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Looking Ahead
While we have faced some big challenges, we also see some big opportunities ahead, and we are well
positioned to take advantage of those opportunities with our remarkable set of assets and strengths.
Our unparalleled scale and distribution allows us to reach customers and partners in any corner of
the globe at the best possible price. Our brand is trusted by customers around the world. We have
talented and resilient employees that are committed to our customers, and a culture of great
engineering and innovation.
Above all, we have an incredibly loyal group of customers and partners who want our company to
succeed. Over the years, these customers have made enormous investments in HP’s technology, and
they need us to continue to provide solutions for today’s new style of IT.
This new style of IT promises lower costs, simplicity, and speed. Driven by cloud, mobility, and big
data, it is changing how technology is consumed and delivered, and how end users engage with it.
For organizations around the world, this new style of IT has the potential to reshape the competitive
landscape by lowering barriers of entry in all industries.
And this new style of IT will demand a foundation to support much greater agility, lower cost, and a
higher degree of accessibility. This foundation will span devices, infrastructure, software, and services
to meet the expectations of employees, customers, and partners. The IT industry must evolve how
it works to succeed in this new environment and can no longer focus on just the pieces – hardware,
software, and services – but must focus on all of the above.
HP is the ideal partner with the right solutions for the future. Our diverse portfolio sets us apart, and we
are the only company that can deliver hardware, software, and services that meet the needs of all of our
customers, from the enterprise to the consumer.
After a full year as CEO, it is clear to me that HP is at the forefront of a unique opportunity at a critical
time. Taking advantage of this moment will reinforce HP’s position as a world-class technology
leader, delivering unrivaled integrated solutions for our customers over the next generation. I am
condent that over time this will increasingly equate to improved nancial performance and increased
stockholder value.
Looking ahead, I remain optimistic and condent about our future. We now have the people, the plan,
and the foundation in place to help us succeed on the next phase of the journey.
Thank you for the condence you have given to all of us by investing in HP and believing in all that we
can accomplish together.
Sincerely,
Meg Whitman
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