January-February 1997 A Good Beginning
- HP committed to helping the U.S. education system through K-6 Hands-On Science program. 4-11
- HP recruiting efforts on college campuses. 12-15
- Corporate objectives (40th anniversary). (insert)
- Measure visits Pueblo, Colorado, Packard’s home town. 17-19
- HP 9000 computers provide Internet access to blacks in South Africa. 20-21
- HP employee Jean Tully, program manager, races sailboats. 22-23
- Dr. Cyberspace discusses the Web and virtual classrooms. 24-25
- HP employees in Vancouver, Wash., work for better K-12 education. 26-27
- Lew Platt discusses the crisis in education. 28-29
- HP employee Karl Dodge takes up Scottish sport of caber toss. 30
- Microwave Technology Group splits; Lightwave Measurement Division formed; Diagnostic Cardiology Division in McMinnville, Oregon, and the Healthcare Information Division in Andover, Mass., disbanded, new Cardiology Products Division; MPG exits the catheterization businesses. 30
- Fourth-quarter revenue up 12 percent, earnings down 4. 30
- HP medical equipment featured on television show “ER.” 31
- Internet Technology Group has new Internet Security Division. 31
March-April 1997 Keeping the Faith
- Measure’s associate editor and writer of 20 years, Betty Gerard, retires. 1
- HP analytical equipment helps Amish children with a rare disease, glutaric aciduria. 4-8
- HP provides compelling industrial design to products: HP Pavilion, HP 8453 Spectrometer, HP 100 Series Liquid Chromatograph, HP 7978 tape drive, SureStore Optical CD Jukebox. 9-11
- HP’s efforts to prepare for the year 2000 (Y2K) problem for computers. 12-14
- Monte Smith’s, marketing communications manager, takes award-winning underwater photographs. 15-17
- Senior vice president, Europe, Franco Mariotti, retires after 36 years. 18-19
- HP advertising takes a humorous approach to selling laserjet printers. 20-21
- Dr. Cyberspace essay contest challenges employees to say how HP’s intranet helps their productivity. 22-23
- HP discusses efforts of merging cultures of new acquisition of Convex Computers in Texas. 24-25
- Lew Platt discusses first-quarter results and lessons in customer satisfaction, expense management, product introduction. 26-27
- President’s Quality Awards winners announced. 29
- First-quarter earnings up 11 percent, orders up 9. 30
- Paralyzed Finland hockey player uses Vectra computer with special hardware. 31
- Measurement Systems Organization’s Component’s Group’s reorganized: Semiconductor combined with Optical communication Division; other product lines to Wireless Infrastructure Division. 31
- Lake Stevens Instrument Division name changed to Lake Stevens Division. 31
- HP agrees to buy Rockland Technologies Inc., maker of liquid chromatography columns and packings. 31
May-June 1997 Is There Life Outside of HP?
- HP’s efforts to balance employee work/life focuses on job sharing, downshifting, new ways to work. 4-9
- Internet technology is core of HP’s computing strategy called “Extended Enterprise.” 10-12
- Funny customer support calls are featured. 14-15
- HP operations in Japan are featured. 16-19
- Dr. Sawla Dogheim’s chemical analysis lab in Egypt uses HP equipment to detect pesticides in exportable fruits and vegetables. 20-21
- Excerpts from HP Labs director, Joel Birnbaum, discusses quantum and DNA-based computing. 22-23
- HP discusses impact of Hong Kong’s return to People’s Republic of China, optimism and concerns. 24-25
- HP employee misplaces passport and is let into Switzerland on his HP name badge alone. 26
- Dr. Cyberspace addresses relationship between print publications and Web versions. 27
- Lew Platt discusses Internet, intranet strategy, and acquisition of Verifone. 28
- Work life day at HP’s European headquarters in Geneva is highlighted. 30
- Making a Difference (MAD) program for employee recognition forms at Little Falls, Delaware, site. 30
- AEC Linz, Austria Museum of the future, features HP equipment. 31
- HP makes Dow Jones Average list. 31
- Celestica acquires HP’s printed circuit assembly operation in Fort Collins, Colo. 31
- PhotoSmart PC photography system introduced. 31
- Pete Peterson, senior vice president of personnel, to retire. 31
- San Diego Printer Division becomes Office Products Division. 31
- HP joins Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing and the Singapore Economic Development Board to form joint venture to supply semiconductor foundry services. 31
July-August 1997 Is MBWA Still Alive?
