The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly shortened to Hewlett-Packard (/?hju?l?t ?pæk?rd/ HEW-lit PAK-?rd) or HP, was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, that 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 large enterprises, including customers in the government, health and education sectors.