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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
outsourcing services. HPS also offers a variety of services tailored to particular industries such as communications, media
and entertainment, manufacturing and distribution, financial services, health and life sciences and the public sector, including
government services. HPS collaborates with the Enterprise Storage and Servers and HP 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. 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.
Outsourcing Services. HPS offers a variety of IT management and outsourcing services that support customers’
infrastructure, applications, business processes, end user workplace, print environment and business continuity and recovery
requirements.
HP Software
HP Software provides a suite of Business Technology Optimization (“BTO”) software solutions, including support, that
allow customers to manage and automate their IT infrastructure, operations, applications, IT services and business processes
under the 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.
We are focused on extending our enterprise systems management leadership position into application, service
management and business process management market segments. During fiscal 2007, we completed the acquisitions of
Mercury Interactive Corporation, Bristol Technologies, Inc., SPI Dynamics, Inc. and Opsware Inc., which added transaction
monitoring, applications security testing and data center automation capabilities to the BTO portfolio. We expect to continue
to make strategic acquisitions as well as undertake internal realignments as we deem appropriate. The portfolio of BTO
solutions is designed to enable our customers to reduce their IT costs, and gain better insight to their business and IT
operations. This helps our customers align IT resources with their business goals and automate data center operations and IT
processes, enabling IT to deliver more value to the business.
Personal Systems Group
PSG is the leading provider of personal computers (“PCs”) in the world based on unit volume shipped and annual
revenue. PSG provides commercial PCs, consumer PCs, workstations, handheld
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