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 April 30, 2005, HP revenue totaled $83.3 billion.

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Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE, NASDAQ: HPQ) + Headquarters: Palo Alto, California + HP serves more than one billion customers in 178 countries on five continents. + HP has 150,000 employees worldwide. + HP's 2004 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 $4 billion (U.S.) annually to its research and development of products, solutions and new technologies.