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The company was founded by William R. Hewlett and David Packard (Hall). -
The reputation of HP was established by becoming a creator of sophisticated instrumentation (Hall). -
HP's first customer is one of the biggest names today, Disney. Walt Disney Productions at the time, purchased eight audio oscillators for the film Fantasia (Hall).
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HP served the country during WWII by building counter-radar technology and advanced artillery shell fuses with the Naval Research Laboratory (Hall). -
After a decrease in business with the military, HP developed a high speed frequency counter. It was the perfect fit for a booming market around television and FM radio (Hall). -
HP was looking for funds to support new products and decided to issue public stock (Hall). -
After going public, HP acquired F.L. Moseley Company who specializes in making graphic recorders (Hall). -
HP continued it's expansion by purchasing Sanborn Company to establish itself as a medical-instrument manufacturer (Hall). -
HP was being talked about around the world and engineers flew to different countries to demonstrate it's cesium beam "HP 5060A" instrument that integrates with atomic clocks to within one-millionth of a second (Hall). -
The HP 2116a was the first computer created by HP and was utilized to manage the company's test and measurement devices (Hall). -
HP introduced the desktop calculator (Hall). -
David Packard was assigned as deputy secretary by President Nixon and he was huge influence on the development of the F-16 and A-10 planes which have been highly successful (Hall).
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After having success with the desktop calculator, HP introduced it's first pocket-sized calculator that utilized advanced integrated-circuit technology. It cost one sixth of the the desktop calculator and made the slide rule obsolete (Hall). -
The HP 3000 is a general-purpose minicomputer for business and is still in the line of HP's products today (Hall). -
Wozniak was an intern at HP and proposed his personal computer prototype to the company. HP declined and Wozniak teamed up with Steve Jobs to create Apple Computer, Inc (Hall). -
HP created the HP-85 and it was a failure due to it being incompatible with IBM PC (Hall). -
The first successful computer product for HP wasn't a computer and it was actually a printer. The HP LaserJet had positive reviews and big sales (Hall).
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Bristol, England (1984). Tokyo, Japan (1990). Haifa, Israel (1994). Bangalore, India (2002). Beijing, China (2005). St. Petersburg, Russia (2007) (Hall).
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HP bought Apollo which helped them become the number one workstation maker and shared the number one spot on and off with Sun and Dell (Hall). -
With a decline in stock prices, Packard came back to the company to get it out of it's slump. Once the company was back on track, he retired again (Hall). -
HP stocks influenced the Dow Jones Industrial Average on the New York Stock Exchange along with 29 other companies (Hall). -
HP decided to branch out its measurement, electronic components, and medical businesses as Agilent Technologies (Hall). -
The 64-bit Itanium microprocessor was introduced. A product from HP and Intel (Hall). -
HP acquired Compaq Computer Corporation, a move that allowed Carly Fiorina to be the first woman to lead the company (Hall). -
Fiorina taking over faced backlash by directors on the board, stockholders and Walter Hewlett, son of William Hewlett (Hall). -
Mark Hurd replaces Fiorina as CEO and president with a strategic plan to hit the mobile-computing market (Hall). -
HP became the first technology company to pass $100 billion in sales revenue for a fiscal year (Hall). -
HP acquired Palm, Inc., who specialized in personal digital assistants and smartphones (Hall). -
Mark Hurd was forced out after a scandal involving a contractor and CEO of SAP, Leo Apotheker takes over(Hall).
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Meg Whitman replaces Apotheker as CEO(Hall). -
HP discontinued making smartphones and the TouchPad (Hall). -
After acquiring Autonomy Corporation for $11.1 billion, HP accused Autonomy of inflating the value of its company. HP took action and wrote down Autonomy's value by $8.8 billion (Hall). -
HP split into two companies. HP Inc., who focused on personal computers and printers. Hewlett Packard Enterprise, who provided products and services for businesses(Hall).
