Solutions For Small- And Medium-Sized Businesses

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fh "\ wl WHY] ve || St i Wi ew I B iB HM) Shs sd i \ rth ut 4 gg t Ree: Notes Si"ao owt 14 nag we wa a q 1 ie Ho Integrated Technology Solutions For Small- And Medium-sized Businesses (NAPSA)—There’s good news for America’s seven million small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs): A new partnership may soon provide the complete technology solutions—from hardware to online business management— that SMBs need to stay competitive in today’s marketplace. The partnership will enable SMBs to managetheir entire business using HP products and NetLedger’s NetSuite, one of the most widely used front- and backoffice business managementsoftware applications. Together, the two companies will offer complete service, support andsolutions that help small businesses increase productivity and efficiency while reducingIT costs. “SMB customers are demanding simple, worry-free and affordable technology solutions that allow them to manage their business and focus on serving their customers,” said Robyn West, vice president of small and medium business, Americas, HP Personal Systems Group. “The synergies created through our work with NetLedger will allow HP to deliver integrated solutions that help businesses with limited or no IT support staff get more value from their IT investments.” “This alliance will greatly streamline acquisition of turnkey solutions and will offer small businesses a predictable and reliable way to purchase integrated solutions for their company,” said Zach Nelson, president and chief executive officer, NetLedger, Inc. Pay-as-you-go services Delivered as online services, NetLedger applications start at A new hardware-softwarepart- nership will offer numerous benefits for small businesses. approximately $50 per user per month and enable companies to manageall key business processes in a single, integrated system. There are nolarge, upfront license fees, no maintenance fees associ- ated with hardware or software, and no complex setups. Leveraging a pay-as-you-go services model, NetLedger and HP will be able to deliver integrated hardware and online application software that can be used to manage key aspects of an SMB’sentire operation—accounting, payroll, sales and customer support, order processing, inventory management, Web site and Web-store creation and hosting. More information about HP and NetLedger’s solutions is available at www.netsuite.com/hp.