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Hewlett Packard Company

Hewlett-Packard Company


The new HP is a leading technology solutions provider for consumers and businesses with market leadership in fault-tolerant servers, UNIX® servers, Linux servers, Windows® servers, storage solutions, management software, imaging and printing and PCs. Furthermore, 65,000 professionals worldwide lead our IT services team. Our $4 billion annual R&D investment fuels the invention of products, solutions and new technologies, so that we can better serve customers and enter new markets. We invent, engineer and deliver technology solutions that drive business value, create social value and improve the lives of our customers.

HP's history spans more than six decades of innovation. Started by two Stanford engineering students—Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard—who tossed a coin to decide whether Hewlett or Packard would come first in the company's name, HP was incorporated in 1939. The Palo Alto garage where it had its origins has been hailed as the birthplace of California's Silicon Valley and has been designated a historical landmark. Hp's reputation as a leader in technology as well as in corporate culture and values is built upon the achievements of many years.