HP Software Division

HP Software and Solutions, also referred to as HP Software & Solutions, was described as part of the Enterprise Business division of the multinational American computing and electronics company HP. The supplied reference identifies it as one of three major HP divisions, alongside Personal Systems Group and Imaging and Printing Group. The division was headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Its activities spanned enterprise software and services, with the supplied historical account highlighting acquisitions in service management, application lifecycle management and testing, business intelligence, transaction monitoring, web application security, data-center automation, and enterprise document management and archiving. These examples indicate a broad enterprise-technology portfolio, but the available evidence does not establish a complete product catalogue, customer markets, or the division's present organizational status.

The supplied reference describes Hewlett-Packard Software and Solutions, also officially abbreviated as HP Software & Solutions, as part of HP's Enterprise Business division. It places the division within the broader HP organization alongside Personal Systems Group and Imaging and Printing Group, and gives Palo Alto, California, as its headquarters. The reference does not provide a founding date or identify a founder. The documented history chiefly records a sequence of acquisitions that expanded the division's enterprise-technology capabilities. In December 2005, it acquired Peregrine Systems, which operated in service management. In November 2006, it acquired Mercury Interactive, associated in the reference with strategic planning, governance, service-oriented architecture, and application lifecycle management, including testing and quality. In December 2006, it acquired Knightsbridge Solutions, specializing in business intelligence, data warehouses, data integration, and information quality. Further acquisitions followed in 2007. In May, HP acquired Bristol Technology, described as a leading provider of business transaction monitoring technologies. In August, it acquired SPI Dynamics, which specialized in web application security. In September, it acquired Opsware, associated with data-center automation. In May 2008, HP acquired Tower Software, specializing in enterprise document management and archiving. The source provides a 2009 annual revenue figure for HP Software & Solutions and separately gives a figure for HP worldwide in 2008; these historical figures are not used here as current performance information. The available evidence does not establish what happened to the division after the listed acquisitions, its current organizational form, or its current product lineup.

• Acquisition of Peregrine Systems

• Acquisition of Mercury Interactive

• Acquisition of Knightsbridge Solutions

• Acquisition of Bristol Technology

• Acquisition of SPI Dynamics

• Acquisition of Opsware

• Acquisition of Tower Software

An enterprise software and solutions division within HP's Enterprise Business, with activities represented by acquisitions across several enterprise-technology categories.

• Enterprise software and solutions

  The division's broad enterprise-technology activity, as described in the supplied reference.

• Service management

  A represented capability associated with the acquisition of Peregrine Systems.

• Application lifecycle management and testing

  Capabilities associated with Mercury Interactive in the supplied reference.

• Business intelligence and data management

  Areas including business intelligence, data warehousing, data integration, and information quality.

• Business transaction monitoring

  Technology associated with the acquisition of Bristol Technology.

• Web application security

  A specialty associated with SPI Dynamics.

• Data-center automation

  A specialty associated with Opsware.

• Enterprise document management and archiving

  A specialty associated with Tower Software.

1. 1HP Software and Solutionsfr.wikipedia.org
2. 2HP Software Divisionwikidata.org