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Information technology professionals rely on HP quality to ensure maximum productivity. As the power of applications, processors, memory adapters and storage devices increases, high-end computer users are seeking ways to optimize their system performance. HP provides leading solutions, adding new levels of performance, availability, flexibility, and management.

With Adobe After Effects CS4 software, you can create compelling motion graphics and blockbuster visual effects with flexible tools that help save you time and deliver unparalleled creative power.

You can experience creative control over virtually every element in a highly responsive 2D and 3D compositing and animation environment. With Adobe After Effects CS4, you can create whatever you envision.

Combining concentrated 1U compute power, integrated Lights-Out management, and essential fault tolerance, the DL360 is optimized for space-constrained installations. Dual-core or Quad-core Xeon processors, DDR2 Fully Buffered DIMMs, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and PCI Express technology provide a high performance system ideal for the full range of scale out applications. What's more, the DL360 G5 steps up the fault tolerant in an ultra dense platform with redundant power, redundant fans, mirrored memory or online spare memory, embedded RAID capability, and full-featured remote Lights-Out management.

The affordable HP DesignJet 130 printer series is a six-color, multi-format printing solution that produces fade-resistant, photo-quality images with stunning results. With a C-size tray and automatic roll-feed capability (optional) up to 24 inches (625 mm), postcard-size images, full-color pages, or banner-style pieces can be reliably printed. HP Professional Color technologies, including Automatic Closed Loop Color calibration and CMYKplus (with optional software RIP), provide accurate color consistency. Enjoy automatic PANTONE Calibration (with optional software RIP), offset emulation (with optional software RIP), and HP Color Layering technology for a range of colors and smooth transitions. Graphic options in the printer driver support Mac and Windows.

Highlights of the HP DesignJet 130 - large-format printer - colour - ink-jet

• Produce highly durable images with HP's specially formulated dye-based inks. Get eye-catching images at 2400 dpi with the 4-picoliter ink drop size ensuring you brilliant life-like colours, realistic detail, higher contrast and smooth tonal transitions. Achieve the finest results with HP Premium Plus Photo and Proofing Gloss Paper for rich colour depth, minimal dot visibility and uniform gloss. Reproduce consistent colours in all your prints with HP internal colour sensor technology.
• Enjoy the flexibility to print on a range of sizes and weights: the standard tray holds up to 100 sheets (up to A2+ size). The front bypass slot takes A1+ size cut-sheet media up to 625 mm wide. Feed heavy and rigid HP media of weights up to 300 g/m' via the rear bypass slot. Use the automatic roll feed [k1] to print on media up to 625 mm wide and 15.24 m long.
• Get high-quality results quickly at up to 4 mpp for A3 size in Normal mode. Optimise your ink usage with the modular ink delivery system. Easily control the level of fidelity in your colour workflow with optimised drivers that are Apple ColorSync compatible and support RGB ICC profiles for Mac and Microsoft® Windows® applications. Enjoy enhanced colour management and greater accuracy with an optional HP software RIP which gives you automatic PANTONE® calibration, CMYKplus and offset emulation.
• [k1] Legs and bin available as accessory

Part of the successful Nortel Networks BayStack family, the BayStack 470-48T Switch is a high-density, stackable 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Layer 2 switch with two built-in GBIC uplink ports as well as built-in stacking connectors in a compact 1U high design. The BayStack 470 Switch is designed to provide high-density connectivity to enterprise customers, enabling network resources to be provisioned across the enterprise via a highly available, scalable solution that minimizes capital and operational expenses, while offering Quality of Service (QoS) feature-rich functionality.

With over 100 years of technological leadership and innovative solutions, Nortel Networks is redefining conventional business models and reinventing the way business gets done. Nortel's innovative technologies add intelligence to networks offering a higher level of security, performance, agility, and efficiency than ever before.

The VPN Accelerator Card Plus (VAC+) for the Cisco PIX Firewall Series provides high-performance tunneling and encryption services suitable for site-to-site and remote-access applications. This hardware-based virtual private network (VPN) accelerator is optimized to handle the repetitive but voluminous mathematical functions required for IP Security (IPSec). Offloading encryption functions to the Cisco PIX Firewall VAC+ not only improves IPSec encryption processing, but also maintains high-end firewall performance. As an integral component of the Cisco VPN solution, the Cisco PIX Firewall VAC+ provides platform scalability and security while smoothly working with the services necessary for successful VPN deployments - encryption, tunneling, and firewall.

