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"1990s" - 84 Total Result(s)
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Protecting the Ozone
Bob Bell, site engineering manager of the Boise office, urged Hewlett-Packard to cease using ozone-depleting chemicals, such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). His efforts led the company to eliminate CFC ...
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Reclaiming Santa Rosa’s Water
Hewlett-Packard’s Santa Rosa site irrigated all 10 acres of its landscaping with reclaimed manufacturing water — which amounted to 43 million gallons of water in 1992 alone. (Left to right) John Walz, ...
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Scanning History: The HP CapShare 910
When speaking about the HP CapShare 910, Lew E. Platt, Hewlett-Packard chairman, president and chief executive officer, foreshadowed the future when he stated, “HP envisions a world of people sharing ...
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Set for Success: HP 9000 Model 1210
The HP 9000 Model 1210 was one of Hewlett-Packard’s first “fault tolerant” computers, meaning it could continue to function even if a part failed, a critical feature in minimizing disruption in enterp ...
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Shuffling the System: Modular Systems
As minicomputers changed the way offices did business, Hewlett-Packard systems coordinated multiple devices with one another to provide optimal memory support for Hewlett-Packard computers. The modula ...
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Smooth Sailing with HP Computers
Hewlett-Packard provided computer systems and software to the America3 Foundation racing team during the 1992 America’s Cup in San Diego, California. America’s Cup teams had been using HP computers si ...
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Sphere of Influence: Biosphere II
In the fall of 1990, researchers sealed themselves inside Biosphere II, the world’s largest terrarium, in the Arizona desert. Over a two-year stint, the terrarium’s ecological systems would recycle ai ...
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Sprouting Environmental Policies
HP employees Simon Forsyth and Julie Parker (left and center) volunteered for the “green team” at the company’s Bristol site, planting wildflowers with Helen Hall (right) of the Avon Wildlife Trust. H ...
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Starting Hewlett-Packard Korea
Hewlett-Packard Korea (originally “Samsung Hewlett-Packard”) was founded in 1984 as a joint venture with Samsung. The company became so successful that in 1998 Hewlett-Packard CEO Lew Platt became the ...
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Susan Packard Orr On HP Board
Susan Packard Orr (front row, second from right) charted her own course in the tech industry, founding Telosa Software in 1986. On September 17, 1993, she followed in her father Dave Packard’s footste ...