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History and Business engineering

History of Hewlett and Packard began in a garage located in Palo Alto, California between 1934 and 1939 with the invention of the HP200A audio oscillator. In 1966, HP introduced their first computer; the HP2116A had an early version of “plug and play” interface. The HP2116A was the largest computer package built by HP to date and consisted of the first integrated circuits. In 1982, HP made advances in computing when they introduced the HP9000 computer with 32bit technology. The HP9000 was a desktop computer and as powerful as the room-size HP2116A. On May 3, 2002 Compaq and HP merge to form the largest tech merger in history, 88,000 employees and an annual revenue of 45.2 billion. The HP 9000 computer is still being used today after 21 years. New systems include Itanium-based 64bit servers, which HP holds the #1 spot worldwide in sales. Hewlett and Packard manufacture their own hardware for the hp-ux operating system used in our HP servers. We purchased several models of th...

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