The Cisco PIX Firewall VAC+ adds Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) hardware acceleration to the Cisco PIX Firewall. Also known as Rijndael, AES provides a better combination of safety and speed than Data Encryption Standard (DES). Using 128-bit secret keys, AES offers higher security against brute-force attacks than older 56-bit DES keys and can use 192-bit and 256-bit keys as well. AES is computationally more efficient than DES and can work at multiple network layers simultaneously. In October 2000 the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of the U.S. Department of Commerce selected AES as a new encryption technique for protecting computerized information. It is expected to replace DES, which was adopted by the U.S. Department of Defense in 1977.

The Cisco PIX Firewall VAC+, which fits into a PCI slot inside the Cisco PIX chassis, encrypts data using 56-bit DES; 168-bit Triple DES (3DES); and 128-, 192-, and 256-bit AES algorithms at speeds up to 440 Mbps. A Cisco PIX Firewall equipped with a VAC+ can support as many as 2, 000 encrypted tunnels for concurrent sessions with mobile users or other sites. In addition to encryption, the card handles numerous other IPSec-related tasks - hashing, key exchange, and storage of security associations - freeing the Cisco PIX Firewall main processor and memory to perform other perimeter security functions.

The Epson STYLUS PRO 4000 is a professional graphics 17" wide desktop printer, designed to meet the ever-increasing demands of imaging professionals everywhere. It incorporates all of the Epson latest large format print head, ink, and print engine technologies.

The HP StorageWorks Ultrium 920 Tape Drive is the highest capacity, fastest performance half-height tape drive in the StorageWorks family based on HP's third generation LTO technology. The Ultrium 920 delivers a compressed storage capacity of 800GB per data cartridge and a compressed data transfer rate of 432GB per hour, two and a half times faster than the previous generation Ultrium 448 tape drive. The Ultrium 920 Tape Drive is fully read and write compatible with all second-generation Ultrium media and offers further investment protection through its backward-read compatibility with first-generation Ultrium media.

The Ultrium 920 Tape Drive supports the industry's most comprehensive list of compatible hardware and software platforms, including support for both HP and non-HP servers and workstations. The Ultrium 920 is the ideal choice for mid-range servers with enterprise-class data protection needs.

Highlights of the HP ULTRIUM 920 SCSI 1-DRIVE 1U RA

• Agility - High Capacity: The Ultrium 920 Tape Drive stores up to 800 GB of data on a single data cartridge using 2:1 compression. High capacity drive reduces the costs associated with data protection by requiring fewer data cartridges to complete backups.
• Agility: Higher Performance with dynamic data rate matching: Ultrium 920 Tape Drive 120MB/sec compressed data transfer using 2:1 compression, allows customers to scale their backup capacities without having to increase their backup windows. HP's exclusive dynamic data rate matching feature which can match the throughput of the host — ranging from 20 MB/sec to 60 MB/sec (native).
• Simplicity: Half-Height Form Factor for easy installation and integration: The Ultrium 920 Tape Drive has a half-height form factor allowing for installation into all standard 5.25-inch media bays.
• Value: One-Button Disaster Recovery (OBDR) supported: Firmware-based disaster recovery feature that can restore an entire system using a single Ultrium 920 tape drive and data cartridge.
• Value: investment protection built in: HP StorageWorks Ultrium 920 Tape Drives ship with HP StorageWorks Data Protector Express Single Server Edition backup/recovery software and the HP StorageWorks Data Protector Express Bare Metal Disaster Recovery option.
• Simplicity: broad connectivity: Available in both Ultra320 SCSI and 3 Gb/sec SAS interfaces, the Ultrium 920 is ideal for midrange and departmental servers.
• Agility - Software Compatibility: Extensive list of supported backup and archiving software applications from HP, CA, VERITAS, Yosemite, Legato, Tivoli, and many more.
• Value - Management and Diagnostics Software Included: Tape drive management, performance optimization, and troubleshooting are made simple using the HP StorageWorks Library and Tape Tools application that is included with the HP Ultrium 920 Tape Drive.
• Value - WORM (Write-Once, Read-Many) Media Support: For IT organizations with stringent, long-term data retention requirements, the Ultrium 920 Tape Drive WORM (Write-Once, Read-Many) data protection feature offers a simple and secure method for archiving records allowing customers to affordable meet the toughest industry compliance regulations.
• Agility: server compatibility: Qualified on HP ProLiant, Integrity, 9000, NonStop, and AlphaServers platforms, as well as many servers from other leading vendors such as Dell, IBM, and Sun. Support for heterogeneous hardware and software platforms provides customers with a single tape drive solution for all environments.

