Agilent Technologies

The Basic Story Regarding Agilent Technologies

On March 2, 1999, Hewlett-Packard announced a plan to create a separate company, subsequently named Agilent Technologies, Inc., that comprised Hewlett-Packard's test and measurement, semiconductor products, healthcare solutions and chemical analysis businesses, related portions of Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, and associated infrastructure. After the completion of our initial public offering on November 23, 1999, Hewlett-Packard owns approximately 84.1% of the outstanding common stock. Hewlett-Packard has also announced its intention to distribute to its stockholders all of its remaining interest in Aligent by the middle of calendar year 2000.

Agilent is a global diversified technology company that provides enabling solutions to high growth markets within the communications, electronics, healthcare and life sciences industries. Its broad technology portfolio and experience in working with market-leading customers in more than 120 countries have allowed it to establish and advance leadership across multiple markets. Its four primary businesses include:

1. Test and Measurement, which provides test instruments, standard and customized test, measurement and monitoring instruments and systems for the design, manufacture and support of electronics and communications devices and software for the design of high-frequency electronic and communications devices.
2. Semiconductor Products, which provide fiber optic communications devices and assemblies, integrated circuits for wireless applications, application-specific integrated circuits, optoelectronics and image sensors.
3. Healthcare Solutions, which provides patient monitoring, ultrasound imaging and cardiology products and systems.
4. Chemical Analysis, which provides analytical instruments, systems and services for chromatography, spectroscopy and bio-instrumentation.

These test and measurement and semiconductor businesses share focus on growth opportunities in the communications sector, while the healthcare and chemical analysis businesses share focus on growth opportunities in healthcare and life sciences. All of these businesses are supported by the technical expertise of Agilent Technologies Laboratories, one of the world's foremost industrial research and development organizations. Agilent Technologies Laboratories is thoroughly integrated with these businesses in design, development and manufacturing engineering, and substantially all of its development engineers are aligned with the research and development teams in the individual businesses.

Aligent products are sold primarily through a direct sales force, but it also utilizes distributors, resellers, telesales and electronic commerce. Of its total net revenue of $8.3 billion in the fiscal year ended October 31, 1999, 44.8% was generated in the United States and 55.2% internationally. As of Aligent employed approximately 42,000 people worldwide. It has major research and development and manufacturing sites in California, Colorado, Delaware, Massachusetts, and Washington in the United States and in China, Germany, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and the United Kingdom.

Aligent Technologies and the Test and Measurement Industry

• Aligent Technologies Web page
  
• Aligent Profile
  
• HP Web Page
  
• Carly Has Her Work Cut Out for Her
  
• Tektronix Web Page
  
• Fluke Corp. Web Page
  
• Gould Nicolet Web Page
  
• Test and Measurement Company List
  

Other Test and Measurement Industry References

• IEEE Magazine
  
• Test and Measurement World Magazine
  
• HP World Wide Web Measurement Device
  
• DSP Technology Inc. Web Page
  
• HP Test Analyzer
  
• Geotest Web Page
  
• Test and Measurement - Europe
  
• Extron Web Page
  
• HP Broadcast Test Analyzer
  

Key People within HP TMO

• Edward W. (Ned) Barnholt, President and Chief Executive Officer
• Karen Rogge, Worldwide IT Director

Some Tips on Doing an Analysis Paper on Aligent

• It is undoubedly easier to do a paper on Aligent as a separate company versus when it was a major division of Hewlett-Packard.
• It makes sense to focus primarily on the historical strength and the major part of its business--test and measurement.
• You definitely need to identify major product categories of test and measurement equipment. These need to put into major categories as the list of specific products is extensive. It also makes sense to identify major industries that are prime customers.

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