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HP’s BladeSystem family of blade servers. In fiscal 2006, HP’s industry standard server business
continued to lead the industry in terms of units shipped. HP also has a strong position in blade servers,
the fastest-growing segment of the market.
Business Critical Systems. Business Critical Systems include Itanium(2)-based Integrity servers
running on the HP-UX, Windows, Linux and OpenVMS operating systems, including the high-end
Superdome servers and fault-tolerant Integrity NonStop servers. Business Critical Systems also include
the Reduced Instruction Set Computing (‘‘RISC’’)-based servers with the HP 9000 line running on the
HP-UX operating system, HP AlphaServers running on both Tru64 UNIX(3) and OpenVMS, and
MIPs-based NonStop servers.
Storage. HP’s StorageWorks offerings include entry-level, mid-range and high-end arrays, storage
area networks, network attached storage, storage management software and virtualization technologies,
as well as tape drives, tape libraries and optical archival storage.
HP Services
HPS provides a portfolio of multi-vendor IT services, including technology services, consulting and
integration and managed services, also known as outsourcing. HPS also offers a variety of services
tailored to particular industries such as communications, media and entertainment, manufacturing and
distribution, financial services and the public sector, including government and education services. HPS
collaborates with the Enterprise Storage and Servers and Software groups, as well as with third-party
system integrators and software and networking companies to bring solutions to HP customers. HPS
also works with HP’s Imaging and Printing Group and Personal Systems Group to provide managed
print services, end user workplace services, and mobile workforce productivity solutions to enterprise
customers.
Technology Services. HPS provides a range of technology services from standalone product
support to high availability services for complex, global, networked, multi-vendor environments and
business continuity and recovery services. This business also manages the delivery of product warranty
support through its own service organization, as well as through authorized partners.
Consulting and Integration. HPS provides consulting and integration services to architect, design
and implement technology and industry-specific solutions for customers. Consulting and integration also
provides cross-industry solutions in the areas of architecture and governance, infrastructure,
applications and packaged applications, security, IT service management, information management and
enterprise Microsoft solutions.
Managed Services. HPS offers IT management services, including comprehensive outsourcing,
transformational infrastructure services, client computing managed services, managed web services,
application services and business process outsourcing.
Software
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, this segment 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.
(2) Itaniumis a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
(3) UNIXis a registered trademark of The Open Group.
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