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HP is a leading technology company that applies new thinking and ideas to create simple, valuable and trusted experiences with technology. We provide products and services to help improve the lives and work of hundreds of millions of customers worldwide.
We are focused on delivering a portfolio of products and services that help our customers do what they want to do, wherever they are. We are guided by our long-established values and our seven company-wide objectives, which include a commitment to global citizenship.
Our offerings span printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure. Our three core business areas are:
- Personal Systems. HP has a leading portfolio of business and consumer PCs, high-performance workstations, displays, handheld devices, digital entertainment systems and related accessories, software and services to empower customers with simple, mobile computing experiences at work, home or on the go.
- Imaging and Printing. In our imaging and printing business, we help commercial customers and individual consumers more rapidly achieve the benefits of digital printing and publishing with advances in printing supplies, digital imaging, and graphics and imaging technologies.
- Technology Solutions. Our enterprise business helps our customers run their companies more effectively and manage their IT infrastructures more efficiently. We offer a world-class portfolio of servers, storage and software, and we deliver support, consulting, integration and outsourcing services.
HP is a Fortune 14 company that does business across most countries and markets in the world. We have 172,0001 employees, 145,000 sales partners, 70,000 service partners and 88,000 retail locations. We have seven research laboratories around the world, and we invested $3.6 billion in R&D in each of our last two fiscal years. HP earned revenues of $104.3 billion in fiscal year 2007, up $12.6 billion or 14 percent year over year.
| Revenue by segment, fiscal year 2007 |
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Personal Systems Group |
35% |
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Imaging & Printing Group |
27% |
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Enterprise Storage & Servers |
18% |
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HP Services |
16% |
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Software & Other |
2% |
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HP Financial Services |
2% |
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| Revenue by region, fiscal year 2007 |
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Americas
(Canada/Latin America 9%, United States 33%) |
42% |
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Europe, Middle
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41% |
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Asia Pacific and Japan |
17% |
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Our goal is to be the world’s leading technology company. We will achieve this by:
- Creating better ways to use technology solutions
- Achieving operational excellence, efficient cost structures and a world-class sales model
- Developing products and services that capitalize on three key industry trends:
- Next-generation data centers
- Always-on, always-connected mobile experiences
- Ubiquitous digital printing and imaging
We are pursuing our goal through a strategic framework that includes efficiency and targeted growth, supported by a capital strategy that aligns people and development spending with our goals.
| Corporate
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Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President:
Mark Hurd
(for details of board responsibilities see Ethics
and compliance)
Employees: Approximately 172,0001
Ownership: HP is incorporated in Delaware,
United States. HP is listed on the New York Stock Exchange with
the ticker symbol HPQ. As of November 30, 2007, there were approximately
142,000 stockholders of record.
Headquarters: Palo Alto, California,
United States
Regional headquarters:
- Americas: Houston, Texas, United States
- Europe/Middle East/Africa: Geneva, Switzerland
- Asia Pacific including Japan: Singapore
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1 As of October 31, 2007. |
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