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. For the four fiscal quarters ended Oct. 31, 2006, HP revenue totaled $91.7 billion

Headquarters: Palo Alto, California

 

HP serves more than one billion customers in more than 170 countries on six continents.

 

HP has approximately 156,000 employees worldwide.

 

HP's 2006 Fortune 500 ranking: No. 11

 

HP's mission is to invent technologies and services that drive business value, create social benefit and improve the lives of customers - with a focus on affecting the greatest number of people possible.

 

HP dedicates $3.5 billion (U.S.) annually to its research and development of products, solutions and new technologies.