Hewlett-Packard, commonly referred to as HP, was an electronics technology company that shed its roots in 1999 by spinning off the first businesses of Test & Measurement, Medical, Analytical, Semiconductor as Agilent Technologies. It is now best known now as an information technology corporation, based in Palo Alto, California, which was split into two companies: Hewlett Packard Enterprise and HP Inc. The company was founded by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard in a small garage on January 1, 1939. [1] As of 2012, HP is the largest technology company in the world in terms of revenue, ranking 10th in the Fortune Global 500. [2] As of 2012, Hewlett-Packard has made a total of 129 acquisitions since 1986. [a] [3] Its first acquisition was the F.L. Moseley Company in 1958. This move enabled HP to enter the plotter business, which was the predecessor to its printer business of today. [4] In 1989, HP purchased Apollo Computer for US$476 million, [5] [6] enabling HP to become the largest supplier of computer workstations. [5] In 1995, the company bought another computer manufacturer, Convex Computer, for US$150 million. [7] In 2000, HP spun off its measurement, chemical and medical businesses into an independent company named Agilent Technologies. [8] [9] The company's largest acquisition came in 2002, when it merged with Compaq, a personal computer manufacturer, for US$25 billion. [10] [11] The combined company overtook Dell for the largest share of the personal computer market worldwide in the second quarter. [12]
Within IT networking hardware and storage market segments, HP has made acquisitions worth over US$15 billion, the largest one being 3PAR and 3COM acquisitions made in 2010, totaling over $5 billion. The most recent acquisition in the enterprise networking segment is Aruba Networks in March 2015 for US$3 billion. On the IT services and consulting side, the largest acquisition made so far is Electronic Data Systems, in 2008 for US$13.9 billion
In the software products market segment, a stream of acquisitions has helped strengthen HP's position . [13] The largest software company purchased prior to 2011 was Mercury Interactive for US$4.5 billion. This acquisition doubled the size of HP's software business to more than US$2 billion in annual revenue. [14]
Between 2012 and 2013, HP had no acquisitions in any of its business segments as the firm was recouping an $8.8 billion write-off suffered as a result of acquisition of British software company Autonomy Corporation for $11 billion in 2011. After this two-year gap, in 2014, HP returned to the acquisition market by acquiring Computer Networking Software company Shunra. The majority of companies acquired by HP are based in the United States.
On December 31, 2014, HP announced that it will split into two companies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and HP Inc. The former focuses on enterprise infrastructure and software solutions, whilst the latter focuses on consumer markets with PCs and printers. On November 1, 2015, they became separate companies.
Each acquisition was for the respective company in its entirety, unless otherwise specified. The agreement date listed is the date of the agreement between HP and the subject of the acquisition, while the acquisition date listed is the exact date in which the acquisition completes. The value of each acquisition is usually the one listed at the time of the announcement. If the value of an acquisition is not listed, then it is undisclosed.
Agreement date [b] | Acquisition date [b] | Company | Business | Country | Value (US$) | References |
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— | 1958 | F.L. Moseley Company | Plotter | United States | — | [4] |
— | 1959 | Boonton Radio | Flight test instrumentation | United States | — | [4] |
— | 1961 | Sanborn Company | Medical equipment | United States | — | [15] |
— | November 1, 1962 | Neely Enterprises | Sales/manufacturer's representative | United States | — | [16] |
— | 1965 | F&M Scientific Corporation | Analytical chemistry | United States | — | [15] |
— | 1966 | Data Systems, Inc | Information technology | United States | — | [17] |
— | January 1973 | Hupe & Busch | Liquid Chromatography | Germany | — | [18] |
— | December 1985 | Cericor, Inc. | CAD - Logic Design | United States | — | [19] |
— | January 13, 1989 | Eon Systems Inc. | Electronics | United States | — | [20] |
April 13, 1989 | May 4, 1989 | Apollo Computer | Computer manufacturer | United States | $476,000,000 | [5] [6] |
— | November 1989 | Certain assets of Optotech Inc. | Disk drive | United States | — | [21] [22] |
— | January 1991 | Applied Optoelectronic Tech | Automatic test equipment | United States | — | [23] [24] |
— | November 1991 | Avantek | Transistor | United States | — | [17] [25] |
— | December 1991 | ABB CADE | Computer software | United States | — | [26] |
— | September 1992 | Colorado Memory Systems | Magnetic tape | United States | — | [17] [27] |
— | September 1992 | French and German units of Leasametric | Company leasing | United States | — | [28] |
