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HP, the world's largest technology company, simplifies the technology experience for consumers and businesses with a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure.

Company information

  • Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ)

  • Headquarters: Palo Alto, California

  • HP serves more than one billion customers in more than 170 countries on six continents.

  • HP has approximately 321,000 employees worldwide.

  • HP's 2009 Fortune 500 ranking: No. 9

  • HP's revenue for the four fiscal quarters ended Oct. 31, 2008: $118.4 billion.

  • HP's mission is to invent technologies and services that drive business value, create social benefit and improve the lives of customers — with a focus on affecting the greatest number of people possible.

  • HP dedicates $3.5 billion (U.S.) annually to its research and development of products, solutions and new technologies.

  • HP is:
    • #1 globally in the inkjet, all-in-one and single -function printers, mono and colour laser printers,
      large-format printing, scanners, print servers and ink and laser supplies*
    • #1 globally in desktop PCs and notebooks, and
      #2 globally in Pocket PCs and workstations*
    • #1 globally in blade, x86, Windows®, Linux,
      UNIX and high-end UNIX servers
    • #1 globally in total disk storage systems
    • #1 globally in distributed system management software*
    • #1 globally in automated software quality*
    • #2 globally in IT services**
    • #15 on the World's Most Innovative Companies ranking by BusinessWeek
    • Listed on all four FTSE4Good Index lists — U.S., Global, UK and Europe — which rate the performance of companies meeting globally recognized corporate responsibility standards
    • #24 in the 2007 Accountability Rating, the first global index that evaluates how well the world's 100 largest companies account for their impact on society and the environment
    • #10 globally and #1 in the U.S. in Environment, Social Impact Ratings by The Economist
    • On the 2009 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World list and a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Indexes
 

Did you know?

  • We ship more than 1 million printers per week.
  • We ship 48 million PC units annually.
  • One out of every three servers shipped worldwide is from HP.
  • HP Software makes calls possible for more than 100 million mobile phone customers around the globe.
  • HP helps 50 million customers store and share over 4 billion photos online.
  • HP supports the top 200 banks and more than 130 of the world’s major stock exchanges.
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  * IDC Q2 2008 worldwide data
** IDC; Gartner’s April 2008 IT Services Market Metrics Worldwide Market Share


 

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