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The Application Delivery Management group provides software that enables organizations to deliver high-
performance applications, accelerating the application delivery lifecycle and automating the testing processes to ensure the quality and scalability of
desktop, web, mobile and cloud-based applications.
Enterprise Security software is designed to disrupt fraud, hackers and cyber criminals by testing and scanning software and
websites for security vulnerabilities, improving network defenses and security, implementing security controls, safeguarding data at rest, in motion and in use
(regardless of where software and data reside), and providing security intelligence, analytics, and information management to identify threats and manage
risk.
The IT Operations Management group provides the software required to automate routine IT tasks and to pinpoint IT
problems as they occur, helping enterprises to reduce operational costs and improve the reliability of applications running in a traditional, cloud or hybrid
environment.
HP Financial Services
HPFS provides flexible investment solutions for our customers, such as leasing, financing, IT consumption and utility programs and asset management
services that facilitate unique technology deployment models and the acquisition of complete IT solutions, including hardware, software and services from
HP and others. In order to provide flexible services and capabilities that support the entire IT lifecycle, HPFS partners with our customers globally to help
build investment strategies that enhance their business agility and support their business transformation. HPFS offers a wide selection of investment solution
capabilities for large enterprise customers and channel partners, along with an array of financial options to SMBs and educational and governmental entities.
Corporate Investments
Corporate Investments includes HP Labs, certain enterprise-related business incubation projects and venture focused minority investments, among
others.
We manage our business and report our financial results based on the business segments described above. Our customers are organized by consumer and
commercial groups, and purchases of HP products, solutions and services may be fulfilled directly by HP or indirectly through a variety of partners,
including:
•retailers that sell our products to the public through their own physical or Internet stores;
•resellers that sell our products and services, frequently with their own value-added products or services, to targeted customer groups;
•distribution partners that supply our solutions to resellers;
•original equipment manufacturers ("OEMs") that integrate our products and services with their own products and services, and sell the
integrated solution;
•independent software vendors that provide their clients with specialized software products and often assist us in selling our products and
services to clients purchasing their products;
•systems integrators that provide expertise in designing and implementing custom IT solutions and often partner with us to extend their
expertise or influence the sale of our products and services; and
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Source: HP INC, 10-K, December 16, 2015 Powered by Morningstar® Document Research℠
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