With a high brightness of 7,000 ANSI lumens, the CP-SX12000 is a high performance model that combines outstanding SXGA+ resolution with the wide array of Hitachi projector functions. Designed for simple installation and easy maintenance, this projector offers beautiful picture quality and Hitachi's industry-best reliability. The CP-SX12000 will provide large screen images for venues such as auditoriums and conventions halls, bringing Hitachi performance to a wide spectrum of possible new uses.

The 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display delivers an amazing 2560 x 1600 pixel resolution. Designed specifically for the creative professional, this display provides more space for easier access to all the tools and palettes needed to edit, format and composite your work. Combine this display with a PowerMac G5 and there's no limit to what you can achieve.

The Cinema HD features an active-matrix liquid crystal display that produces flicker-free images that deliver twice the brightness, twice the sharpness and twice the contrast ratio of a typical CRT display. Unlike other flat panels, it's designed with a pure digital interface to deliver distortion-free images that never need adjusting. With over 4 million digital pixels, the display is uniquely suited for scientific and technical applications such as visualizing molecular structures or analyzing geological data.

Offering accurate, brilliant color performance, the Cinema HD delivers up to 16.7 million colors across a wide gamut allowing you to see subtle nuances between colors from soft pastels to rich jewel tones. A wide viewing angle ensures uniform color from edge to edge. Apple's ColorSync technology allows you to create custom profiles to maintain consistent color onscreen and in print. The result: you can confidently use this display in all your color-critical applications.

Housed in a new aluminum design, the display has a very thin bezel that enhances visual accuracy. Each display features two FireWire 400 ports and two USB 2.0 ports, making attachment of desktop peripherals, such as iSight, iPod, digital and still cameras, hard drives, printers and scanners, even more accessible and convenient. Taking advantage of the much thinner and lighter footprint of an LCD, the new displays support the VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association) mounting interface standard. Customers with the optional Cinema Display VESA Mount Adapter kit gain the flexibility to mount their display in locations most appropriate for their work environment.

The Cinema HD features a single cable design with elegant breakout for the USB 2.0, FireWire 400 and a pure digital connection using the industry standard Digital Video Interface (DVI) interface. The DVI connection allows for a direct pure-digital connection to Apple's latest aluminum Power Mac and PowerBook systems, as well as to Windows-based desktops.

FileMaker Pro has outstanding peer-to-peer sharing built right in. So why add a server? There are three key reasons: expanded availability, enhanced security and increased performance.

Simply install FileMaker Server software on a dedicated computer and upload your FileMaker Pro databases to the server. You and your team will instantly realize how fast and easy it is to access your databases 24/7 schedule automated backups, and find information and much more!

Whether you have a team of two or a department of hundreds, FileMaker Server makes it effortless to securely share your FileMaker Pro databases with Windows and Mac OS users on your network or over the Web.

If you want up to 100 simultaneous users to access a database that has been published using Instant Web Publishing or if you want to use an ODBC or JDBC client to submit SQL queries or statements to a FileMaker Pro database, you'll want FileMaker Server Advanced.

Designed for departmental and standard workloads, Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition, delivers intelligent file and printer sharing, more secure Internet connectivity, centralized desktop policy management, and Web solutions that connect employees, partners, and customers. Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition provides high levels of dependability, scalability, and security.

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 is a collection of updates and security enhancements to the current Windows Server 2003 operating system. Service Pack 2 (SP2) tightens security of your Windows Server and improves its performance and reliability.

10 Gigabit Ethernet has moved past the early adoption stage and is rapidly becoming mainstay for backbones within enterprise and service provider networks. The escalating deployments of servers with multi-core processors and demanding applications such as High Performance Computing (HPC), database clusters, and video-on-demand are driving the need for 10 Gigabit connections. The Intel 10 Gigabit XF Server Adapters are designed to meet the throughput and latency requirements of bandwidth-hungry applications, while offering a very low power envelope for energy efficiency. Ideal for slot-constrained environments, the Intel 10 Gigabit XF Server Adapter provides a simplified alternative to multiple 1 Gbps server adapters.

The SMART Board 685 interactive whiteboard features a pen tray locking feature and a Kensington security slot on the pen tray.

