HP Announces Product Roadmaps

One of our most important objectives in planning the merger of HP and Compaq was to develop clear product roadmaps that take advantage of the significant and complementary strengths of both companies. Customers need to know which offerings we will have in which markets. And we wanted to be able to tell them on Day One of the new HP.

We began work on the roadmaps shortly after the merger was announced. We had to make some difficult decisions about which products to keep and which to retire, but the result is the best portfolio of products and solutions in the industry. At the same time, we recognize that customers around the world have made significant investments in HP and Compaq technology. We intend to protect those investments with detailed transition and migration plans.




The purpose of this white paper is to provide a high-level view of the merged company's product roadmaps. Additional detail will be available from each of the business groups. The impact of roadmap decisions for employees and particular sites is still uncertain and will be subject to full consultation with works councils and other employee representatives, where required by local law.

Note: This paper has been condensed for WDN readers. To view the entire document see www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/07may02b.htm

SOFTWARE

HP will continue to invest in OpenView management solutions, Utility Data Center (UDC), Opencall telco solutions and J2EE and Microsoft .NET middleware stacks.

OpenView. Key Decisions: HP will adopt the OpenView name for all appropriate management software and will integrate TeMIP into the OpenView family. The OpenView product line will focus on integrated management solutions, on extended management reach for both network and IP devices and web services management.

And, HP will continue to take a leadership role in defining Web services management interoperability standards and products — a key element for successfully managing across companies, technologies and platforms.

Utility Data Center. Key Decisions: HP will continue to invest in the Utility Data Center software by leveraging the Compaq Insight Manager and Adaptive Infrastructure offerings as well as Toptools to offer the most scaleable and comprehensive management solutions in the industry.

Telco Solutions. Key Decisions: For telco software, the new HP will consolidate both Compaq and HP's telecom software into the Opencall product family that will be used to develop, integrate and deliver voice, data and converged services.

Middleware. Key Decisions: The new HP will be equally strong on UNIX, Windows® and Linux-based servers, requiring middleware solutions to support all platforms. HP will leverage key relationships that enhance the middleware stacks around both J2EE and .NET to deliver a comprehensive ecosystem for HP and partners' application infrastructure components. In addition to building out value chains and ecosystems for the .NET and J2EE stacks separately, we will help customers manage the heterogeneous stack environments by providing key interoperability though our services and solutions organizations.

Developers. Key Decisions: HP is deepening its commitment to developers and is the right partner to work with for J2EE and .NET tools, for management, UDC and IPF development. HP is taking a leadership role to integrate development and management through standards initiatives, developer tools, community/content and developer support products to simplify for developers this transition to a new way of thinking and working.

PERSONAL SYSTEMS

The new HP will provide the leading-edge personal systems technology that customers have come to expect from both HP and Compaq. We will leverage the complementary brand and product strengths of the two companies to deliver an even better portfolio of end-to-end products, global solutions and integrated services to meet the needs of our customers. Our branding strategy builds on the strong equity in the HP brand across a broad range of technology and the strong equity in the Compaq brand for PCs worldwide.

Business PCs and Notebooks. Decision: Business desktop PCs and notebooks will migrate to the Compaq platform over the next 9-12 months. Both will carry the Compaq name. This will enable HP to leverage Compaq's strong market share and brand recognition in the commercial PC market. The HP Vectra products will be phased out in line with current published roadmaps, but we will continue to offer HP's highly successful e-pc line under the HP brand. The HP Omnibook products will continue to be offered through 2002.

Consumer PCs and Notebooks. Decision: We will continue to offer both the Compaq Presario™ and HP Pavilion lines of consumer desktop PCs and notebooks through all existing channels in regions where both brands are strong. In some countries, only one brand will be offered, depending on that country's specific requirements. Our goal is to minimize confusion and maximize choice for our customers.

The two brands will compete, and we will market the unique value proposition for each. Today, for example, Compaq has compelling offerings for home/wireless networking and HP has strength in digital imaging solutions. Maintaining both brands will enable HP to leverage existing brand awareness and preferences and give customers the opportunity to continue to buy the brand and products that best meet their needs. The decision to maintain two consumer brands of desktop PCs and notebooks is driven in part by feedback from our retail partners.

Workstations. Decision: We will incorporate the strength of Compaq's Windows NT workstations to form the industry's broadest, most comprehensive product line. HP will continue to drive 64-bit platform leadership for the most demanding applications with today's PA-RISC and upcoming workstations based on the Intel Itanium Processor Family. HP workstations will provide great value across the industry-leading 32- and 64-bit operations system environments: Windows, Linux and HP-UX.

Smart Handhelds. Decision: The Compaq iPAQ™ Pocket PC, re-named the HP iPAQ Pocket PC, will be our smart handheld platform. The best of the current HP Jornada technology will be engineered into the platform. Jornada products will be phased out of the market in 2002. HP will continue to innovate in wireless, mobility and voice technology. HP also will offer the iPAQ Blackberry device for end-to-end wireless e-mail solutions, under the HP brand.

Home and Wireless Networking. Decision: These solutions will be based on current Compaq products and re-branded HP. Our corporate networking solutions will range from wireless mobility solutions and industry-standard wireless LAN to Bluetooth solutions. For home networking, we will offer several choices, from Ethernet to wireless to phone line.

Thin Clients: Decision: HP will continue the Compaq line of thin clients, which will be re-branded HP. This line offers customers lower cost of ownership, improved end-user productivity and unparalleled security.



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