U.S. Air Force Selects HP to Fulfill Semi-annual PC and Laptop Technology Buy

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced that the U.S. Air Force (USAF) has
selected HP desktop and notebook PCs as part of its semi-annual IT
purchase process, under the Air Force DLS (desktop, laptop and
services) contract.

The purchase, part of the Air Force Quarterly Enterprise Buy
(QEB), includes more than 110,000 desktops and 31,000 notebooks that
will be distributed to Air Force bases around the world. Through its
QEBs, the Air Force has procured more PCs and workstations from HP
than from any other vendor or manufacturer.

To meet the USAF's personal computing and mobility needs in the
United States and around the world, HP will provide HP Compaq dc5850
Small Form Factor and Microtower PCs, HP Compaq 8510p Notebook PCs and
HP Compaq 8710w Mobile Workstations.

"HP has had a longstanding relationship with the U.S. Air Force,"
said Sami Zarzour, vice president, Public Sector Volume Sales, HP.
"Our best-in-class systems are the ideal choice for meeting their
complex IT requirements."

This QEB includes the USAF's first purchase of mobile
workstations, which provide high-end graphics capabilities, a larger
screen than typical notebooks and enhanced processing power. The HP
Compaq dc5850 desktops offer high-end capabilities and power-efficient
performance for uncompromising results in an affordable, reliable
unit. And the HP Compaq 8510p Notebook PC is a powerful, portable
notebook that weighs only 6.1 pounds.

All of these systems are energy efficient and have been favorably
rated by the Green Electronics Council's Electronic Product
Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT(TM)): the HP dc5850 is rated
Gold, the highest available rating, and the HP 8510p and 8710w are
both rated EPEAT Silver.

HP was selected as the Best Value Vendor for the desktop and
laptop categories by the USAF's Information Technology Commodity
Council, which includes representatives from the USAF's major
commands. As part of this August 2007 award, HP delivered more than
150,000 systems to the USAF.

In October 2004, the USAF awarded HP a five-year DLS blanket
purchase agreement under the provisions of the Air Force PC strategy,
which allows HP to bid on USAF QEBs for computer systems.

Overall, HP has delivered more than $185 million worth of products
to the USAF through the QEB process since October 2004, including more
than 320,000 desktops and 11,000 notebooks.

The HP and USAF contract number is FA8771-05-A-0611. For more
information about the USAF's quarterly IT purchase process, contact
Barbara Dobbins, contracting officer, U.S. Air Force at +1 334 416
1185 or barbara.dobbins@gunter.af.mil or Martin Toland, primary
program manager, U.S. Air Force at +1 334 416 4846 or
martin.toland@gunter.af.mil.

More information about HP's offerings for public sector customers
is available at http://government.hp.com/.

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