Hewlett-Packard was originally the company that later split into HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
Bill Hewlett and David Packard founded Hewlett-Packard in 1939 in a Palo Alto garage. The company became a major producer of scientific instruments, calculators, personal computers, printers, servers, and enterprise technology. In 2015, it separated into two publicly traded companies.
HP Inc. retained the personal-computer and printing businesses, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise focused on servers, storage, networking, consulting, and other enterprise services. This division is often confused with a simple name change: Hewlett-Packard did not merely rebrand as HP Inc. The corporate split created two different companies with separate strategies, financial statements, and market capitalizations. Both inherited parts of the historic HP identity.