- John Doyle coined phrase “management by walking around” (MBWA) 30 years ago; 10 tips for MBWA. 4-7
- Working remotely is discussed in relation to corporate culture and business relationships. 8-9
- Dr. Cyberspace cites Web site award winners. 12-13
- HP computers and printers used to monitor Atlantic bluefin tuna, Monterey Bay Aquarium. 14-17
- Ira Goldstein, manager Internet Technology Group and HP’s Internet wizard, discusses his work at HP. 18-20
- HP says there is no “cookie cutter” solution to manufacturing: in-house, outsourcing, partnerships. (offshoring) 21-23
- Mopier, LaserJet, Ping-Pong game appears on ad banner of HP Web site. 24-25
- HP sponsors International Women’s Challenge bicycle race. 26
- Lew Platt discusses “management by walking around” (MBWA). 27-28
- Earth Day exhibit at HP Labs focuses on mankind’s influence on future of life on earth. 29
- HP participates in take your children to work day. 29
- K-12 program’s Diversity in Education Initiative donates $4 million. 30
- Hewlett receives Benjamin Franklin Medal for entrepreneurial achievements. 30
- Israel Science Center renamed HP Labs Israel. 30
- Boston Computer Organization takes kids to Red Sox baseball game; Mass. Dept. of Social Services and Red Sox are HP customers. 31
- Second-quarter earnings up 8 percent. 31
- HP acquires Verifone, supplier of point-of-sale transaction systems. 31
- Susan Bowick named head of personnel. 31
- HP returns to South Africa after leaving in 1989 due to political, social and economic uncertainties. 31
September-October 1997 Vietnam Eyes a Bright Future
- Measure receives negative employee responses to last edition’s articles about “management by walking around” (MBWA). 2
- Policy changes and less government restrictions on trade makes Vietnam HP’s fastest-growing market in Asia Pacific. 4-8
- Inkjet printing technology and HP’s forays into photo scanners, photo printers and digital cameras. 9-11
- HP employees relate ways to deal with work life and stress management. 12-14
- Products with 25th anniversary highlighted: HP3000, HP-35. 16-17
- VeriFone, HP’s largest acquisition is wholly owned subsidiary that produces products for electronic commerce, smart card. 18-19
- HP employee works with Mother Theresa. 20-22
- HP’s Software and Services Group helps customer Harry Cahpin with Food Bank in Fort Myers, Fla. 23
- Dr. Cyberspace addresses Internet and next-generation Internet development. 24-25
- President Lew Platt discusses importance of growth, history of acquisitions, expansion into international markets. 26-27
- Duke University recommends HP OmniBook laptop computers to law students. 28
- HP 9000 hardware helps Sojourner rover land on Mars. 29
- Lunar Prospector uses HP LPETS (Lunar Prospector Electrical Test Set. 29
- Team Rahal, Indy car racing/color printing tractor-trailer truck tour with office technology solutions. 30
- HP ranks 60 in Fortune’s Global 500. 30
- Celestica acquires HP Exeter (New Hampshire). 30
- First Global, HP’s latest vision video, is about financial services. 31
- Optoelectronic Division produces blue LEDs. 31
- Singapore customer service center opens. 31
- HP and AT&T form alliance to further business over Internet. 31
November-December 1997 Where There’s a Will
- HP addresses high costs of business travel and travel alternatives such as audioconference, videoconference, dataconference; despite technology advances, no substitute for face-to-face customer time. 5-7
- Dr. Cyberspace picks business travel Web sites. 9-10
- HP Russia brings resourcefulness and creativity to demands of emerging markets of former Soviet Union. 11-14
- Lew Platt discusses business fundamentals and upcoming changes in organizational structure. 16-17
- HP sets up home office and connections for disabled support engineer, Jaum Cortes, in Guadalajara, Mexico. 20-23
- Don Norman, former vice president of Apple Research Lab, discusses future HP information appliance products, HP labs, and human interface design. 23-25
- HP site in Bergamo, Italy, to produce ScanJet 5 scanner. 26-28
- HP donates equipment to Drug Intervention Center, Miami, Fla. 29
- HP is official hardware and support supplier to World Cup. 29
- Technical Women’s Conference spawns Regional Women’s Conferences. 29
- HP survey shows customers want inexpensive, simple way to develop photos on PC. 29
- VeriFone launches project to kick-start online shopping. 30
- Working Mother magazine names HP one of the 100 best companies to work for. 30
- HP joins effort to support digital video disc (DVD) drive standard. 30
- HP and Vertel form alliance to streamline delivery of telecom management solutions. 30
- Enterprise Systems Group creates two new divisions: High Performance Systems Group and Internet/Application Systems Division. 30
- Internet Technology Group restructured. 30
- HP’s efforts for recruiting college students in Japan. 31
- HP named to Fortune’s world’s most admired companies. 31
- Vancouver Circuits Manufacturing to be sold. 31
- HP buys Vital Technology, Singapore, maker of machine-vision inspection systems. 31
- New Jersey Division becomes Power Products Division. 31
- HP’s “Digital Workplace” strategy focuses on shift to mainstream office printers. 31
