Agilent Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of application focused solutions for life sciences, diagnostics, and applied chemical markets. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California and currently employs 17,900 full-time employees. Its segments include Life Sciences and Diagnostics Markets, Agilent CrossLab and Applied Markets. Life Sciences and Diagnostics Markets segment comprises seven areas of activity. The company offers active pharmaceutical ingredients for oligo-based therapeutics as well as solutions that include reagents, instruments, software and consumables. Agilent CrossLab segment offers a services and consumables portfolio that spans the entire lab, in addition to software and laboratory automation solutions, which are designed to enhance customer outcomes. Applied Markets segment offers application-focused solutions that include instruments and software that enable customers to identify, quantify and analyze the physical and biological properties of substances and products.