Hewlett-Packard

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HP is a technology company that operates in more than 170 countries
around the world. We explore how technology and services can help people
and companies address their problems and challenges, and realize their
possibilities, aspirations and dreams. We apply new thinking and ideas
to create more simple, valuable and trusted experiences with technology,
continuously improving the way our customers live and work.

No other company offers as complete a technology product portfolio
as HP. We provide infrastructure and business offerings that span
from handheld devices to some of the world's most powerful
supercomputer installations.  We offer consumers a wide range
of products and services from digital photography to digital
entertainment and from computing to home printing. This
comprehensive portfolio helps us match the right products,
services and solutions to our customers' specific needs.

Fast facts

• HP was incorporated in 1939.
• Corporate headquarters are in Palo Alto, Calif.
• Mark Hurd is president and CEO.
• HP is among the world’s largest IT companies with revenue
• totaling $100.5 billion for fiscal 2007.
• HP's 2007 Fortune 500 ranking: No. 14.

Technology leadership

HP's three business groups drive industry leadership in core technology areas:

• The Personal Systems Group: business and consumer PCs,
  mobile computing devices and workstations
• The Imaging and Printing Group: inkjet, LaserJet and commercial printing,
  printing supplies, digital photography and entertainment
• The Technology Solutions Group: business products including storage
  and servers, managed services and software

Contribution

HP strives to be an economic, intellectual and social asset to each
country and community in which we do business.

Key areas of contribution are electronic waste, raising standards in
our global supply chain and increasing access to information technology.
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Note: ChippiesAvalanche applauds HP for promoting recycling.
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Growth

HP is focused on three technology shifts that have the power to
transform our customers' lives and businesses.

• Next-generation data center
• Always on, always connected mobile computing
• Ubiquitous printing and imaging