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data aggregating the Personal Systems and Printing segments to provide a supplementary view of its
business.
A summary of our net revenue, earnings from operations and assets for our segments along with a
description of our fiscal 2014 organizational realignments can be found in Note 2 to the Consolidated
Financial Statements in Item 8, which is incorporated herein by reference. A discussion of factors
potentially affecting our operations is set forth in ‘‘Risk Factors’’ in Item 1A, which is incorporated
herein by reference.
Printing and Personal Systems Group
The mission of PPS is to leverage the respective strengths of the Personal Systems segment and
the Printing segment by creating a unified business that is customer-focused and poised to capitalize on
rapidly shifting industry trends. Each of the business segments within PPS is described in detail below.
Personal Systems
Personal Systems provides commercial PCs, consumer PCs, workstations, thin client PCs, tablets,
retail point-of-sale (‘‘POS’’) systems, calculators and other related accessories, software, support and
services for the commercial and consumer markets. We group commercial notebooks, commercial
desktops, commercial tablets, workstations and thin clients into commercial clients and consumer
notebooks, consumer desktops and consumer tablets into consumer clients when describing
performance in these markets. Both commercial and consumer PCs and tablets are based
predominately on the Microsoft Windows operating system and use processors from Intel Corporation
(‘‘Intel’’) and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (‘‘AMD’’). Personal Systems also maintains a multi-
operating system, multi-architecture strategy using the Google Chrome and Android operating systems
for notebooks and tablets, respectively.
Commercial PCs. Commercial PCs are optimized for use by customers including enterprise and
SMB customers, and for connectivity, reliability and manageability in networked environments.
Commercial PCs include the HP ProBook and HP EliteBook lines of notebooks and hybrids
(detachable tablets), the HP Pro and HP Elite lines of business desktops and all-in-ones, retail POS
systems, HP Thin Clients, HP ElitePad and HP Pro Tablet PCs. Commercial PCs also include
workstations that are designed and optimized for high-performance and demanding application
environments including Z desktop workstations, Z all-in-ones and Z mobile workstations.
Consumer PCs. Consumer PCs include the HP Spectre, HP ENVY, HP Pavilion, HP
Chromebook, HP Split and HP Slate series of multi-media consumer notebooks, consumer tablets,
hybrids and desktops, including the TouchSmart line of touch-enabled notebooks and all-in-one
desktops.
Printing
Printing provides consumer and commercial printer hardware, supplies, media, software and
services, as well as scanning devices. Printing is also focused on imaging solutions in the commercial
markets. These solutions range from managed print services to areas such as industrial applications,
outdoor signage and the graphic arts business. HP groups LaserJet, large format printers and
commercial inkjet printers into Commercial Hardware and consumer and SMB inkjet printers into
Consumer Hardware when describing performance in these markets.
LaserJet and Enterprise Solutions. LaserJet and Enterprise Solutions delivers LaserJet and
enterprise products, services and solutions to the SMB and enterprise segments including LaserJet
printers and supplies (toner), Officejet Pro X inkjet enterprise products and supplies, multi-function
devices, scanners, web-connected hardware, managed services, and enterprise software solutions such as
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