Hewlett Packard

Abstract

The research paper mainly highlights the investment portfolio of Hewlett Packard. The researcher, gather the literature from the annual report of 2011 and various journals. The quality of the HP's management reflects from its investment program. Management diversified the investment portfolio that it has many options for progress. In the literature, the researcher mentioned the example of Hp's collaboration with RIM. This collaboration shows that management is on the right track and understands the importance of diversified investment portfolio.

Table of Contents

Hewlett Packard2

Introduction2

Discussion5

Investment portfolio5

Hewlett Packard Cloud System5

Transforming the Datacenter to the Cloud Era6

Extension of the platform HP Cloud System7

Optimize the deployment and operation of application services8

Investment in PC9

Touch Pad unexpectedly won second place in the Tablet PC market9

Collaboration with Blackberry10

Market and Competition12

The DNA of the gene is not PC13

Conclusion14

Hewlett Packard

Introduction

Hewlett-Packard, also known as HP, is one of the largest companies in information technology in the world, based in Palo Alto, California. Manufactures and markets hardware and software in addition to providing services related support information. The company was founded in 1939 and engaged in the manufacture of electronic measuring instruments and laboratory. Today is the leader in selling printers.

The September 22, 2011 Meg Whitman was named the new president and CEO, replacing in this way to Leo Apotheker.

William Hewlett and David Packard were two partners in Stanford University. In the garage of his house built an audio oscillator, an electronic test instrument used by sound engineers. They began a career in electronics testing and laboratory testing. Later, in 1968 entered the business of electronic computers with great success:

HP 9100A (1968), the first calculator manufactured by HP.

HP-35 (1972), the first scientific handheld calculator.

HP-65 (1975), the first programmable handheld calculator.

HP-41C (1979), the first handheld calculator and expandable alphanumeric.

HP-28C (1987), the first calculator capable of solving equations symbolically.

HP entered the computer field in 1966 with the 2116A, the first HP 1000 Series designed to collect and analyze data produced by instruments of HP. HP 1000 computers are used for CIM applications such as monitoring and process control, alarm management and monitoring of machines. In 1972, HP branched, going into business computing with the 3000 series, a multiuser system which became well known for its extremely high reliability, especially for that time. The 3000 series of great success has remained the main series of HP computers and has evolved into a complete family of computers from micro to mainframe. Also in 1972, presented the first scientific handheld calculator, the HP-35, replacing the slide rule and initiating a new era of pocket calculators. In 1982, he was presented the first workstation HP 9000.

The first personal computer was the HP 150 touch screen, a personal computer with MS-DOS that was only a modest acceptance. In 1985, introduced VECTRA, a machine based on the 286 was the first of a complete line of PC compatible with IBM. In 1984, HP revolutionized the printer market with your printer LaserJet intended for use in offices, which has set the standard for the industry. In 1986, a new design procedure for their families 3000 ...