About HP

Hewlett-Packard Company or HP (styled as hp) is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered inPalo Alto, California, United States. It provides hardware, software and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and large enterprises, including customers in the government, health and education sectors.

The company was founded in a one-car garage in Palo Alto by William "Bill" Redington Hewlett and David "Dave" Packard, starting with a line of electronic test equipment. HP is the world's leading PC manufacturer and has been since 2007, fending off a challenge by Chinese manufacturer Lenovo, according to Gartner.[2] It specializes in developing and manufacturing computing, data storage, and networking hardware, designing software and delivering services. Major product lines include personal computing devices, enterprise and industry standard servers, related storage devices, networking products, software and a diverse range of printers and other imaging products. HP markets its products to households, small- to medium-sized businesses and enterprises directly as well as via online distribution, consumer-electronics and office-supply retailers, software partners and major technology vendors. HP also has services and consulting business around its products and partner products. In 2013 it was the world's second-largest PC vendorby unit sales.[3]

Hewlett-Packard company events have included the spin-off of its electronic and bio-analytical measurement instruments part of its business as Agilent Technologies in 1999, its merger with Compaq in 2002, the sponsor of Mission: Space in 2003, and the acquisition of EDS in 2008, which led to combined revenues of $118.4 billion in 2008 and a Fortune 500 ranking of 9 in 2009. In November 2009, HP announced the acquisition of 3Com,[4] with the deal closing on April 12, 2010.[5] On April 28, 2010, HP announced the buyout of Palm, Inc. for $1.2 billion.[6] On September 2, 2010, HP won its bidding war for 3PAR with a $33 a share offer ($2.07 billion), which Dell declined to match.[7]

On October 6, 2014, Hewlett-Packard announced plans to split the PC and printers business from its enterprise products and services business. The split is expected to close by October 2015 and will result in two publicly traded companies: Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and HP, Inc. [8]

India

Hewlett-Packard India Sales (HP India) provides a broad range of technology products and services to India's consumer, enterprise, government, and education markets. The unit provides enterprise systems including storage devices, servers, and management software; printing and imaging equipment such as printers, scanners, multifunction devices, and cameras; PCs, workstations, handhelds, and other personal systems; and services including technical support, consulting, managed services,

and financing. Hewlett-Packard's operations in India also include one of several sites operated by HP Labs.

HP created a presence for its research division, HP Labs, in India in 2002

The lab created concepts for simplifying computer and Internet interactions. Gesture KeyBoard (GKB)[5] was an early attempt by the lab to create a pen-based local-language-interaction-support for PCs.

Since low-cost mobile phones without data-plan were being used in higher volume in India, the lab developed a solution that can enable mobile users with only voice and SMS services to access websites. The technology was called SiteOnMobile.[6]

Another hypothesis generated about technology in the Indian market was that many people in India own high-end Television and smart mobile phones, especially with the advent of Google Android phones. A new technology hypothesis was created so that Internet access to a large number of households and small-or-medium enterprises could be realized using a TV-connected broad-band device. The technology that demonstrated the efficacy of the hypothesis was called HP set-top box[7] and Vayu Internet Device (VIND).

The latest technology demonstrator was in the area of education called VideoBook,[8] which aimed to reduce the cognitive load on text-book learning by automatically augmenting text-book content with videos from the Web

Industry

Office automation refers to the varied computer machinery and software used to digitally create, collect, store, manipulate, and relay office information needed for accomplishing basic tasks. Raw data storage, electronic transfer, and the management of electronic business information comprise the basic activities of an office automation system.[1] Office automation helps in optimizing or automating existing office procedures..

The backbone of office automation is a LAN, which allows users to transfer data, mail and even voice across the network. All office functions, including dictation, typing, filing, copying, fax, Telex, microfilm and records management, telephone and telephone switchboard operations, fall into this category. Office automation was a popular term in the 1970s and 1980s as the desktop computer exploded onto the scene.

Advantages are:

1. Office automation can get many tasks accomplished faster.

2. It eliminates the need for a large staff.

3. Less storage is required to store data.

4. Multiple people can update data simultaneously in the event of changes in schedule [2]

According to TechSci Research, the Indian building automation & control systems market is anticipated to grow  threefold in revenue terms by 2019, exhibiting  CAGR of around 21.7% during 2014-19

HP is #1 in worldwide revenue with 26.5% share. HP is the only vendor to garner more than 20% revenue share. IBM, at #2, had 19.1% share, and lost -5.9 points of revenue share year over year.