Books, sites, and articles for alumni, friends, and researchers on the history of HP and many predecessor companies.

HP Way "A uniquely dedicated culture that became a fierce competitive weapon, delivering 40 consecutive years of profitable growth."

On Nov 1, 2015, the legal name of the Hewlett-Packard Company was changed to HP Inc. and a new, completely separate company -- Hewlett Packard Enterprise (no hyphen; green-rectangle logo) -- was spun out. Portions of HPE were later spun out into DXC and Micro Focus, which have spun out other companies: HP Breakup  (HP Labs is part of HP Inc; Hewlett Packard Labs .)

Our HP Breakup Timeline shows each event as HP spawned Agilent, Philips Healthcare, Lumileds, Keysight, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HPInc, DXC Technology, Micro Focus, and others. Each is a completely separate company. hpalumni.org/hptimeline

Timeless business lessons from HP history -- HP people talk frankly about what went right -- and what went wrong -- as this continuous startup grew rapidly for decades.

Books on HP  (Two dozen HP-related business books -- with Amazon links.)  

Books and links for predecessor companies: Compaq   EDS  Tandem

HPAA's HP history directories:

Company Culture (Selected articles.)

Founders (Selected articles.)

HP history websites (Overall company history sites, including the official HPInc/HPE archive.)

HP historical publications (As-it-happened coverage of HP culture, products, and businesses.)

Specific product lines (Articles and websites.)

Reconnect, celebrate the good times, and appreciate those who have passed. Social groups on Facebook for HP, Boise, Corvallis, Cupertino, Medical Group, Response Center, Santa Rosa, Southern California, EDS, DEC, Tandem, and Compaq. Private, independent online forums operated and moderated by people from each community. Directory of leading HP-related Facebook groups: https://www.hpalumni.org/facebook