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HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
Note 18: Segment Information (Continued)
management and outsourcing services that support customers’ infrastructure, applications,
business processes, end user workplace, print environment and business continuity and recovery
requirements. EDS was added as a business unit within HP Services for financial reporting
purposes in the fourth quarter of 2008. EDS provides information technology, applications and
business process outsourcing services to customers.
•HP Software provides enterprise IT management software solutions, including support, that allow
customers to manage and automate their IT infrastructure, operations, applications, IT services
and business processes under the HP Business Technology Optimization (‘‘BTO’’) brand. The
portfolio of BTO solutions also includes tools to automate data center operations and IT
processes. HP Software also provides OpenCall solutions, a suite of comprehensive, carrier-grade
software platforms for service providers products that enable them to develop and deploy
next-generation voice, data and converged network services. HP Software further provides
information management and business intelligence solutions, which include enterprise data
warehousing, information business continuity, data availability, compliance and e-discovery
products that enable our customers to extract more value from their structured and unstructured
data and information.
HP’s other business segments are described below.
•Personal Systems Group provides commercial PCs, consumer PCs, workstations, handheld
computing devices, calculators and other related accessories, software and services for the
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, notebooks and
Tablet PCs, the HP EliteBook line of Mobile Workstations and professional notebooks, as well
as the HP Mini-Note PC, HP Blade PCs, Retail POS systems, and the HP Compaq and
Neoware Thin Clients. Consumer PCs are targeted at the home user and include the HP
Pavilion and Compaq Presario series of multi-media consumer desktops and notebooks, as well
as the HP Pavilion Elite desktops, HP HDX Premium notebooks, Touchsmart PCs and Voodoo
Gaming PCs. Workstations are individual computing products designed for users demanding
enhanced performance, such as computer animation, engineering design and other programs
requiring high-resolution graphics. Workstations run on Windows↧ and Linux-based operating
systems. PSG provides a series of HP iPAQ Pocket PC handheld computing devices that run on
Windows↧ Mobile software. These products range from basic PDAs to advanced devices with
voice and data capability. Digital entertainment products include Media Smart home servers,
HD DVD and RW drives and DVD writers.
•Imaging and Printing Group provides consumer and commercial printer hardware, printing
supplies, printing media and scanning devices. IPG is also focused on imaging solutions in the
commercial markets, from managed print services solutions to addressing new growth
opportunities in commercial printing and capturing high-value pages in areas such as industrial
applications, outdoor signage, and the graphic arts business. Inkjet and Web Solutions delivers
HP’s consumer and SMB inkjet solutions (hardware, ink, media) and develops HP’s retail and
web businesses. It includes single function and all-in-one inkjet printers targeted toward
consumers and SMBs as well as retail publishing solutions, Snapfish, and Logoworks. LaserJet
and Enterprise Solutions delivers products and services to the enterprise segment. It includes
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