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HP and JA
About HP
We were once a start-up too! Everything began with two students at Stanford University in 1939 who decided to create their own company. Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard developed their first product - an audio oscillator for The Walt Disney Company - in a garage in Palo Alto near San Francisco.
Today, Hewlett-Packard (HP), the world’s largest technology company, simplifies the technology experience for consumers and businesses with a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure.
More information about HP (NYSE, Nasdaq: HPQ) is available at www.hp.com.
JA and HP partnership
It is the multi-decade partnerships, like that with HP, that have provided for more than 30 years of Junior Achievement success in Latin America and the Caribbean. And HP's involvement in providing the financial and human resources for various projects during the current fiscal year has helped literally every member of the JA South America and the Caribbean family.
Building on the success of the European Competition, HP will offer the first Sustainable Business Award at the inaugural South American Competition in December 2009. JA Company students from Latin America and the Caribbean will come together to prove their business acumen - and to enjoy outstanding camaraderie - for the event which will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina this first year. The Responsible Business Competition is also expanding into Latin America this year.
Additionally, after HP was introduced to the Business Transformation Initiative ("BTI") that is JA's transitional effort to bring all JA offices in the United States, with Canada coming along right afterwards, onto a consistent computer platform. This will allow all offices to manage all internal communications. HP offered to provide up to two new computers to every office, ensuring that when the powerful system is launched at each office, they will have sufficient power to take full advantage of its capabilities. In addition to benefits specifically for North America, the agreement crafted through JA Worldwide provides for innovative delivery of programming for students in hard-to-reach locations that will be piloted in Africa in 2009 as well as renewed funding, for the 20th year, for the Hewlett Packard Global Business Challenge the student competition that blends JA Titan and international business into an exciting event.
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