LTO Drives "powered by HP" are ideal for server environments with high capacity and performance requirements, larger application servers, such as large databases and e-mail servers. Freecom LTO-drives are based on leading HP Technology and offer One-Button-Disaster-Recovery and Tape-Alert.

A high-performance UPS with proven reliability, custom configurability, hot-swap internal batteries and extensible runtime in a compact rack and tower design. The GXT2 features and flexibility make it the optimal solution for your server & data room, networking and telecom applications that require reliable, continuous and quality power.

As a true online UPS, GXT2 provides power factor correction, frequency conversion, unlimited external battery connectability, and internal automatic and manual bypass capability as well as an optional external maintenance bypass. The Liebert GXT2 is designed with the features needed to protect mission-critical equipment from all power problems, such as sags, surges, spikes, outages, noise, frequency variations and waveform distortion.

The internal batteries for the Liebert GXT2 10 kVA UPS must be ordered separately, and will ship separately. Depending upon the model you select, there may also be a separate POD required.

Highlights of the Liebert GXT2 10KVA TOWER

• Online VFI Technology with sinewave output
• Extended battery options for long runtimes
• USB, serial and network communications
• Power factor corrected input
• Advanced early warning shutdown with
• Minimum five minutes of battery backup time
• User configurable settings, voltage & frequency
• Hot-swappable, user replaceable batteries
• Cold-start on battery
• Remote UPS monitoring through SNMP/web card
• Optional bypass box for easy maintenance

To minimize downtime, Apple offers AppleCare Service Parts Kit for Xserve RAID which includes a RAID controller module, a cooling module, a power supply, a cable, and a 500GB Apple Drive Module. AppleCare Service Parts Kits let you keep key modules handy to address the most common hardware failures.

Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium software is the ultimate toolkit for today's designer. Express yourself in exciting new ways and deliver rich creative experiences across print, web, and mobile media.

Create rich, compelling content and achieve results you never thought possible. Run with your ideas using new animation, video, and 3D design tools within a comprehensive, integrated design environment.

Deliver your ideas efficiently to more audiences in more places. New, simpler ways of working let you do more in less time, use existing skills to try new creative possibilities, and deliver high-quality cross-media campaigns.

Highlights of the Adobe Design Premium CS4 Win

• Explore new creative territory
• Take advantage of simplified workflows
• Collaborate near and far

The DL185 G5 Storage Server is the fast and easy way to add high-density 2U rack-mount networked file storage to your small or medium IT environment. Support for multiple protocols enables you to consolidate to centralized Network Attached Storage (NAS) solution or to create a backup/replication target. A single file/print solution to manage, scale, and secure helps you spend less time and effort on maintenance and management, and industry-standard building blocks protect your investment by ensuring compatibility with your network and applications.

The all new HP ProLiant BL680c Server Blade, delivers no-compromise performance and expansion in the first Quad-Core 4P BladeSystem Server. With up to four Intel Xeon 7300 Sequence processors, 64 GB of Fully Buffered memory, two hot-plug Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) or Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives, four embedded Gigabit NIC's and three I/O expansion slots, the HP ProLiant BL680c G5 delivers the density you want with the performance you need to handle the most demanding enterprise class applications.

Brace yourself for the newest 2P half-height blade that provides power-efficient compute power, integrated iLO-2 management, expanded memory and I/O. Make a difference in your data center with HP ProLiant BL460c, which is optimized for space constrained deployments of high performance systems installations. What's more, the BL460c steps up the fault tolerant in a dense platform with mirrored-memory, online spare memory, memory interleaving, embedded RAID capability, and enhanced remote Lights-Out management.

Double the pixel density and resolution in a plasma display. The highest resolution you can get in a 50-inch flat screen - in fact, it's a world-first. The PDP-5000EX has a resolution of 1920 x 1080 and is capable of displaying the entire range of High Definition sources, including 720p, 1080i and 1080p - this is the first plasma display capable of 1080p.

What this means is that you get the ultimate in High Definition image detail, color accuracy and fast moving image clarity - made possible by the displays higher pixel count and faster refresh rate (of 720p). Again, the best you'll find in a 50-inch flat screen. The PDP-5000EX accepts both standard and high definition sources and will automatically "smart" convert these to give you the highest resolution picture possible.

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is the next generation of the Windows Server operating system that helps information technology (IT) professionals maximize control over their infrastructure while providing unprecedented availability and management capabilities, leading to a significantly more secure, reliable, and robust server environment than ever before. Windows Server 2008 delivers new value to organizations by ensuring all users regardless of location are able to get the full complement of services from the network. Windows Server 2008 also provides deep insight into the operating system and diagnostic capabilities to allow administrators to spend more time adding business value.

