According to a recent BusinessWeek article, Hewlett-Packard is slated to overtake IBM by the end of this year. The new “Tech Superdog” has been consistenly focusing its energies on understanding consumer behaviour and coming out with innovative products - products that are not only at the cutting edge of innovation, but with an excellent after sales support service as well. I had written an article on the extremely pleasant experience of HP Customer Support service sometime back.
After selling its PC business to Lenovo, IBM a.k.a. the “Big Blue” has shifted its focus to large enterprises and corporations. And HP has taken the consumer route. It will be an interesting trend to watch as to what drives more growth. Though it is not exactly comparing apples with apples, but the different strategies of the two companies would provide some insight into the new set of business paradigms. With a leading market share in the printer business as well, HP is all set to become a strong contender for the number one position by the end of this year.
I have always liked HP as a company, and my recent purchase of HP notebook has been one of the best investment decisions that I have made in recent times. I do not doubt that given a chance, HP would be one company that I would love to work for. Or anyone else would for that matter.
Businessweek also provides an interesting piece of information:
IBM started off selling time clocks in 1914, and HP began in 1939 by building audio oscillators.
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