The Hewlett-Packard is a Compaq Development Company, commonly known as HP, is currently the world's largest information technology corporation and is known worldwide for its personal computers, printers, Notebook etc...
HP was founded on January 1, 1939 as a manufacturer of test and measurement instruments, by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard, with an investment of 538 United States dollars.
And now it is one of the most selling computer worldwide.HP posted US$91.7 billion in annual revenue in 2006 compared to US$91.4 for IBM, making it the world's largest technology vendor in terms of sales.
The company name, Hewlett-Packard, was derived from the founders last names. Had Bill not won a coin toss, the company today might be known as Packard-Hewlett
HP has many sponsorships. One well known sponsorship is Walt Disney World's EPCOT Park's Mission: Space. Others can be found on Hewlett-Packards Website

Hewlett-Packard was originally rather unfocused, working on a wide range of electronic products for industry and even agriculture. Eventually they elected to focus on high-quality electronic test and measurement equipment.
HP has a successful line of printers, scanners, digital cameras, calculators, PDAs, servers, workstations, and home-small business computers.
HP today promotes itself as not just being a hardware and software company, but also one that offers a full range of services to architect, implement and support today's IT infrastructure.

As of October 2006, HP offers six customizable notebooks which carry the Pavilion name.

The Hewlett-Packard HP 9830A was the top of the line of the 9800 series programmable calculators, later called desktop computers, introduced in 1972, similar in capability in many ways to the later IBM PC which had BASIC in ROM.
When HP merged with Compaq, they took over Compaq's existing naming rights agreement. As a result, HP sells both HP and Compaq-branded machines.
HP Pavilion is a line of personal computers produced by Hewlett-Packard and introduced in 1995.
The name is applied to both desktops and laptops for the Home and Home Office product range.
HP Labs (or HP Laboratories) is the research arm of HP. Founded in 1966, HP Labs function is to deliver breakthrough technologies and to create business opportunities that go beyond HP's current strategies.
An example of recent HP Lab technology includes the Memory spot chip.
HP has been criticized by Greenpeace, among others. Greenpeace and other environmental groups have alleged HP of poor environmental standards, specifically in relation to the elimination of hazardous substances from products as specified by the European Union's RoHS guidelines for brominated flame retardants and PVC.
Greenpeace is also accusing HP of not doing enough to recycle computers and other technology equipment

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