The current HP is a merger of two previous successful corporations within the IT sector, HP and Compaq Computer Corporation, united in 2002. HP now enjoys both companies’ experience and knowledge in doing business and has positioned itself as one of the leaders within the industry.

HP is privileged by its size (presence in 178 countries) and is able to induce industry change in the core technology areas:

• The Personal Systems Group that includes business and consumer PCs, mobile computing devices and workstations.
  
• Imaging and Printing Group that includes inkjet, LaserJet, commercial printing, printing supplies, digital photography and entertainment.
  
• The Technology Solutions Group that includes business products including storage and servers, managed services and software.

To maintain its leadership and produce new business opportunities, the company continues in prioritizing, financially, research and development ($4 billion annually) and customer satisfaction. HP central commitment is to deliver customized high quality products and services to meet its worldwide customers changing and growing requirements and to attract competitors’.

Operating at a global level, HP’s resolution is to influence ethically and intellectually each country and community it does business with by promoting employee excellence and encouraging emerging companies in order to construct true and long-term partnerships.