
Hewlett-Packard Company split off its electrical and bio-analytical test and measurement equipment business as Agilent Technologies in 1999, allowing HP to concentrate on its later products, such as computers and printers. For its own and partner products, HP also provided services and a consultancy company.

HP sold its goods directly to consumers, small and medium-sized businesses, corporations, and through online distribution, consumer electronics and office supply stores, software partners, and large technology companies. Personal computer devices, enterprise, and industry-standard servers, associated storage devices, networking equipment, software, and a wide variety of printers and other image products were among the company’s major product lines. HP specialized in the development and manufacture of computer, data storage, and networking hardware and the creation and delivery of software and services. From 2007 through the second quarter of 2013, HP was the world’s top PC manufacturer, then Lenovo overtook HP. The company evolved into a multinational corporation recognized for its products and the HP Way management style and culture, replicated by other businesses worldwide. On July 2, 1939, Hewlett and Packard formally established their Hewlett-Packard Company due to their success. In 1938, the firm received its first major contract, supplying test and measurement tools for Walt Disney’s viral animated film Fantasia.

The HP Garage at 367 Addison Avenue has been recognized as a California Historic Landmark, and a plaque proclaims it to be the “Birthplace of “Silicon Valley.”

Hewlett-Packard Company was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California that developed and provided a wide variety of hardware components and software and related services to consumers, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), and large enterprises.īill Hewlett and David Packard started the firm in a one- car garage in Palo Alto, California, in 1939 and initially manufactured a range of electronic test and measurement equipment.
