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Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking
ESSN provides server, storage and networking products in a number of categories. Our Converged
Infrastructure portfolio of servers, storage and networking combined with HP Software’s Cloud Service
Automation software suite creates HP’s CloudSystem. This integrated solution enables enterprise and
service provider clients to deliver infrastructure, platform and software as a service in a private, public
or hybrid cloud environment. By providing a broad portfolio of server, storage and networking
solutions, ESSN aims to optimize the combined product solutions required by different customers and
provide solutions for a wide range of operating environments, spanning both the enterprise and the
SMB markets.
Industry Standard Servers. Industry Standard Servers offers primarily entry-level and mid-range
ProLiant servers, which run primarily Windows, Linux and Novell operating systems and leverage Intel
and AMD processors. The business spans a range of product lines that include pedestal-tower servers,
density-optimized rack servers and HP’s BladeSystem family of server blades.
Business Critical Systems. Business Critical Systems delivers mission-critical Converged
Infrastructure with a portfolio of HP Integrity servers based on the Intel Itanium processor that run the
HP-UX and OpenVMS operating systems, as well as HP Integrity NonStop solutions. Our Integrity
servers feature scalable blades built on a blade infrastructure with HP’s unique Blade Link technology
and the Superdome 2 server solution. Business Critical Systems also offers HP’s scale-up x86 ProLiant
servers for scalability of systems with more than four industry standard processors. In addition, HP
continues to support the HP9000 servers and HP AlphaServers by offering customers the opportunity
to upgrade these legacy systems to current HP Integrity systems.
Storage. Our storage offerings include storage platforms for high-end, mid-range and small
business environments. Our flagship product is the HP 3PAR Utility Storage Platform, which is
designed for virtualization, cloud and IT-as-a-service. The Storage business has a broad range of
products including storage area networks, network attached storage, storage management software and
virtualization technologies, StoreOnce data deduplication solutions, tape drives and tape libraries.
These offerings enable customers to optimize their existing storage systems, build new virtualization
solutions and plan their transition to cloud computing.
Networking. Our switch, router, wireless LAN and TippingPoint network security products deliver
open, scalable, secure, agile and consistent solutions for the data center, campus and branch networks.
Our networking solutions are based on HP’s FlexNetwork architecture, which is designed to enable
simplified server virtualization, unified communications and multi-media application delivery for the
enterprise.
HP Software
HP Software provides enterprise IT management software, information management solutions and
security intelligence/risk management solutions. Solutions are delivered in the form of traditional
software licenses or as software-as-a-service. Augmented by support and professional services, HP
Software solutions allow large IT organizations to manage infrastructure, operations, application life
cycles, application quality and security, IT services, business processes, and structured and unstructured
data. In addition, these solutions help businesses proactively safeguard digital assets, comply with
corporate and regulatory policies, and control internal and external security risks.
HP Financial Services
HPFS supports and enhances HP’s global product and service solutions, providing a broad range
of value-added financial life cycle management services. HPFS enables our worldwide customers to
acquire complete IT solutions, including hardware, software and services. The group offers leasing,
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