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Maggie Smith: 436-5084
Workstation Group Outbound Marketing
"Get MPowered" Sales Promotion
The One-Minute Sale:
HP MPower is the latest entry to HP's Collaborative Multimedia
program; it is a media-enriched communications offering that
integrates HP's user environment with multi-media technologies.
With the world-wide "Get MPowered" promotion, selling MPower has
just gotten easier. From April 1 through September 30, 1993, you
can offer your customer an 80 percent discount on the MPower client
software. This discount yields an effective new, non-discountable
price of $99.00 for each client license sold. Your customer cannot
afford to miss this opportunity.
MPower's benefits
* Supports a media enriched communications environment for real-
time information sharing among dispersed teams.
* The client-server configuration provides optimum use of system
resources, support for smaller client desktop systems, and single-
point system administration.
* The power of the HP/Apollo PA-RISC systems makes information
sharing through MPower cost-effective at any price point.
MPower Structure
MPower's structure gives your customer a network advantage.
Functions that are naturally shared such as FAX and printing can
be off-loaded to a central server, freeing up valuable desktop
client space.
B1194A HP MPower Client
HP MPower client software provides workspace and file management,
multimedia composition, and communication facilities. These
include FAXing, mailing, sharing, and printing of multimedia
documents. A stereo headset is included with each client license
at no additional charge
MPower client software regular list price: $495
(Discountable)
** "Get MPowered" promotion price: ** $99
(non-discountable,, orders of record as of April 1 apply. No
limits on order quantities, represents an 80 percent discount on
U.S. list price).
Client Media Options' List prices:
#APH: HP-UX 9.0 N/C
#OD1: Factory installed and integrated N/C
#AAU: CD-ROM Certificate N/C
#AAH: Media on DAT tape $205
(note: Media options are not included with the promotion.
Available at standard HP discounts)
B1195A HP MPower Server
HP MPower server complements the client environment by providing
shared resources on the HP Series 700 that can be utilized by the
HP MPower clients. Services provided are FAX, SharedPrint, Font
and HP VUE Utilities. Note specific services are only available if
the necessary hardware has been installed-- eg. a FAX modem is
required in order to have FAX capabilities.
MPower Server Software list price: $1495
** Please note: The MPower server software is not included with
this promotion. It must be ordered separately and is available at
standard HP discounts.
Server Media Options' List prices:
#APH HP-UX 9.0 N/C
#OD1 Factory installed and integrated N/C
#AAU CD-ROM Certificate N/C
#AAH Media on DAT Tape $205
There must be at least 1 installation of MPower server software at
your customer site in order for MPower to function properly. The
suggested ratio of client systems to servers is six to twelve
client systems to one server. A client system can be any Series
700 workstation; X stations, personal computers supporting MIT's X
window system, or other workstations that support the X window
system may participate within the MPower environment.
Target Customers
Here are guidelines to follow when looking for an MPower prospect:
Look for:
* Workgroups and teams who use UNIX workstations to get their job
done and who must communicate information quickly and easily, no
matter what format the information is stored as.
* Team members who need an intuitive user environment to
communicate to other team members.
Who is not an MPower prospect:
* Standalone computer users who do not need interaction with other
groups to get their job done.
* Networked systems that do not support the MIT's X window system.
A client system must be running X windows to use MPower from an HP-
UX server.
Competition:
The good news is that no other workstation competitor has an
environment that comes close to the feature performance of MPower.
Our competitors rely on third party products to complete their
multimedia offerings; those same third party products are often
available on HP's workstations too. Here's a quick update on
competitive offerings:
Sun:
Sun supports multimedia functionality within the Solaris operating
system and from third party vendors. Deskset, available on Solaris
2.0, offers multimedia mail, an audio tool, a print tool, a file
manager, a workgroup calendar, and help. Sun's multimedia
strengths are:
* A large number of third party products
* Multimedia mail bundled with their operating system
* Good development tools
Here are a few sell-arounds to neutralize these strengths:
* MPower components are fully integrated; Sun's are not.
* Multimedia components, outside of audio, must be purchased
from third parties - no guarantee that they will all work
together.
* Sun systems will be harder to upgrade because of the
reliance on unintegrated third party solutions.
* Sun systems do not have a SharedX product for realtime
collaboration.
DEC:
DEC announced a multimedia program in 1992, but has disbanded the
group responsible for implementation. Available from DEC today
are:
* Video conference capability through DECspin
* Solid development tools from DECimage Application Services
* Good scanning solution in DECimage Scan Software
Here are some neutralizers against DEC
* No fully integrated, graphical desktop
* Focused more to a developer's program instead of an end-user
solution.
* No evidence of future development
* DEC systems do not have a SharedX product for realtime
collaboration.
IBM
IBM's multimedia strengths are on the PC platform and relies on
third parties to fulfill multimedia capabilities on the
workstation. Their strengths on the DOS platform are:
* Single source ordering point from IBM
* Multimedia capabilities built into Multimedia Presentation
Manager
* Video is bundled on higher-end IBM personal computers
Here are some sell arounds for IBM:
* Still a PC only solution, typically not distributed so you
do not receive the sharing functions MPower provides
* The IBM PC solution is based on OS/2 and Presentation
Manager and there are more Microsoft Window based third-party
products than OS/2 based ones.
* IBM PCs do not have a SharedX product for realtime
collaboration.
SGI
SGI has a strong multimedia position if your customer's objective
is to build their own systems through multimedia authoring tools
They also bundle solid multimedia tools with Indigo Magic which
provides basic production capabilities for audio, video and image.
Here are sell arounds for SGI:
* There are no sharing functions such as SharedX and Shared
Whiteboard available.
* All Indigo systems are not necessarily networkable.
* Limited third party options to build more multimedia
solutions.
For More information:
The following material is available from Workstation Group Hotline
or the Literature Distribution Center:
Literature Source
HP MPower Color Brochure LDC 5091-5338E
HP VUE 3.0 Photo Card LDC 5091-5407E
HP VUE 3.0 Product Brochure LDC 5091-5888EHP
ScanJet IIC Sales Guide LDC 5091-4856E
HP SharedX Photo Card LDC 5091-4248E
VideoLive Card Brochure LDC 5091-4248E
HP VUE Quick Start DMO B1171-90062
MPower Slide presentation WSG Hotline: Subject EZMPSP
HP MPower Technical White Paper WSG Hotline: Subject EZMPTWP
HP MPower Sales Guide WSG Hotline: Subject EZMPGDE
HP MPower Product Brief WSG Hotline: Subject EZMPB
HP VUE 3.0 Update WSG Hotline: Subject HPVUE
ScanJet IIC Product Brief WSG Hotline: Subject EZMPSCAN
SharedPrint/UX Data Sheet WSG Hotline: Subject EZMPDSSP
SharedPrint/UX Sales Guide WSG Hotline: Subject SHRDPRNT
SharedPrint/UX presentation WSG Hotline: Subject SHPRTPRE
HP SharedX Data Sheet WSG Hotline: Subject EZMPSHX
HP 9000 FAX Data Sheet WSG Hotline: Subject EZMPFAX
Multimedia Channel Partners WSG Hotline: Subject EZMPCP
Also, consult your order processing department for more information
on the "Get MPowered" sales promotion and watch for the Computer
News sales promotion section distributed the first of every month.