List of acquisitions by Hewlett-Packard

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Hewlett-Packard, commonly referred to as HP, is an information technology corporation based in Palo Alto, California. The company was founded by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard in a small garage on January 1, 1939. As of 2012, HP is the largest technology company in the world in terms of revenue, ranking 10 in the Fortune Global 500. As of 2012, Hewlett-Packard has made a total of 129 acquisitions since 1986. 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 today. In 1989, HP purchased Apollo Computer for US$476 million, enabling HP to become the largest supplier of computer workstations. In 1995, the company bought another computer manufacturer Convex Computer for US$150 million. In 2000, HP spun off its measurement, chemical and medical businesses into an independent company named Agilent Technologies. The company's largest acquisition came in 2002, when it merged with Compaq, a personal computer manufacturer, for US$25 billion. The combined company overtook Dell for the largest share of the personal computer market worldwide in the second quarter.

Stream of acquisitions strengthened HP position in the software business. 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. Period between 2012 and 2013 had no acquisitions in any of its Business segments as the firm was recouping $8.8bn write-off suffered as a result of acquisition of British software company, Autonomy Corporation for $11bn in 2011. After this 2-year gap, in 2014, HP returned to acquisition market by acquiring Computer Networking Software company, Shunra. The majority of companies acquired by HP are based in the United States.

