Hewlett-Packard Company or HP is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA. It provides products, technologies, software, solutions and services to consumers, SMEs and large businesses, including customers in the government, health and education sectors.
The company was founded in a one-car garage in Palo Alto by William “Bill” Redington Hewlett and Dave Packard. According to Gartner, HP is the world's leading PC maker and has been meeting the challenge of Chinese-made Lenovo since 2007. It specializes in the development and production of computer equipment, data storage and network hardware, software design and service delivery. The main product lines include personal computing devices, business and industry standard servers, connected storage devices, network products, software and a diverse range of printers, and other imaging products. HP markets its products directly to households, SMEs and businesses, as well as through online distribution, retail electronics and office equipment, software partners, and major technology vendors. HP also has strong services and consulting services for its products and partner products. By 2012, it was the largest retailer of personal computers in the world.
The most important events in the company were part of its business as Agilent Technologies in 1999, merger with Compaq in 2002, sponsor of Mission: Space in 2003 and purchase of EDS in 2008, which led to total revenues of 118.4 billion US dollars in 2008 and ranking on the Fortune 500 with 9 in 2009. In November 2009, HP announced the acquisition of 3Com, and the deal closed on April 12, 2010. On April 28, 2010, HP announced the acquisition of Palma for $ 1.2 billion. On September 2, 2010, HP won its 3PAR auction by offering a $ 33 ($ 2.07 billion) share, which Dell did not want to match.
Hewlett-Packard is not affiliated with Packard Motor Car Corporation, founded by James Ward Packard and William Doud Packard, nor with Packard Bell.
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