Friday, August 3, 2012

HP Timeline 1992-2012

1992:
  • CEO John Young retires, Lew Platt becomes CEO
  • Joel Birnbaum is HP Labs Director
  • $17B revenue
  • 92,000 employees

1993:
  • David Packard retires as Chairman
  • 10 ships millionth LaserJet
  • HP introduces OmniBook 3000
  • $20B revenue
  • 96,000 employees

1994:
  • HP/Intel work on 64-bit computer design
  • HP encourages employees to telecommute
  • HP produces world's brightest LED for new applications in cars, traffic signals, ...
  • HP introduces world's first all-in-on device - OfficeJet
1995:
  • David Packard publishes The HP Way
  • $31.5B revenue
  • 105,000 employees
1996:
  • Dave Packard dies at age 83
  • HP recycles its 10 millionth LaserJet print cartridge
1997:
  • HP recycles inkjet print cartridges
1998:
  • HP introduces first PDA - Jornada
1999:
  • HP announces spinoff of Agilent Technologies
  • Lew Platt retires, Carly Fiorina becomes CEO
  • HP rebrands as "HP Invent" with new logo and brand identity
  • Dick Lampman becomes Director of HP Labs
  • Lee Caldwell becomes CTO of Imaging & Printing Group
  • $42B revenue
  • 85,000 employees
2000:
  • HP introduces Superdome servers for Internet infrastructure
  • Carly publishes "Rules of the Garage"
  • Caroline Tichnor retires, Vyomesh Joshi (VJ) becomes EVP of Imaging & Printing Group
2001:
  • Bill Hewlett dies at age 87
  • HP creates HP Services business
  • Frank Cloutier becomes CTO of Imaging & Printing Group
2002:
  • HP acquires Indigo for commercial printing
  • HP introduces Deskjet 5550 for photo prints
  • HP launches branding campaign with "everything is possible" theme
  • HP and Compaq merge
  • Shane Robison becomes HP's Chief Technology Officer
  • $48B market cap
  • $57B revenue
  • 141,000 employees
2003:
  • HP announces initiative for SMB (small- and medium-business) market
  • HP rolls out Adaptive Enterprise strategy to help businesses manage IT
  • $68B market cap
2004:
  • HP wins IEEE Corporate Innovation Award (nomination prepared by me) for development and commercialization of thermal inkjet technology
  • HP rolls out digital entertainment products - TVs, HP Digital Entertainment Center
  • $80B revenue
  • 150,000 employees
  • $56B market cap
2005:
  • Carly Fiorina fired, Mark Hurd becomes CEO
  • HP acquires Snapfish
  • HP ships 10 millionth ProLiant server
  • HP announces TIJ4 - printhead fabricated using only photolithographic processes
  • HP introduces Halo collaboration studios/services
  • Patrick Scaglia becomes CTO of Imaging & Printing Group
  • HP Labs opens research center in Beijing
  • $80B market cap
2006:
  • HP ships 100 millionth LaserJet
  • HP acquires VoodooPC
  • HP acquires Mercury Interactive Corp.
  • HP ranks 14 in Fortune 500
  • $92B revenue
  • 156,000 employees
  • $106B market cap
2007:
  • HP introduces TouchSmart PC
  • HP achieves goal of recycling one billion pounds of electronics
  • HP Labs opens location in Russia
  • Prith Banerjee becomes Director of HP Labs 
  • HP acquires Tabblo, Logoworks, SPI Dynamics, Neoware, ColorSpan, and Opsware
  • $104B revenue
  • 172,000 employees
  • $133B market cap
2008:
  • HP introduces Mini-Note PC for education market
  • HP acquires EDS
  • $118B revenue
  • 321,000 employees
  • $94B market cap
2009:
  • HP introduces web-connected printers
  • HP acquires 3Com
  • $113B market cap
2010:
  • HP acquires Palm and ArcSight
  • Mark Hurd is fired, Leo Apotheker becomes CEO
  • Mike Salfity becomes CTO of Imaging & Printing Group
  • HP crosses mark of one billion ink cartridges manufactured with recycled plastic
  • $126B revenue
  • 324,600 employees
  • $95B market cap
2011:
  • Next generation data center opens
  • HP acquires Autonomy
  • Leo Apotheker is fired, Meg Whitman becomes CEO
  • $53B market cap
2012:
  • Vyomesh Yoshi retires, Imaging & Printing Group is merged into Personal Systems Group
  • HP CTO Shane Robison retires and is not replaced
  • Print Banerjee leaves HP, Chandrakent Patel becomes Interim Director of HP Labs
  • HP announces plan to reduce headcount by 27,000
  • HP announces Enhanced Early Retirement program, Evan Smouse and 8000 others take EER
  • $49B market cap

Official HP company timeline:
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/hp-information/about-hp/history/hp-timeline/hp-timeline.html

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