Hewlett-Packard Company (HP)

Hewlett-Packard Company (HP)

 

Hewlett-Packard Company (HP), incorporated in 1947, is a provider of products, technologies, solutions and services to individual consumers, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and large enterprises. Its offerings span personal computing and other access devices, imaging and printing-related products and services, enterprise information technology infrastructure (including enterprise storage and server technology, enterprise system and network management software) and multi-vendor customer services. During the fiscal year ended October 31, 2006, HP's operations were organized into seven business segments: Enterprise Storage and Servers (ESS), HP Services (HPS), Software, the Personal Systems Group (PSG), the Imaging and Printing Group (PG), HP Financial Services (HPFS) and Corporate Investments. ESS, HPS and Software are structured beneath a Technology Solutions Group (TSG). In September 2007, HP completed the acquisition of Opsware Inc.

 

In December 2005, the Company acquired the Peregrine Systems, Inc. (Peregrine). The acquisition of Peregrine added asset and service management components to the Company's HP OpenView portfolio. In November 2006, the Company completed its acquisition of Mercury Interactive Corporation (Mercury), an information technology (IT) management software and services company.

 

Enterprise Storage and Servers

 

ESS provides storage and server products in a number of categories. Industry standard servers include primarily entry-level and mid-range ProLiant servers, which run primarily the Windows, Linux and Novell operating systems. The business spans a range of product lines that include pedestal-tower servers, density-optimized servers and HP's Blade System family of blade servers. Business critical servers include itanium-based integrity servers running on the HP-UX, Windows, Linux and OpenVMS 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 and OpenVMS, and machine interface processor (MIPs)-based NonStop servers. HP's StorageWorks offerings include entry-level, mid-range and high-end arrays, storage area networks, network attached storage, storage management software and virtualization technologies, as well as tape drives, tape libraries and optical archival storage.

 

HP Services

 

HPS provides a portfolio of multi-vendor IT services, including technology services, consulting and integration, and managed services. HPS also offers a variety of services tailored to particular industries, such as media and entertainment, manufacturing and distribution, financial services and the public sector, including government and education services. HPS provides a range of technology services from standalone product support to high-availability services for global, networked, multi-vendor environments. This business also manages the delivery of product warranty support through its own service organization, as well as through authorized partners.

 

HPS provides consulting and integration 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. HPS offers IT management services, including outsourcing, transformational infrastructure services, client computing managed services, managed Web services, application services and business process outsourcing.

 

Software

 

Software provides management software solutions, including support that allows enterprise customers to manage their IT infrastructure, operations, applications, IT services and business processes under the HP OpenView brand. This segment also delivers a suite of carrier-grade platforms for developing and deploying next-generation voice, data and converged services to network and service providers under the HP OpenCall brand.

 

Personal Systems Group

 

PSG provides commercial personal computers (PCs), consumer PCs, workstations, handheld computing devices, digital entertainment systems, calculators and other related accessories, software and services for the commercial and consumer markets. PSG offers a variety of PCs for commercial uses, including enterprise and SMB customers, and for connectivity and manageability in networked environments. These commercial PCs include the HP Compaq business desktops and business notebooks, as well as the HP Compaq Tablet PCs. Consumer PCs include the HP Pavilion and Compaq Presario series of multi-media consumer desktop PCs and notebook PCs, as well as HP Media Center PCs, and are targeted at the home user. HP provides workstations that run on UNIX, Windows and Linux-based operating systems. HP's offerings include a series of iPAQ Pocket PC handheld computing devices that run on Windows Mobile software. PSG's digital entertainment products include high density digital versatile disc (HD DVD), rewriteable (RW) drives and digital versatile disc (DVD) writers; the HP Digital Entertainment Center, which allows consumers to access their music, movies, home videos and photos from a single device via remote control, and plasma and liquid crystal display (LCD) flat-panel televisions.

 

Imaging and Printing Group

 

IPG is an imaging and printing systems provider for consumer and commercial printer hardware, printing supplies, printing media and scanning devices. IPG is also focused on imaging solutions in the commercial markets. IPG's offerings include inkjet systems, which include desktop single function and inkjet all-in-one printers, including photo, productivity and business inkjet printers and scanners; digital imaging products and services, which include photo specialty printers, photo kiosks, digital cameras, accessories and online photo services through SAC, LLC in North America; laserJet systems, which include monochrome and color laser printers, printer-based multi-function devices and total print management solutions for enterprise customers, and printer supplies include LaserJet toner and inkjet cartridges and other printing-related media.

 

HP Financial Services

 

HPFS supports HP's global product and service solutions, providing a range of value-added financial life cycle management services. HPFS enables the Company's customers to acquire IT solutions, including hardware, software and services. The Company offers leasing, financing, utility programs and asset recovery services, as well as financial asset management services for global and enterprise customers. HPFS also provides an array of specialized financial services to SMBs, and educational and governmental entities.

The Company competes with International Business Machines Corporation, EMC Corporation, Dell, Inc., Sun Microsystems, Inc., IBM Global Services, Electronic Data Systems Corporation, Accenture Ltd, BMC Software Inc, CA Inc., Mercury Interactive Corporation, IBM Tivoli Software, Toshiba Corporation, Apple Computer, Inc., Lenovo Group Limited, Gateway, Inc., Acer Inc., Apple Computer, Inc., Canon USA, Inc., Lexmark International, Inc., Xerox Corporation, Seiko Epson Corporation, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.. and Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft.