Online

This issue of the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) newsletter, Online, covers a variety of corporate updates, personnel news, and internal features from November 1968:

• Corporate & Financial News: The company launched a new Employee Stock Purchase Plan and continued an aggressive college recruiting program. President Ken Olsen’s speech to stockholders highlighted the company’s expansion, ongoing investment in product engineering, and its philosophy regarding community involvement.
• Personnel & Appointments: Several key personnel changes and appointments were announced, including new roles for Ronald P. Noonan, Philip Markell, Mark L. Nigberg, Phil Wood, Evelyn Dow, and Jean-Claude Peterschmitt. The company also expanded its international presence with a new office in the Netherlands and a new sales office in the U.S.
• Operational Updates: The Fabrication Shop underwent significant expansion and process improvements to increase production capacity for computer cabinets.
• Internal Features: The newsletter highlights the "interior decorating" efforts of employees in their offices, a profile on the biomedical market's growth led by Mort Ruderman, and a feature on Steve Kallis, an advertising employee with expertise in filmmaking.
• Employee Recognition: The issue celebrates employee work anniversaries and highlights a local high school student, Bruce Ray, who received guidance from the Denver office for his own computer-building project.