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HP Technology Services is a business unit of Hewlett-Packard (HP), one of the world’s largest information technology (IT) vendors.^[1] HP Technology Services provides IT design, planning, implementation, integration and maintenance support for a wide range of organizations, governmental agencies and other HP customers in more than 120 countries. The group also offers extensive business and technology consulting services. In April 2011, for example, it launched HP Strategic IT Advisory Services, which offers guidance for cloud computing, enterprise architecture and service management. ^[2]

Service Offerings

The HP Technology Services group focuses on helping organizations improve their IT operations and transition to new technologies, such as virtualization, cloud computing and converged infrastructure. HP supports its own products, as well as those of many other vendors, including Microsoft, SAP and Oracle.^[3] Its service offerings span most facets of an IT environment, including:

Data centers
Storage systems
Software applications
Communications networks
Desktop computers
Mobile devices
Printers

History

HP’s chief executive officer, Leo Apotheker, announced in mid-May 2011 that the company was undertaking a “significant” technology services transformation. ^[4] As part of that effort, HP merged its Technology Services business unit with its Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking (ESSN) business unit.^[5] Both business units are part of the HP Enterprise Business group, which is one of HP’s primary operational divisions. Management of the Technology Services group was moved to David Donatelli, executive vice president and general manager of the ESSN business unit. Apotheker says the changes are part of HP’s plan to generate higher margins from its services.^[6] According to reports, the move should help HP better coordinate sales of its services, hardware and software.^[7]