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Dave Packard and Bill

Hewlett formalize their
partnership on
January 1, 1939.

HP is a technology company that is established

world wide. It explore how technology and services can
help people and companies address their problems and
challenges, and realize their possibilities, aspirations and
dreams.
 Hewlett and Packard tossed
a coin to decide whether the
company they founded would be
called H-P or P-H. Packard won the
coin toss but named their electronics
manufacturing enterprise the
"Hewlett-Packard Company".

The company originated in

a garage in nearby
Palo during a fellowship they
had with a past
professor, Frederick
Terman at Stanford
 Industry profile:
Information technology (IT) is "the study, design,
development, implementation, support or management of
computer-based information systems, particularly software
applications and computer hardware.“
IT deals with the use of electronic computers and
 computer software to convert, store, protect, process, transmit,
and securely retrieve information.
 IT perform a variety of duties that range from
installing applications to designing complex computer
networks and information databases. It may include data
management, networking, engineering computer hardware,
database and software design, as well as the management and
administration of entire systems. 
Information technology is a growing, wide spread, multi-tasking
field required for the development of all other sectors.
 Company profile
Hewlett-Packard Company , commonly referred to as HP, is an
American information technology corporation headquartered
in Palo Alto, California, USA. HP is one of the world's largest
information technology companies and operates in nearly every
country. HP specializes in developing and manufacturing
computing, data storage, and networking hardware, designing
software and delivering services.

Mark Hurd joined HP in early 2005 as

chief executive officer and president and was
named chairman of the board of directors in
September 2006.
"Everything we do must be for the
customer. If it's not, then we need to
reconsider why we're doing it.“-MARK
 NOTE:
- On September 3rd, 2001, HP announced an
agreement with Compaq to merge the two
companies.
- In May, 2002, after passing a shareholder vote, HP
officially merged with Compaq, trading on the
NYSE under their new symbol HPQ.
VISION:

•Enhance productivity of individuals and business

•Acting as a change agent.
•Leading edge research.
•Improve quality of life.
•Provide world wide access to information and
infrastructure.
 Awards:
»
HP wins top Newsweek Green Ranking Award

9/29/09

»
HP Wins ASTD BEST Award for 2006

Training + Development

October 2006

»
HP receives SSPA certification

3/11/09
 major Product line of hpq :

Laptop & Tablet PCs

Desktop & Workstations
Servers & Storage

Software
Printers & Imaging Monitors
Products
Revenue chart of hp for the present year:

Personal Systems Group 36%

Imaging & Printing Group 25%
HP Services 19%
Enterprise Storage & Servers 16%
Software 3%
HP Financial Services & Other 1%
 Objectives:
 
•HP strives to be an economic, intellectual and social asset to
each country and community in which we do business.
•Earning customer loyalty and respect by consistently
providing the highest quality and value.
•Market leadership by developing and delivering useful and
innovative products, services and solutions.
•Uncompromising integrity by being open, honest and direct in
our dealings.
•To invent the useful and the significant innovation.
•Recognize and seize opportunities for growth that builds
upon our strengths and competencies.
•Attain Global citizenship to fulfill our responsibility to society
by being an economic, intellectual and social asset to each
country and community where we do business.
 Functional departments

Human resource

• One of the toughest recruitment process in the IT industry.

• The major recruitment process is outsourced to MeritTrac
Assessment.
• There are nearly 3,25,000 employees presently working in
this
MNC.
• First company to introduce work from home concept.
• Constant career growth to the employees.
Marketing facts:

• HP manages over 200 data centers,380,000

servers,5.4 million desktops, and 17 million IP
addresses.
• It handles over 68 million credit card accounts and
process 3.5 billion transactions annually.
• It books 500 million travel reservations annually.
•HP supports the top 200 banks and more than 130 of
the world’s major stock exchanges.
•One out of every three servers shipped worldwide is
from HP.
•HP ships more than 1 million printers per week and
48 million PC units annually.
HP financial position
HP is a self sustaining company that has a very
strong financial background.
•Revenue ▲: US$ 114.552 billion (2009)
• Operating income ▲: US$ 10.136 billion (2009)
•Net income ▲: US$ 9.415 billion (2009)
•Total assets▲: US$ 52.539 billion (2009)
• Total equity ▲: US$ 38.942 billion (2008)
 Swot analysis
Strengths

 Strong brand equity.

 Diversified product portfolio.
 Solid market position.
 Strong financial condition.
 According to the Fortune 500 best Companies HP ranked at 9th
place in the year 2009.

We a k n e s s e s  

 Internal control issues.

  Lack of in-house management consulting division.
  No aggressive investments in R&D compared to historical

spending. 
Opportunities 

 There are open new markets in the Antarctica

sector of the world .

 The brand reputation of the company and financial status

helps to provide HPQ with infrastructural projects world
wide.

Threats 

 Apple is a major competitor. 

 Intense competition from other PC manufacturers.
  Increasing competition on imaging and printing .
 Slowdown in economic conditions in US, Europe.

  
Conclusion:

• HP is the finest and the most recognized industry present in IT

•Company understands and responds to the needs and
preferences of the customers.
•Its main strength is its well developed and professional human
resource.
•Development of various projects delegated to social
responsibility and welfare.
•It’s the right place for carrier growth.
•Hp is picking up well in this fast developing IT sector.