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HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
Note 18: Segment Information (Continued)
provides a range of technology services from standalone product support to high availability
services for complex, global, networked, multi-vendor environments, as well as business
continuity and recovery services. Technology services also manages the delivery of product
warranty support through its own service organization, as well as through authorized resellers.
Consulting and integration services help customers measure, assess and maintain the link
between business and IT; design and integrate the customers’ environments into a more adaptive
infrastructure; and align, extend and manage applications and business processes. Consulting and
integration provides cross-industry solutions in areas such as supply chain, business portals,
messaging and security. Managed services offers IT management services, including
comprehensive outsourcing, transformational infrastructure services, client computing managed
services, managed web services, application services and business process outsourcing, as well as
business continuity and recovery services.
•Software provides management software solutions, including support, that allow enterprise
customers to manage their IT infrastructure, operations, applications, IT services and business
processes under the HP OpenView brand. In addition, Software delivers a suite of
comprehensive, carrier-grade software platforms for developing and deploying next-generation
voice, data and converged services to network and service providers under the HP OpenCall
brand.
HP’s other business segments are described below.
•Personal Systems Group provides commercial PCs, consumer PCs, workstations, handheld
computing devices, digital entertainment systems, calculators and other related accessories,
software and services for commercial and consumer markets. Commercial PCs are optimized for
commercial uses, including enterprise and SMB customers, and for connectivity and
manageability in networked environments. Commercial PCs include the HP Compaq business
desktops and notebooks as well as HP Compaq Tablet PCs. Consumer PCs are targeted at the
home user and include the HP Pavilion and Compaq Presario series of multi-media consumer
desktop PCs and notebook PCs, as well as HP Media Center PCs. Workstations are individual
computing products designed for users demanding enhanced performance programs, such as
computer animation, engineering design and other programs requiring high resolution graphics.
Workstations are provided for UNIX, Windowsand Linux-based systems. Handheld
computing devices include a series of iPAQ Pocket PC products ranging from entry-level devices
primarily used as organizers to advanced devices with biometric security and wireless capability,
that run on WindowsMobile software. Digital entertainment products include plasma and LCD
flat panel televisions, the HP Digital Entertainment Center, DVD and RW drives, CD writers
and DVD writers.
•Imaging and Printing Group provides consumer and commercial printing, digital photography and
entertainment, graphics and imaging devices and systems and printer supplies. Consumer and
commercial printing, graphics and imaging devices and systems include color and monochrome
single-function printers for shared and personal use, printer- and copier-based multi-function
devices, inkjet and LaserJet all-in-one printers, wide- and large-format inkjet printers, photo
printers, digital photography products and services, scanners and digital presses. Printer supplies
include LaserJet toner and inkjet printer cartridges and other related printing media such as
HP-branded Vivera ink and HP Premium and Premium Plus photo papers.
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