Hewlett-Packard (HP) is an information technology company from the United States, founded in 1939, mainly engaged in the production of printers, digital images, software, computers and information services. Hewlett-Packard was founded by two graduates of Stanford University, william hewlett and David Packard. After decades of development and a series of acquisitions, it has become one of the largest technology companies in the world, and is in a leading position in the fields of printing and imaging and IT services.
Company name: HP
Foreign name: Hewlett-Packard (abbreviated as HP)
Headquarters: Palo Alto, California, USA
Established: 1939
Scope: Information technology products. Information technology products. Information technology products.
Company nature: joint-stock system
Company slogan: provide users with the best products.
Annual turnover: USD 6543.8+USD 004.3 billion (2007)
Number of employees: 320,000 (2009)
Chairman: Ray Lane
CEO: Meg Whitman.
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Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ), headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA, is a global information technology company, mainly engaged in printers, digital images, software, computers and information services. Hewlett-Packard (HP) is one of the largest information technology (IT) companies in the world, founded in 1939 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA. HP has three business groups: Information Products Group, Printing and Imaging Systems Group and Enterprise Computing and Professional Services Group. [ 1]
The products provided by HP cover IT infrastructure, personal computing and access equipment, global services, printing and imaging for individual consumers and large and medium-sized enterprises. HP is committed to exploring how technology and services can help people and enterprises solve problems and challenges, seize opportunities, realize their visions and dreams. Create a simpler, more valuable and more trustworthy technical experience with new ideas and concepts, and constantly help customers improve their life and work style.
On September 4th, 2000/kloc-0, it announced the acquisition of Compaq, a famous American computer company, and completed the acquisition on May 3rd, 2002.
The origin of the name
Hewlett-Packard comes from the surname of two founders of Hewlett-Packard, and the company name is decided by flipping a coin. 1939, in a small garage at No.367 Edison Street, Palo Alto, California, USA, two young inventors, Bill Park Jungsu and david packard, with only $538 in their hands, founded Hewlett-Packard Company with a beautiful vision for the future development of science and technology and a passion for invention and creation, and started the road of innovation in Silicon Valley. The garage started by HP has now been named the birthplace of Silicon Valley by the US government.
Research and development direction
In order to better serve customers and explore new markets, HP invests $4 billion in R&D every year to develop products, solutions and new technologies. HP invents, designs and provides technical solutions to enhance business value, create social value and improve customers' lives, and temporarily occupies a leading position in many market fields such as UNIX servers, Linux servers, Windows servers, disk storage systems, storage area network systems (SAN), external RAID storage systems, workstations, desktops, notebook computers, handheld devices, inkjet printers and laser printers. HP focuses on the development of cloud computing, device connectivity and software services.
China HP
China Hewlett-Packard Co., Ltd. is headquartered in Beijing, with branches in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenyang, Nanjing, Xi, Wuhan, Chengdu and Shenzhen. Among them, there is HP Global Call Center in Dalian, China, and HP in China has a production plant in Chongqing.