Hewlett Packard (HP) Company History

Hewlett Packard (HP) Company History - Company cofounder William R. Hewlett Packard is Hewlett. Hewlett was born on May 20, 1913 in Ann Arbor, Mich. In 1939, Hewlett founded the company Hewlett-Packard (HP) along with David Packard, who died in 1996.

The company was established with initial capital of only $ 538. Hewlett-Packard name of course taken from their respective names. At Hewlett-Packard Company, Hewlett has held various important positions. But since 1978, Hewlett quit from his post as Chief Executive Officer.

When I was a student, Hewlett received a degree from various universities. In 1934, Hewlett earned a BA (Bachelor of Arts) was from Stanford University.

His master's degree in Electrical Engineering, he can from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1936. And three years later, Hewlett received an engineering degree from Stanford University.

Please also note that Hewlett was the one who received 13 Honorary Degrees from universities.

While studying at Stanford University, he met with David Packard of Hewlett eventually became good friends. Hewlett's career arguably attractive. During World War II-2, Hewlett has worked in the U.S. Armed Forces.

During his tenure in the U.S. Armed Forces, including Hewlett into a team tasked with inspecting the Japanese industry as the second world war ended. In 1947, after returning from that duty, Hewlett went to Palo Ato.

He began working at the company he founded with David Packard, and served as vice president at Hewlett-Packard.company. 1957, served Executive Vice President.

7 years later, Hewlett served as President of HP. In 1969, he was Chief Executive Officer. Hewlett hold this position for 9 years. In 1978, he quit his post it.

Hewlett was one who devoted his life to the advancement of science and technology. Therefore, in 1985, U.S. President Ronald Reagan awarded the National Medal of Science to the William R.

Hewlett for his services in developing science and technology. Hewlett received the award is the highest award in American science.

Hewlett also are people who have great attention to the problems of education, health and social care. He has a lot of work in various agencies, such as the Stanford Medical Center, Kaiser Foundation Hospital, The Carnegie Institution of Washington and Drug Abuse Council in Washington.

William R. Hewlett died on 12 January 2001, at the age of 87 years. However, Hewlett name will remain always remembered by many people because the company he founded with David Packard, is one of the best companies in the world who are engaged in IT (Information Technology).

Hewlett-Packard productively create various tools such as PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), printers, computers and more. Today, goods produced in Hewlett-Packard is widely used by people worldwide.

Products / HP technology include:

Inkjet printers and LaserJet printers, consumables, disposables and other related products.
HP-UX operating system and Tru64 (two UNIX implementations, the second from the DEC)
Server operating system and the willingness of large-scale high-OpenVMS (DEC)
Trusted operating system and architecture NonStop (Tandem Computers from)
PA-RISC processor architecture
IA64 processor architecture (with Intel)
Alpha processor architecture (DEC)
line of HP 9000 servers and workstations
ProLiant line of x86 based servers (from Compaq)
UDC (Utility Data Center)
OpenView family of management software
Storage product line, the which includes business class and enterprise class data storage and protection products.
ProCurve family of network switches, wireless access points, and routers.
Indigo Digital Press.

Miscellaneous

When they wanted to call his company, Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard tossed a coin to determine the name to be used, whether Hewlett-Packard or Packard-Hewlett. After seeing his name now is Hewlett-Packard, but who wins the coin toss is NOT a Bill Hewlett, But Dave Packard.