— | October 1992 | Computer systems from Texas Instruments | Computer systems | United States | — | [29] |
— | 1993 | Ericsson Hewlett Packard Telecom (EHPT) 60% Ericsson and 40% Hewlett-Packard. | Telecoms | Sweden | — | [24] [30] |
— | April 1993 | Four Pi Systems Corp. | Automatic test equipment | United States | — | [31] |
June 1993 | — | Metrix Network Systems | Computer networking | United States | — | [32] |
— | September 1993 | BT&D Technologies | Electronics | United States | — | [33] |
September 13, 1993 | October 1993 | EEsof Inc. | Computer software | United States | — | [34] [35] |
October 31, 1994 | 1994 | Versatest | Automatic test equipment | United States | — | [17] [36] |
1993 | 1994 | Canstar Systems (an Alcatel Canada Wire Inc division) | Fibre Channel switch | Canada | — | [37] [38] |
— | June 1995 | CaLan Inc. | Automatic test equipment | United States | — | [39] |
September 21, 1995 | September 1995 | Convex Computer | Computer manufacturer | United States | $150,000,000 | [7] [17] |
— | December 1995 | ElseWare Corp. | Computer programming | United States | — | [40] |
February 22, 1996 | February 1996 | SecureWare Internet security division | Computer security | United States | — | [17] [41] |
— | June 1996 | Graphics technology from Parametric Technology Corporation | Graphics hardware | United States | $9,273,000 | [42] |
— | June 1996 | Division Inc. | Computer programming | United States | $6,000,000 | [43] |
— | July 1996 | DP-Tek Development | Imaging | United States | — | [17] [44] |
— | August 1996 | Trellis Software & Controls | Motion control | United States | — | [45] |
— | March 1997 | Vital Technology Pte Ltd | Investment | United States | — | [46] |
April 23, 1997 | April 1997 | VeriFone | Electronic bill payment | United States | $1,180,000,000 | [17] [47] [48] |
— | June 6, 1997 | PROLIN | Information technology | Netherlands | — | [49] |
— | September 1997 | Internet printing technology from ForeFront Group | Printing | United States | $2,500,000 | [50] |
— | November 1997 | Nuview ManageX from Nuview Inc. | Business process management | United States | — | [51] |
— | November 1997 | Optimazation systems | Computer software | United States | — | [52] |
— | January 1998 | Business related assets of Siltek | Information technology | South Africa | — | [53] |
— | March 27, 1998 | Heartstream | Medical equipment | United States | — | [54] [55] |
— | June 1998 | Computing & Measurement Systems | Computers | Israel | — | [56] |
— | October 1998 | Scope Communications Inc. | Cable tester | United States | — | [57] |
— | October 1998 | Open Skies, Inc. | Computer software | United States | — | [17] [58] |
— | May 1999 | Printmountain | Printing | United Kingdom | — | [59] |
— | May 1999 | Telegra Corp | Computer software | United States | — | [61] |
— | May 4, 1999 | Transoft Networks | Storage area network | United States | — | [62] |
— | June 7, 1999 | Dazel Corporation | Computer software | United States | — | [63] |
— | August 4, 1999 | Security Force Software | Computer security | United States | — | [64] |
— | September 21, 1999 | Qosnetics | Information technology | United States | — | [65] |
— | January 18, 2001 | Bluestone Software | Computer software | United States | $470,000,000 | [66] |
July 16, 2001 | August 6, 2001 | Comdisco Inc. | Information technology | United States | $610,000,000 | [67] |
— | August 28, 2001 | Trinagy Inc. | Computer software | United States | — | [68] |
— | September 24, 2001 | StorageApps | Data storage | United States | $350,000,000 | [48] [69] |
September 6, 2001 | March 22, 2002 | Indigo N.V | Printing service | Israel | — | [70] [71] |
September 3, 2001 | May 3, 2002 | Compaq | Personal computer | United States | $25,000,000,000 | [10] [11] [12] |
— | May 6, 2003 | Procter & Gamble IT | Information technology | United States | $3,000,000,000 | |
— | June 4, 2003 | Ericsson IT | Information technology | Sweden | — | [72] |
— | July 23, 2003 | PipeBeach | Communication software | Sweden | — | [73] |
August 13, 2003 | — | Extreme Logic Inc. | Information technology | United States | — | [74] |
September 3, 2003 | — | Talking Blocks | Web service | United States | — | [75] |
— | September 22, 2003 | SelectAccess assets of Baltimore Technologies | Computer security | United Kingdom | — | [76] |
November 11, 2003 | — | Persist Technology | Computer software | United States | — | [77] |
— | February 16, 2004 | Consera Software | Computer software | United States | — | [78] |
February 23, 2004 | — | Triaton GmbH | Information technology | Germany | — | [79] |
March 11, 2004 | — | TruLogica | Computer software | United States | — | [80] |
— | April 2, 2004 | Novadigm Inc. | Computer software | United States | — | [81] |
— | May 13, 2004 | IT Infrastructure Management LLC (doing business as ManageOne) | Information technology consulting | United States | — | [82] [83] |
— | May 13, 2004 | CEC Europe Service Management | Information technology consulting | United Kingdom | — | [82] [83] |
— | June 7, 2004 | Networking technology from Riverstone Networks | Computer networking | United States | — | [84] |
