| Welcome to HP Labs,
                    the central research lab for Hewlett-Packard, providing leadership
                    technologies for HP. As a technology company, we gain leadership through innovation.
                    Our goal is to create new technologies and intellectual property
                    that enable new products and services, and to develop partnerships
                    with HP's businesses to bring those capabilities to HP's
                    customers. At HP, central research contributes to strategy, creates
                    advanced technologies to provide leadership in current businesses
                    and explores emerging technologies that will be important
                    for our future. Compaq's research team adds strength, bringing
                    new talent and expertise and a proven record of contribution.  Our technology vision is to dramatically extend the capabilities
                    of enterprises and individuals in a world of networked services.
                    Toward that end, we are focusing on five major fields of
                    interest: 
                    platforms and architectures to support an always-on Internet
                      infrastructure;printing, imaging, and other access devices that enable
                      people to access and render the wealth of information available
                      in the networked world;technologies for solutions and services that enable enterprises
                      to create value through their information infrastructure;technologies that enable individual consumers to easily
                      use high-value digital devices that improve their lives;and advanced studies that aim to overcome the limits
                      of information technology as we understand them today. We invite you to explore this site to learn more about us
                    and the work we are doing in our seven locations around the
                    world. At HP Labs, we believe in the power of technology
                    to change the world. Dick Lampman |  | 
                    
 
 Richard H. (Dick) LampmanSenior Vice President, Research, HP
 Director, HP Labs
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