germany, London, India, China and Brazil.
Interestingly, with the new entrants, HP is creating the new style of IT which is the new style of business, spanning over its 75 years of existence as a world class company. Investing over 10 per cent of its income on research and development in 2014, the company is focusing on creating values for businesses, ensuring mobility, with enhanced security features that makes every of its product unique.
Visitors at the tour were thrilled at the array of products that simply made life easier and work better to achieve the best, such like the Pavilion Mini PC which turned out to be a competent small-form factor desktop PC with basic features and 4GB memory which allow the users to explore. The Pavilion operates a Window 8.1 with a 3-in-1 memory card smaller than a man’s hands. This new CPU can connect to 2 PC monitors at a time, saving space and energy.
The Intel Pentium 3558U with Intel HD Graphics (1.7 GHz, 2 MB cache, 2 cores) features on the Mini PC give users near life graphical presentation. While at work, users can plug in their headphone and enjoy cool music. The Pavilion Mini PC is the digital of SMEs which really care about their budgets.
In order to meet the growing request by its customers for simple and seamless work station, guests at the tour were pleasantly surprised with the introduction of the HP Spectre X360.
Designed for business and enterprise and individuals who dare to be different with aesthetics, the HP Spectre X360 gave visitors at the exhibition a new orientation about what simplicity is all about. The Spectre X360 is a perfect blend of world class technology that simply brings convenience and efficiency. Also operating in a Windows 8.1, 64 bits system, Spectre X360 has an 8 GB memory that allows large storage of graphics”.
Source: Vanguard
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