— | October 1, 2004 | Synstar | Information technology | United Kingdom | — | [85] |
— | January 2005 | IT division of West LB AG | Information technology | Germany | — | [86] |
— | April 15, 2005 | Snapfish | Photo sharing | United States | — | [87] |
September 7, 2005 | — | CGNZ | Information technology consulting | New Zealand | — | [88] |
September 19, 2005 | — | AppIQ | Data storage | United States | — | [89] |
October 3, 2005 | — | RLX Technologies | Computer software | United States | — | [90] |
— | November 1, 2005 | Scitex Vision | Printing service | Israel | $230,000,000 | [91] |
November 30, 2005 | — | Trustgenix Inc. | Computer software | United States | — | [92] |
December 13, 2005 | — | PIXACO | Online photo services | Germany | — | [93] |
— | December 19, 2005 | Peregrine Systems | Computer software | United States | $425,000,000 | [94] [95] |
February 7, 2006 | — | OuterBay | Computer software | United States | — | [96] |
June 6, 2006 | — | Silverwire | Imaging | Switzerland | — | [97] |
— | June 27, 2006 | The Technology Partners | Information technology consulting | Italy | — | [98] |
September 28, 2006 | October 31, 2006 | VoodooPC | Computer manufacturer | Canada | — | [99] |
July 26, 2006 | November 7, 2006 | Mercury Interactive | Computer software | Israel | $4,500,000,000 | [14] [100] [101] |
December 12, 2006 | — | Knightsbridge Solutions | Information management | United States | — | [102] |
December 20, 2006 | — | Bitfone Corp. | Computer software | United States | — | [103] |
February 5, 2007 | — | Bristol Technology | Computer software | United States | — | [104] |
February 27, 2007 | — | Polyserve | Computer software | United States | — | [105] |
March 22, 2007 | — | Tabblo Inc. | Computer software | United States | — | [106] [107] |
April 24, 2007 | — | Arteis | Computer software | United States | — | [108] |
June 19, 2007 | — | SPI Dynamic Inc. | Computer software | United States | — | [109] [110] |
— | July 23, 2007 | Opsware | Computer software | United States | $1,600,000,000 | [94] |
July 23, 2007 | — | Neoware | Thin client | United States | $214,000,000 | [111] |
September 13, 2007 | — | MacDermid ColorSpan Inc. | Printer manufacturer | United States | — | [112] [113] |
October 22, 2007 | — | Atos Origin Middle East Group | Information technology consulting | Bahrain | — | [114] |
November 12, 2007 | February 2008 | EYP Mission Critical Facilities Inc. | Information technology consulting | United States | — | [115] [116] |
— | March 2008 | NUR Macroprinters Ltd | Printer | Israel | $457,076,000 | [117] |
January 22, 2008 | March 26, 2008 | Exstream Software | Computer software | United States | $371,000,000 | [118] [119] |
March 31, 2008 | — | TOWER Software | Computer software | Australia | $101,529,000 | [120] [121] [122] |
August 11, 2008 | — | Colubris Networks | Wireless networking | United States | — | [123] [124] |
— | August 26, 2008 | Electronic Data Systems | Information technology consulting | United States | $13,900,000,000 | [125] |
October 1, 2008 | — | LeftHand Networks Inc. | Data storage | United States | $360,000,000 | [126] |
July 17, 2009 | August 4, 2009 | IBRIX, Inc. | Computer software | United States | — | [127] [128] |
November 11, 2009 | April 12, 2010 | 3Com | Computer networking | United States | $2,700,000,000 | [129] |
— | June 24, 2010 | Melodeo | Computer software | United States | $30,000,000 | [130] |
April 16, 2010 | June 16, 2010 | Phoenix Technologies | Computer software | United States | $12,000,000 | [131] |
April 28, 2010 | July 1, 2010 | Palm, Inc. | Smartphone manufacturer | United States | $1,200,000,000 | [132] |
August 1, 2010 | August 26, 2010 | Stratavia | Computer software | United States | — | [133] |
September 2, 2010 | September 27, 2010 | 3PAR | Data Storage | United States | $2,350,000,000 | [134] |
August 17, 2010 | September 22, 2010 | Fortify Software | Computer software | United States | — | [135] |
September 13, 2010 | October 22, 2010 | ArcSight | Corporate computer security management | United States | $1,500,000,000 | [136] |
February 14, 2011 | March 22, 2011 | Vertica Systems, Inc. | Enterprise database software | United States | $350,000,000 | [137] [138] |
August 18, 2011 | October 3, 2011 | Autonomy Corporation | Information management | United Kingdom | $11,000,000,000 | [139] |
December 6, 2011 | December 7, 2011 | Hiflex | Information management | Germany | — | [140] |
— | February 2013 | Memlane | Information technology | United States | — | [141] |
March 4, 2014 | May 1, 2014 | Shunra | Computer networking software | United States | — | [142] |
September 11, 2014 | September 11, 2014 | Eucalyptus | Cloud computing software | United States | — | [143] |
February 1, 2015 | May 1, 2015 | Voltage Security | Cloud security software | United States | — | [144] |
March 2, 2015 | February 2, 2015 | Aruba Networks | Mobile networking | United States | — | [145] |
May 26, 2015 | May 26, 2015 | ConteXtream | Networking software | United States | — | [146] |
February 3, 2016 | February 3, 2016 | Trilead | Data protection software | Switzerland | Undisclosed | [147] |
