Hewlett-Packard Company Description
While Hewlett-Packard may be known for product innovation, the company's corporate development is a tale of reinvention. HP provides enterprise and consumer customers a full range of high-tech equipment, including personal computers, servers, storage devices, printers, and networking equipment. Its software portfolio includes operating systems, print management tools, and OpenView, a suite that encompasses application, business, network infrastructure, and product lifecycle management. HP, which already boasts an IT service organization that is among the world's largest, agreed to acquire Electronic Data Systems (EDS) for about $13.9 billion in cash in 2008.
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The Company Description provides a historical perspective of Hewlett-Packard's organization from inception to current status.
Produced by Hoover's in-house editorial team, the Company Description tracks ownership transitions, company progress via mergers and acquisitions, major growth milestones, and strategic initiatives, to provide a holistic view of Hewlett-Packard's evolution in the marketplace.
