SAN ANTONIO, Texas (February 26, 2010) – HEI announced today the immediate availability of two new desktop products focused on the needs of small and mid-sized businesses, education, and larger enterprises with remote office requirements. 

By leveraging the latest processors from Intel, the new Optimized Desktop Platform provide an enterprise class platform that can handle the workloads of today and expand to meet the needs of growing businesses. Further, the latest generation of Intel’s Core CPU’s with vPro and Active Management 6.0 technology provides a secure infrastructure for unparalleled remote support and maintenance of both the OS and hardware platform.  

“If a customer is looking for the absolute cheapest up-front cost for system hardware, there are likely cheaper places to shop. However, that customer may not get the best value, and will very likely need to completely replace that hardware within three years, and will not see many of the latest operational benefits and cost reducing technologies that our systems offer,” said Matthew Beebe, General Manager. “However, if a customer is looking for performance, security, expandability, and manageability, our systems offer the same or better capabilities as the systems the Tier 1 vendors are providing at a 30-50% lower price point,” emphasized Beebe.

The Zx5 Advanced Business Desktop is a Core i5 based system and features a 3.33GHz Dual Core CPU with TurboBoost to 3.6GHz, HyperThreading (4 computing threads), Intel Virtualization Technology, Enterprise class Intel motherboard w/ Active Management 6.0, Quiet System Technology, vPro, Remote Assist, and integrated GigE.

Also included is 2GB DDR3-1333 RAM, expandable to 16GB, Integrated Intel HD Graphics, 160GB 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive, Internal DVD-RAM/±R/±RW - 24x 8x 16x Reader/Writer, 19” Widescreen LCD, Business Keyboard and Mouse Combo, 350W “80 PLUS Certified” (ENERGY STAR) power supply, 3 Year NBD Limited Warranty, and Microsoft Windows 7 Professional for only $965.65 with price breaks above 5 units.

The Zx7 Elite Business Desktop upgrades to a Core i7 Quad Core 2.8GHz CPU with TurboBoost to 3.46GHz, HyperThreading, 4 GB DDR3-1333 RAM, Discrete Radeon HD5570 Graphics Card w/ 1GB 128-bit DDR3 RAM, and a 250GB 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive for $1,265.65.

The products are sold under the Z2 Systems brand, which is the advanced product portfolio from HEI Systems & Solutions LLC. Z2 Systems provide solutions within the budget of even the smallest enterprises, and scale to the needs of medium and large businesses as well as the departmental, workgroup, and remote office requirements of larger enterprises.