Hewlett-Packard is an information technology company that provides personal computing and other access devices. It specializes in making printing products, scanning devices, commercial personal computers, thin client computers, workstations, calculators, tablets, modems and and other related accessories. The company was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. It has an acquisition strategy of scaling expansion to further strengthen its position in the fast growing IT hardware market by making acquisitions of companies that possess consistent, competitive and profitable long-term growth.