Acquisitions

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	Acquisition date	Company	Business	Country	Value (US$)
—	1958	F.L. Moseley Company	Plotter	United States	—
—	1959	Boonton Radio	Flight test instrumentation	United States	—
—	1961	Sanborn Company	Medical equipment	United States	—
—	1965	F&M Scientific Corporation	Analytical chemistry	United States	—
—	1966	Data Systems, Inc	Information technology	United States	—
—	January 13, 1989	Eon Systems Inc.	Electronics	United States	—
April 13, 1989	May 4, 1989	Apollo Computer	Computer manufacturer	United States	$476 million
—	November 1989	Certain assets of Optotech Inc.	Disk drive	United States	—
—	January 1991	Applied Optoelectronic Tech	Automatic test equipment	United States	—
—	November 1991	Avantek	Transistor	United States	—
—	December 1991	ABB CADE	Computer software	United States	—
—	September 1992	Colorado Memory Systems	Magnetic tape	United States	—
—	September 1992	French and German units of Leasametric	Company leasing	United States	—
—	October 1992	Computer systems from Texas Instruments	Computer systems	United States	—
—	1993	Ericsson Hewlett Packard Telecom (EHPT) 60% Ericsson and 40% Hewlett-Packard.	Telecoms	Sweden	—
—	April 1993	Four Pi Systems Corp.	Automatic test equipment	United States	—
June 1993	—	Metrix Network Systems	Computer networking	United States	—
—	September 1993	BT&D Technologies	Electronics	United States	—
September 13, 1993	October 1993	EEsof Inc.	Computer software	United States	—
October 31, 1994	1994	Versatest	Automatic test equipment	United States	—
—	June 1995	CaLan Inc.	Automatic test equipment	United States	—
September 21, 1995	September 1995	Convex Computer	Computer manufacturer	United States	$150 million
—	December 1995	ElseWare Corp.	Computer programming	United States	—
February 22, 1996	February 1996	SecureWare Internet security division	Computer security	United States	—
—	June 1996	Graphics technology from Parametric Technology Corporation	Graphics hardware	United States	$9.273 million
—	June 1996	Division Inc.	Computer programming	United States	$6 million
—	July 1996	DP-Tek Development	Imaging	United States	—
—	August 1996	Trellis Software & Controls	Motion control	United States	—
—	March 1997	Vital Technology Pte Ltd	Investment	United States	—
April 23, 1997	April 1997	VeriFone	Electronic bill payment	United States	$1.18 billion
—	June 6, 1997	PROLIN	Information technology	Netherlands	—
—	September 1997	Internet printing technology from ForeFront Group	Printing	United States	$2.5 million
—	November 1997	Nuview ManageX from Nuview Inc.	Business process management	United States	—
—	November 1997	Optimazation Systems	Computer software	United States	—
—	January 1998	Business related assets of Siltek	Information technology	South Africa	—
—	March 27, 1998	Heartstream	Medical equipment	United States	—
—	June 1998	Computing & Measurement Systems	Computers	Israel	—
—	October 1998	Scope Communications Inc.	Cable tester	United States	—
—	October 1998	Open Skies, Inc.	Computer software	United States	—
—	May 1999	Printmountain	Printing	UK	—
—	May 1999	Telegra Corp	Computer software	United States	—
—	May 4, 1999	Transoft Networks	Storage area network	United States	—
—	June 7, 1999	Dazel Corporation	Computer software	United States	—
—	August 4, 1999	Security Force Software	Computer security	United States	—
—	September 21, 1999	Qosnetics	Information technology	United States	—
—	January 18, 2001	Bluestone Software	Computer software	United States	$470 million
July 16, 2001	August 6, 2001	Comdisco Inc.	Information technology	United States	$610 million
—	August 28, 2001	Trinagy Inc.	Computer software	United States	—
—	September 24, 2001	StorageApps	Data storage	United States	$350 million
September 6, 2001	March 22, 2002	Indigo N.V	Printing service	Israel	—
September 3, 2001	May 3, 2002	Compaq	Personal computer	United States	$25 billion
—	May 6, 2003	Procter & Gamble IT	Information technology	United States	$3 billion
—	June 4, 2003	Ericsson IT	Information technology	Sweden	—
—	July 23, 2003	PipeBeach	Communication software	Sweden	—
August 13, 2003	—	Extreme Logic Inc.	Information technology	United States	—
September 3, 2003	—	Talking Blocks	Web service	United States	—
—	September 22, 2003	SelectAccess assets of Baltimore Technologies	Computer security	United Kingdom	—
November 11, 2003	—	Persist Technology	Computer software	United States	—
—	February 16, 2004	Consera Software	Computer software	United States	—
February 23, 2004	—	Triaton Gmbh	Information technology	Germany	—
March 11, 2004	—	TruLogica	Computer software	United States	—
—	April 2, 2004	Novadigm Inc.	Computer software	United States	—
—	May 13, 2004	IT Infrastructure Management LLC (doing business as ManageOne)	Information technology consulting	United States	—
—	May 13, 2004	CEC Europe Service Management	Information technology consulting	United Kingdom	—
—	June 7, 2004	Networking technology from Riverstone Networks	Computer networking	United States	—
—	October 1, 2004	Synstar	Information technology	United Kingdom	—
—	January 2005	IT division of West LB AG	Information technology	Germany	—
—	April 15, 2005	Snapfish	Photo sharing	United States	—
September 7, 2005	—	CGNZ	Information technology consulting	New Zealand	—
September 19, 2005	—	AppIQ	Data storage	United States	—
October 3, 2005	—	RLX Technologies	Computer software	United States	—
—	November 1, 2005	Scitex Vision	Printing service	Israel	$230 million
November 30, 2005	—	Trustgenix Inc.	Computer software	United States	—
December 13, 2005	—	PIXACO	Online photo services	Germany	—
—	December 19, 2005	Peregrine Systems	Computer software	United States	$425 million
February 7, 2006	—	OuterBay	Computer software	United States	—
June 6, 2006	—	Silverwire	Imaging	Switzerland	—
—	June 27, 2006	The Technology Partners	Information technology consulting	Italy	—
September 28, 2006	October 31, 2006	VoodooPC	Computer manufacturer	Canada	—
July 26, 2006	November 7, 2006	Mercury Interactive	Computer software	Israel	$4.5 billion
December 12, 2006	—	Knightsbridge Solutions	Information management	United States	—
December 20, 2006	—	Bitfone Corp.	Computer software	United States	—
February 5, 2007	—	Bristol Technology	Computer software	United States	—
February 27, 2007	—	Polyserve	Computer software	United States	—
March 22, 2007	—	Tabblo Inc.	Computer software	United States	—
April 24, 2007	—	Arteis	Computer software	United States	—
June 19, 2007	—	SPI Dynamic Inc.	Computer software	United States	—
—	July 23, 2007	Opsware	Computer software	United States	$1.6 billion
July 23, 2007	—	Neoware	Thin client	United States	$214 million
September 13, 2007	—	MacDermid ColorSpan Inc.	Printer manufacturer	United States	—
October 22, 2007	—	Atos Origin Middle East Group	Information technology consulting	Bahrain	—
November 12, 2007	February 2008	EYP Mission Critical Facilities Inc.	Information technology consulting	United States	—
—	March 2008	NUR Macroprinters Ltd	Printer	Israel	$457.076 million
January 22, 2008	March 26, 2008	Exstream Software	Computer software	United States	$371 million
March 31, 2008	—	TOWER Software	Computer software	Australia	$101.529 million
August 11, 2008	—	Colubris Networks	Wireless networking	United States	—
—	August 26, 2008	Electronic Data Systems	Information technology consulting	United States	$13.9 billion
October 1, 2008	—	LeftHand Networks Inc.	Data storage	United States	$360 million
July 17, 2009	August 4, 2009	IBRIX, Inc.	Computer software	United States	—
November 11, 2009	April 12, 2010	3Com	Computer networking	United States	$2.7 billion
—	June 24, 2010	Melodeo	Computer software	United States	$30 million
April 16, 2010	June 16, 2010	Phoenix Technologies	Computer Software	United States	$12 million
April 28, 2010	July 1, 2010	Palm, Inc.	Smartphone Manufacturer	United States	$1.2 billion
August 1, 2010	August 26, 2010	Stratavia	Computer Software	United States	—
September 2, 2010	September 27, 2010	3PAR	Data Storage	United States	$2.35 billion
August 17, 2010	September 22, 2010	Fortify Software	Computer Software	United States	—
September 13, 2010	October 22, 2010	ArcSight	Corporate Computer Security management	United States	$1.5 billion
February 14, 2011	March 22, 2011	Vertica Systems, Inc.	Enterprise Database Software	United States	$350 million
August 18, 2011	October 3, 2011	Autonomy Corporation	Information Management	United Kingdom	$11 billion
December 6, 2011	December 7, 2011	Hiflex	Information Management	Germany	—
March 4, 2014	May 1, 2014	Shunra	Computer Networking software	United States	—
September 11, 2014	September 11, 2014	Eucalyptus	Cloud Computing software	United States	—

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