May 9, 2016 | May 9, 2016 | RASA Networks | Network Performance and Analytics software | United States | Undisclosed | [148] |
August 11, 2016 | August 11, 2016 | SGI | Computer hardware | United States | $275,000,000 | [149] |
September 12, 2016 | September, | Samsung's Printing Business | Printing and Imaging | Korea, South | $1,050,000,000 | [150] |
January 17, 2017 | May 1, 2017 | SimpliVity | Hyperconverged Infrastructure | United States | $650,000,000 | |
January 23, 2017 | January 23, 2017 | Cloud Cruiser | Cloud Cost Management and Optimization | United States | — | [151] |
March 7, 2017 | - | Nimble Storage | Flash and Hybrid Data Storage | United States | $1,090,000,000 | [152] [153] |
- | 24 February 2021 | HyperX | Computer peripherals | United States | $425,000,000 | [154] |
July 27, 2021 | October 1, 2021 | Teradici | Remote desktop software | Canada | — | [155] |
March 28, 2022 | August 29, 2022 | Poly | Web Conferencing | United States | $3,300,000,000 | [156] |
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In 1994 HP purchased Canstar, a Fibre Channel switch company, which is now HP's Canadian Networks Operation.
Compaq Computer Corporation was an American information technology company founded in 1982 that developed, sold, and supported computers and related products and services. Compaq produced some of the first IBM PC compatible computers, being the second company after Columbia Data Products to legally reverse engineer the BIOS of the IBM Personal Computer. It rose to become the largest supplier of PC systems during the 1990s before being overtaken by Dell in 2001. Struggling to keep up in the price wars against Dell, as well as with a risky acquisition of DEC, Compaq was acquired for US$25 billion by HP in 2002. The Compaq brand remained in use by HP for lower-end systems until 2013 when it was discontinued. Since 2013, the brand is currently licensed to third parties for use on electronics in Brazil and India.
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3PAR Inc. was a manufacturer of systems and software for data storage and information management headquartered in Fremont, California, USA. 3PAR produced computer data storage products, including hardware disk arrays and storage management software. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise after an acquisition in 2010.
Micro Focus International plc was a British multinational software and information technology business based in Newbury, Berkshire, England. The firm provided software and consultancy. The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange until it was acquired by the Canadian software firm OpenText in January 2023.
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The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly shortened to Hewlett-Packard or HP, was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California. HP developed and provided a wide variety of hardware components, as well as software and related services to consumers, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), and fairly large companies, including customers in government, health, and education sectors. The company was founded in a one-car garage in Palo Alto by Bill Hewlett and David Packard in 1939, and initially produced a line of electronic test and measurement equipment. The HP Garage at 367 Addison Avenue is now designated an official California Historical Landmark, and is marked with a plaque calling it the "Birthplace of 'Silicon Valley'".
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Keysight Technologies, Inc., or Keysight, is an American company that manufactures electronics test and measurement equipment and software. The name is a blend of key and insight. The company was formed as a spin-off of Agilent Technologies, which inherited and rebranded the test and measurement product lines developed and produced from the late 1960s to the turn of the millennium by Hewlett-Packard's Test & Measurement division.
Utimaco Atalla, founded as Atalla Technovation and formerly known as Atalla Corporation or HP Atalla, is a security vendor, active in the market segments of data security and cryptography. Atalla provides government-grade end-to-end products in network security, and hardware security modules (HSMs) used in automated teller machines (ATMs) and Internet security. The company was founded by Egyptian engineer Mohamed M. Atalla in 1972. Atalla HSMs are the payment card industry's de facto standard, protecting 250 million card transactions daily as of 2013, and securing the majority of the world's ATM transactions as of 2014.
The Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) is an American multinational information technology company based in Spring, Texas.
HP Inc. is an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, that develops personal computers (PCs), printers and related supplies, as well as 3D printing services. It was formed on November 1, 2015, as the legal successor of the original Hewlett-Packard after the company's enterprise product and business services divisions were spun off as a new publicly traded company, Hewlett Packard Enterprise.