Windows Server 2008 is far more than a refinement of predecessor operating systems. Windows Server 2008 is designed to provide organizations with the most productive platform for powering applications, networks, and Web services from the workgroup to the datacenter with exciting, valuable new functionality and powerful improvements to the base operating system.

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise delivers an enterprise-class platform for deploying business-critical applications. It helps improve availability with clustering and hot-add processor capabilities; improve security with consolidated identity management features; and reduce infrastructure costs by consolidating applications with virtualization licensing rights. Windows Server 2008 Enterprise provides the foundation for a highly dynamic, scalable IT infrastructure.

Recreate a truly cinematic experience. The VPL-VW60 builds on the outstanding success of the VPL-VW50 delivering more features, technology, brightness, and sporting three SXRD chips enabling significantly improved native and dynamic contrast for inky blacks and amazing depth of picture. With the highly advanced BRAVIA Engine full digital processing system producing lifelike colors and razor-sharp details, this projector has the power to thrill. Gaze at the awe-inspiring, 300-inch image (measured diagonally) and you'll instantly change the way you think of home theaters. This projector redefines big-screen high definition, with astonishing 1080p video resolution capability that has to be seen to be believed. And with BRAVIA Theater Sync technology, the VPL-VW60 home cinema projector can be controlled with one-touch ease from the included remote control.

Christie is the pioneer of projection technology, it continues to lead the way in the design and the development of emerging technologies and applications. Offering Christie's customers tomorrow's technology - today.

The HP Color LaserJet 4700 series enables superior productivity with fast printing and processing speeds, expandable memory, and an engine that's built to last. Get more done with fast printing speeds up to 30 ppm for mono and color, two-sided printing at full speed and a first page out in under 10 seconds thanks to HP's instant-on technology which reduces warm-up time. This reliable workgroup printer is designed to handle more users and greater volume, with expandable memory and a printing engine that's built to last. No need to sacrifice speed for superb results. Just select "print" for brilliant print quality that's output fast and hassle free. Get solid, top-of-the-line performance and reliability in an HP printer designed for workgroups.

Highlights of the HP Color LaserJet 4700dtn - printer - colour - laser

• Get superb, true colour laser print quality with no compromise on speed at up to 30 ppm for mono and colour. Excellent print quality is assured with HP's new ColorSphere Toner which makes colours look even brighter and more vivid. Enhanced Imageret 3600 technology helps your documents look their best with more refined colour contrast, more realistic images and excellent photo quality for business. Receive consistent colour output with intelligent, conveniently timed calibrations.
• Get more done with fast printing speeds up to 30 ppm for mono and colour, two-sided printing[k1] at full speed and a first page out in under 10 seconds thanks to HP's Instant-on Technology which reduces warm-up time. This reliable workgroup printer is designed to handle more users and greater volume, with expandable memory and a printing engine that's built to last. No need to sacrifice speed for superb results - just select "print" for brilliant print quality that's output fast and hassle free.
• Be more productive: simply scale up with four 500-sheet trays to an amazing 2,600 sheets[k2] maximum input capacity which means fewer interruptions. Get professional results quickly with the stapler/stacker unit[k3] which holds 750 sheets, staples sets of up to 30 sheets, and performs job offset, separating each print job. Proactively manage your printer and save valuable IT time with HP Web Jetadmin Software which lets you remotely install, configure and manage networked printers easily.
• [k1] Standard on the 4700DN, 4700DTN, and 4700PH+ only. [k2] Standard input is 600 sheets on the 4700, 4700N, and 4700DN. Purchase 4 additional 500-sheet trays for maximum of 2,600 sheets. The 4700DTN comes standard with 1,600 sheets and is still expandable with the purchase of two additional trays. The 4700PH+ comes standard with the maximum number of sheets. [k3] Standard on the 4700PH+ only. Available as an optional (not included, sold separately) accessory on the 4700DN and 4700DTN.

Slim Direct Drive speakers deliver ideal, realistic sound with Front Surround Technology, while front-channel speakers create a wide acoustic sound field. Network Media Player is also available.

When maneuverability is important and lens quality crucial, the L-series EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM stands alone as the professional's lightweight standard zoom.

The EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM incorporates Canon's highest standards of precision optics. The L-series is Canon's flagship professional lens range, combining outstanding image performance and ultimate operability with dust and moisture resistant construction.