By integrating all these parts of the company, HP hopes to be known less as a hardware vendor, and more as a higher-margin strategic partner on big projects.

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These models work by integrating vast amounts of information from sources as varied as census results and satellite images.

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The next step towards fully integrating all of these functionalities, of course, is the reality of a totally digital wallet governed by smartphones.

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