This Is What HP Really Is

All of us worked for HP before, sometime in the past. Do we know what is the Company all about? I did a search on the web and managed to find out the following more or less complete profile of HP. Does this information mean anything to you? What do you think? 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 July 31, 2006, HP revenue totaled $90.0 billion. Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE, NASDAQ: HPQ) Headquarters: Palo Alto, California HP serves more than one billion customers in more than 170 countries on six continents. HP has approximately 150,000 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. HP is: #1 globally in the inkjet, all-in-one and singlefunction printers, mono and color laser printers, large-format printing, scanners, print servers and ink and laser supplies* #1 globally in x86, Windows®, Linux and UNIX servers* #1 in total disk and storage systems* #2 globally in notebook PCs, Pocket PCs, workstations and blade servers* Awarded Outstanding Customer Service for Consumers** #1 position in server brand loyalty for ProLiant servers*** Listed on all four FTSE4Good Index lists — U.S., Global, UK and Europe — which rate the performance of companies meeting globally recognized corporate responsibility standards. HP ranks A+ for management of investment risks arising from material, environmental, social, employment and ethical impacts by Core Ratings. #8 in the first global index that evaluates how well the world's 100 largest companies account for their impact on society and the environment. HP is the only U.S. company to appear in the top 10 of the Accountability Rating developed by AccountAbility and csrnetwork. #1 in computer and peripherals industry for intangible value analysis reporting — including governance, human capital and emerging market issues — by Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, Inc., a leading independent research firm for the SRI community. HP ranked fifth for environmental reporting. #10 globally and #1 in the U.S. in Environment, Social Impact Ratings by The Economist.

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