E-Services

HP's E-Services vision helps people and businesses derive new value from the Internet by moving beyond Web-based access to information to a world where people simply plug-in to a rich array of nimble, modular electronic services on the Net. As the steward of open systems, HP understands how to build this new open-services marketplace and will lead this next logical evolution of the Net.

hp and e-services

hp technology finance, as the second largest captive IT lessor in the world, are in a prime position to offer financial management solutions which will enable HP's customers to take full advantage of the opportunities that the E-Services environment offers them. No other company has the appetite for risk, the global reach, the core competencies and the innovative technology financing programs that HP can offer. These are the elements that are enabling HP to help e-services start-ups, and established companies transforming to e-services, face significant financial challenges - such as balance sheets laden with debt, urgent needs for cash, and pressures to share risks and rewards with partners.

Through Hewlett-Packard International Bank, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard, hp technology finance can offer a variety of financing models:

• Conventional financing
  Leasing solutions that cover hardware, software, consulting and services.
• Structured financing
  Payment is made based on forecasted usage e.g. for a messaging solution payment could be made based on number of mailboxes used. Potential deferral of payment to match launch of service.
• Debt financing
  Addresses the needs of pre-IPO companies that have insufficient cash flows and operating histories to qualify for conventional financing. Available for hardware, software and services acquisition from HP.