HP
delivers vital technology for business and life. The company's solutions span
IT infrastructure,
personal computing and access devices, global services and imaging and printing
for consumers, enterprises and small and medium business.
Our $4 billion annual R&D investment fuels the invention of products, solutions
and new technologies, so that we can better serve customers and enter new
markets. We invent, engineer and deliver technology solutions that drive
business value, create social value and improve the lives of our customers.
The
2002 merger with
Compaq Computer
Corporation forged a dynamic, powerful team of 140,000 employees with
capabilities in 178 countries doing business in more than 40 currencies and more
than 10 languages. Revenues for the combined companies were $72 billion for the
fiscal year that ended October 31, 2002. Chairman and CEO Carly Fiorina leads
HP, which has corporate headquarters in Palo Alto, California.
HP
in Asia
Pacific
HP
established a presence in Asia Pacific in 1963 when the first office was set up
in Japan. Today, we have more than 26,000 employees in this region with
operations in 14 countries – Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia,
Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand
and Vietnam.
A network of 20 solution centers provide
enterprise
customers and partners here with an avenue to test, benchmark, and carry out
proof of concepts on proposed solutions. These centers provide direct and
remote access
to a full range of HP hardware, software, and engineering skills, offering a
first hand experience on how infrastructure and partner solutions work together.
In addition, there are 158 customer service centers in Asia Pacific, providing
warranty and after sales support of HP technologies.
HP’s presence in the region also consists of 12 manufacturing sites located
across Australia, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. HP
manufactures the following products in Asia Pacific for the global market: PCs,
notebooks, Pocket PCs, workstations, servers, storage,
networking products,
printers, scanners, inkjet cartridges and inks.
HP in Asia Pacific conducts R&D out of China, Singapore, India and Japan for
products that are marketed both regionally and globally. These are in the areas
of networking products,
software
and mobile, general office and wide-format printing categories.
HP Labs in Bangalore, India was set up to create a world-class research lab,
focusing on the needs of emerging markets such as India. It is one of seven HP
Labs sites worldwide. The mission of this lab is to generate technology
innovations for the benefit of the world's emerging economies by understanding
relevant social, cultural, economic and technological drivers. Research here is
focused on language technology; low-cost Internet and computing access devices;
communication concepts and techniques for developing countries; and new models
for human interaction with IT equipment and software.
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