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HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
Note 18: Segment Information (Continued)
HP has reclassified segment operating results for fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2006 to conform to certain
fiscal 2008 organizational realignments. None of the changes impacts HP’s previously reported
consolidated net revenue, earnings from operations, net earnings or net earnings per share. Future
changes to this organizational structure may result in changes to the business segments disclosed. A
description of the types of products and services provided by each business segment follows.
Technology Solutions Group.
Each of the business segments within TSG is described in detail below.
•Enterprise Storage and Servers provides storage and server products. The various server offerings
range from entry-level servers to high-end scalable servers, including Superdome servers.
Industry standard servers include primarily entry-level and mid-range ProLiant servers, which run
primarily Windows↧(1), Linux and Novell operating systems and leverage Intel Corporation
(‘‘Intel’’) and Advanced Micro Devices (‘‘AMD’’) processors. The business spans a range of
product lines, including pedestal-tower servers, density-optimized rack servers and HP’s
BladeSystem family of server blades. Business critical systems include Itanium↧(2)-based Integrity
servers running on HP-UX, Windows↧, Linux, OpenVMS and NonStop operating systems,
including the high-end Superdome servers and fault-tolerant Integrity NonStop servers. Business
critical systems also include the Reduced Instruction Set Computing (‘‘RISC’’)-based servers
with the HP 9000 line running on the HP-UX operating system, HP AlphaServers running on
both Tru64 UNIX↧(3) and OpenVMS, and MIPs-based NonStop servers. HP’s StorageWorks
offerings include entry-level, mid-range and high-end arrays, storage area networks (‘‘SANs’’),
network attached storage (‘‘NAS’’), storage management software, and virtualization
technologies, as well as tape drives, tape libraries and optical archival storage.
•HP Services 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, 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 provides a
range of services, including standalone product support and high availability services for
complex, global, networked and multi-vendor environments. Technology Services also manages
the delivery of product warranty support through its own service organization, as well as through
authorized partners. Consulting and Integration provides 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 offers a variety of IT
(1) Windows↧ is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
(2) Itanium↧ is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
(3) UNIX↧ is a registered trademark of The Open Group.
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