| The Hewlett-Packard is a Compaq Development | | | | well known sponsorship is Walt Disney World's |
| Company, commonly known as HP, is currently | | | | EPCOT Park's Mission: Space. Others can be found |
| the world's largest information technology | | | | on Hewlett-Packards Website |
| corporation and is known worldwide for its | | | | Hewlett-Packard was originally rather unfocused, |
| personal computers, printers, Notebook etc... HP | | | | working on a wide range of electronic products |
| was founded on January 1, 1939 as a | | | | for industry and even agriculture. Eventually they |
| manufacturer of test and measurement | | | | elected to focus on high-quality electronic test and |
| instruments, by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard, | | | | measurement equipment. HP has a successful line |
| with an investment of 538 United States dollars. | | | | of printers, scanners, digital cameras, calculators, |
| And now it is one of the most selling computer | | | | PDAs, servers, workstations, and home-small |
| worldwide.HP posted US$91.7 billion in annual | | | | business computers. HP today promotes itself as |
| revenue in 2006 compared to US$91.4 for IBM, | | | | not just being a hardware and software |
| making it the world's largest technology vendor in | | | | company, but also one that offers a full range of |
| terms of sales. The company name, | | | | services to architect, implement and support |
| Hewlett-Packard, was derived from the founders | | | | today's IT infrastructure. |
| last names. Had Bill not won a coin toss, the | | | | As of October 2006, HP offers six customizable |
| company today might be known as | | | | notebooks which carry the Pavilion name. |
| Packard-Hewlett HP has many sponsorships. One | | | | |