HP today announced new Business Technology Optimization (BTO) software and Software-as-a-Service offerings to help IT organizations manage change and resolve problems across business services and applications, dramatically reducing the risk of potential business downtime.

HP today announced new solutions and services to its Business Technology portfolio that help customers better manage and optimize business information as well as their technology infrastructures.

Almost a third of office workers believe they would be more inspired if they switched locations - 48% say it would increase their productivity levels, 46% think it would improve their work-life balance, 65% of British office workers believe future office locations will lead to increased flexible working

Faced with increasing price pressures, vendors in the European business telephony markets are beginning to heighten focus on software and applications, moving away from the margin-sapping hardware business. However, in these new high-growth high-margin markets, the installed base of private branch exchange (PBX) remains a key competitive factor. Thus, most vendors are aggressively targeting the PBX installed base.