Tech giant Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) held an investors meeting Tuesday afternoon, during which it offered a bullish 2011 forecast.

The company now sees full-year 2011 profit to be in the range of $5.05 to $5.15, better than the $4.99 that analysts had previously forecast for the year.

Revenues are expected to be in a range of $131.5 billion to $133.5 billion, which is also higher than analyst forecasts for $131.4 billion.

Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ), the Palo Alto, California-based personal computer giant, is scheduled to discuss its fiscal third-quarter 2009 results today in a conference call at 5:00 PM ET, hosted by CEO Mark Hurd and CFO Cathie Lesjak. You can catch the live webcast of the call on the company's website.

In the quarter that ended July 31, HP expanded its selection of mini PCs, introduced a Web-based home printer, and expressed support for climate change legislation. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters have forecast that earnings rose 4.4% from a year ago to 90 cents per share. That's also up four cents per share from the second quarter. But revenue for the third quarter is expected to be 2.8% lower to $27.3 billion. Earnings have essentially matched estimates in the past five quarters.