January-February 1989 50th Anniversary Year
- Measure captures photographs of typical day in the lives of HP people around the world. 2-45
- Challenges of showing diversity of HP in “One Day” project. 46-48
- John Young reveals what makes him most proud of HP people: mutual respect, open to change, technically excellent, creative risk-takers, committed, unpretentious. 49
- HP has largest team in first world corporate games. 50
- Pope John Paul II blesses HP 565MS cardiac data management system during visit to Rome hospital. 51
- HP loans 70 systems to International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) annual meeting. 51
- New products include 10B, 20S calculator, 9000 340 workstation. 51
March-April 1989 Fifty Years of Looking to the Future
- Thinking globally at HP means considering diverse needs of worldwide customers up front; YHP sells more workstations than any other region operation—localizing to support Asian languages. 3-7
- Retrospective of HP’s first 50 years, by decade. 9-24
- Egon Loebner, pioneer in optoelectronics, holds 40 patents. 25-27
- John Young says challenges of future include changing technology and importance of international market. 28
- HP donates time/instruments to Armenian earthquake aid. 29
- YHP to build second plant in Kobe. 30
- Corvallis breaks ground for new production facility. 31
- 50th anniversary calculators available to employees. 31
- HP lists on European Stock Exchange. 31
- New products include 64000-UX emulator/analyzer, 78352A patient monitor, 5921A atomic emission detector, 9000 340 srx workstation, ScanJet. 31
- 50th anniversary flag raised at headquarters in Palo Alto. 32
May-June 1989 Break Even Time (BET)
- Break even time (BET) is time it takes to recover money spent to bring new product to market; BET effective measure because it takes into account all major functional areas: R&D, manufacturing and marketing. 3-7
- 50th anniversary list highlight noteworthy events, for example, 10 famous people who visited HP, 10 noteworthy HP grants. 8-11
- Cargo plane crashes; Canadian Aviation Safety Board uses HP computers as investigative tools. 12-15
- Harry Margolis, founder and chairman of CompuTrac, uses HP equipment to monitor his home. 16-19
- Corporate security program offers tips for employees to deal with sensitive company information. 20-21
- HP’s Personal Computer Distribution Operation (PCDO) ships more than 2.5 million pieces/year. 22-24
- John Young discusses profitability and need to strike balance between profits and growth. 26-27
- First-quarter sales up 21 percent. 29
- HP to sell subsidiary in South Africa because of business conditions and failure of government to end apartheid. (diversity) 29
- HP Labs establishes science centers at three universities. 29
- HP transmits training class via satellite to 10 HP locations in Europe. 30
- HP 82000 IC tester wins Japan’s Nikkei Award. 30
- New products include 8791 frequency signal simulator, graphics controller, CLP PLUS software. 31
- Employee’s photo entry displayed in Disney Pavilion. 32
July-August 1989 YHP Sets a Fast Pace in Japan
- Success of YHP includes top HP sales region outside U.S., compound growth rate 22 percent, world leader in component-measurement product line; plans to triple manufacturing capacity. 3-10
- HP manufacturing sites cut wastewater by factor of 40. 11
- HP anniversary ambassadors chosen by peers to attend 50th anniversary celebration in Palo Alto. 12-17
- Hewlett and Packard’s garage landmark dedication. 18-19
- Measure solicits employees’ visions of future for upcoming article. 20
- John Young discusses values of the HP Way. 21
- Corporate objectives. 22-25
- HP catalog translated into German. 29
- YHP and Nissan co-sponsor race car. 29
- HP lists on European Stock Exchange. 30
- HP 9000 computer used at Trump casino in Atlantic City. 31
- HP employees create gourmet candy business. 32
September-October 1989 Mickey Mouse Way to Start a Company
- Worldwide customer support operations offers 24-hour, 365-day service; 15,000 customer support people in 400 support offices worldwide. 3-7
- HP’s first instrument, the 200B oscillator, used in Disney film, “Fantasia”; 10 fun “Fantasia” facts. 8-11
- Corporate strategic alliances and joint ventures focus on teamwork; some HP partners include AT&T, Hitachi, Eon, Biotechnology research and development, Matsushita, 3COM, RACE, Varian, Open Software Foundation OSF, UNIX, Telecom, U.S. Memories Inc., Tsinghua University. 12-15
- Blind systems administrator, Earl Norwood, credits HP for giving him a chance. (diversity) 16-18
- Steve Martin, comedian, uses HP computer. 19
- Apollo Computer and HP partner. 22-24
- John Young discusses collaboration, alliances and joint ventures. 25
- HP Vectra PCs appear in movies “Ghostbusters II” and “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.” 26
- John Young receives honorary degree from Oregon State University. 26
- IEEE gives HP-35 Innovation Recognition award. 27
- 50th anniversary celebrations around the world. 29-31
- U.S. vice president Dan Quayle visits HP. 32
November-December 1989 An Amazing Look into HP’s Future
- Future of corporate computing environment (CCE) is interconnected, easy-to-use computers; everyone would use computers daily; consumers could choose components regardless of manufacturer. 3-5
- Test and measurement will play instrumental role in future; good instruments key to increasing productivity. 6-7
- HP will be driving force in future of medical and component products; linking diverse computer systems. 8
- Factory of the future focuses on work teams; teams make decisions and eliminate one layer of supervision. 7-12
- Celebrities view the future: Dan Rather, Steve Martin, Arthur C. Clarke, etc. 13-16
- HP execs view the future; preparing for future is matter of positioning; superconductivity is next industrial revolution; more intuitive interfaces tailored to special usage; expanding global markets. 17-18
- Employees views of the future include non-petroleum power, booming health care industry, ozone generators to slow green house effect, genetically engineered food, telecommuting, manufacturing automated with robots. 19-22
- HP sales rep, Pete Cage, is auto racer. 24-26
- John Young says cooperation is key to HP’s future. 27
- Former HP employee worked on Voyager 2 space mission; HP measuring equipment used. 28
- HP wins International Design magazine design award for software. 28
- New products include 9000 635 sv, 9000 808s, 75000 VXIbus, 3000 960, Apollo 2500, LaserJet IIP, 700/X window system. 30
- Spokane employees put signal generator and 50th anniversary flag atop Mt Rainier. 32
