A multinational company specializing in analytical instruments, software, and services for scientific research and diagnostics. Spun off from Hewlett-Packard in 1999.
A portmanteau combining 'agile' and 'intelligent,' created as a brand name to suggest quick, smart solutions in scientific instrumentation. The name was designed to convey technological sophistication and responsiveness.
Agilent's name perfectly embodies the late 1990s corporate naming trend of mashing together desirable qualities - in this case creating a word that sounds both high-tech and nimble, which was exactly what dot-com era companies wanted to project.
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