Hewlett Packard HP

For more than 65 years, HP has combined its ingenuity, engineering prowess and customer focus to help people around the world apply technology in meaningful ways to their businesses, personal lives and communities.

They engineer and design trusted, reliable products and services to help businesses and communities thrive and help people do the things they want to do so they can enjoy more of life. They focus on creating value and understanding their customers - working side-by-side to jointly develop solutions that make their customers' experience with technology more simple and manageable.

Millions of people around the world use HP technology every day. In 2005, consumers saved and shared 140 billion digital images using HP technologies. For more than 100 million cell phone subscribers, it is HP software that identifies them when they turn on their phones and that allows them to place calls. And HP powers 100 of the world's stock and commodity exchanges, including the New York Stock Exchange and 14 of the world's largest trading markets.

HP is a technology company fueled by new thinking and unique ideas about creating more valued experiences with technology. We invest $3.5 billion (USD) in research and development every year. The majority of HP's research is conducted in their business groups, developing the core products and services our customers depend on. The balance of their research takes place in HP Labs, their central research organization. HP Labs invents for the future by delivering breakthrough technology advancements in areas such as nanotechnology, color science, and social and economic systems that anticipate customer needs and provide a competitive advantage.

HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging and printing.

Technology Leadership

HP is the largest consumer IT company, the world's largest small and mid-sized business IT company and a leading enterprise IT company. 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. And we offer consumers a wide range of products and services that make digital photography, digital entertainment and home printing and computing simple without compromising performance and productivity.

HP strives to be an economic, intellectual and social asset to each country and community in which we do business. We believe the highest standards of honesty and integrity are critical to developing loyalty and building lasting relationships. The betterment of our society is not a job to be left to a few, but it is a responsibility to be shared by all.