“The times, they are a changin’”, the classic Bob Dylan song resonates with the current business sentiment. As remote work emerges as disruptor for most companies, including small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), embracing the new normal is vital for survival in the long run.
Laptops have emerged as essential business tools in such times. They are at the heart of building remote relationships and collaboration as people adjust to working from anywhere – about 51% employees are working exclusively at home, as per ITDMs report.
THE NEW WORKSTYLE
As office boundaries blur, data protection gets all the more crucial. Security features to thwart the ever-increasing malware or ransomware threat or the need to block any prying eyes from stealing confidential information – not to mention unauthorised access to your camera or mic – are essential to protect business interests.
Any business notebook worth its salt has to have a flexible design matching the powerful technology under the hood. Take, for instance, our home as the new workplace remains an exercise in micro-mobility – you may get the urge to prop up from the sofa in living room to the bedroom or your favourite chair – laptops with smaller and lighter design with lift-anywhere edges for easier use can make work-life less complicated.
Today, virtual meetings set the pace for a productive workday. A business notebook with AI-based noise cancellation facility is more of a necessity. A group video chat with a dozen or so individuals can be a cacophonous experience, akin to someone opening a packet of chips, for instance.
Moreover, remote work has pushed the need to collaborate effortlessly. It is also a fact that about 98% of the huddle rooms are not yet equipped for video meetings, as per a Frost & Sullivan report.
RISING TO THE CHALLENGE
With competition gathering steam in the business laptop market, Hewlett Packard (HP) is acing the game. It is leading the way for new work with the world’s broadest mainstream notebook portfolio. HP EliteBook 800 Series is designed to meet the demands of your multi-task and multi-place workday.
As the world’s thinnest and lightest business 15-inch notebook loaded with discrete graphics, HP EliteBook 800 Series ups the ante in user-friendliness. For example, a 170-degree hinge aims to give a new meaning to collaborative viewing.
With up to 86% screen-to-body ratio, it extends enhanced viewing experience on a smaller and lighter gen-over-gen chassis. That is more of what you want and less of what you don’t.
A gentle glide of fingers on the redesigned keyboard introduces you to quiet typing.
The next-generation AMD Ryzen Pro 4000 Series processor or the latest 10th Generation Intel Core U-Series processor ratchet up performance levels to keep up with your changed workstyle. At the basic level, this translates into up to 24-hour of battery life supported by HP Fast Charge (50% charge in 30 minutes). That means more power on the go.
In terms of security features, HP EliteBook 800 Series packs a punch. For instance, HP Sure View Reflect creates an integrated Copper-tinted privacy screen to block prying eyes. So, worries about anyone snooping on your confidential data are simply a thing of the past. For added peace of mind, a built-in HP Privacy Camera physically blocks the lens of your camera when not in use. This way, avoid accidental video conferences and stay hidden from any malicious attacks. A Touch Fingerprint Sensor on keyboard makes logins easy and secure with hardened authentication. Now, that is only tip of the iceberg.
Team collaboration gets all the more easy with features such as feedback reduction, which listens for in-room audio feedback and automatically mutes local system audio. The fantastic sound quality means richer spoken word and clear audio. The world-facing microphone removes background noises while providing enhanced call quality and speech recognition under multiple use cases. The 4x4 WWAN and WLAN antennas are positioned in the hinge, lid and palm rest for optimal connections in varying use cases.
While going the extra mile, HP is extending easy financing and servicing facilities, too.
HP EliteBook 800 Series underscores the pivotal needs of SMBs when it comes to computing power, durability, and business impressions.