2014 Event Hewlett-Packard (HP) plans to split into two companies: HP Enterprise, focused on enterprise products and services, and HP Inc., focused on printing and personal computing; the move will be completed in 2015 2014 Event Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman announces reduction of at least 45,000 jobs, expanding the original plan for 34,000 cuts; Whitman seeks to refocus and align HP with changing computing habits such as use of cloud services rather than servers 2011 Event U.S. company Hewlett-Packard adds Ralph Whitworth from Relational Investors to it's corporate-government activists on its board of directors 2001 Death William Hewlett, "started an early ""garage"" company", co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, dies at 87 1988 Event Hewlett-Packard introduces HP-28S Advanced Scientific Calculator 1913 Birthday William Hewlett, cofounder, Hewlett-Packard Co