This edition of "Digital This Week" (December 7, 1987) provides a roundup of company news, employee achievements, and internal administrative updates for Digital Equipment Corporation. Key highlights include:
- Corporate Recognition: Digital was named one of the top five companies for working mothers by Working Mother magazine.
- Company Initiatives: The company expanded its Lab Computing Standards Program, continued its holiday turkey distribution, and initiated a tenant satisfaction survey.
- Employee Achievements: Features spotlighted a Shrewsbury employee's daughter who won a bronze medal at the Special Olympics and a Wilmington employee's daughter who earned a gold medal in fencing at the Pan Am Games.
- New Appointments and Training: Larry Kruger joined as Manager of Scientific Applications Marketing. The publication also detailed new self-paced training courses on Artificial Intelligence and VAX/VMS systems, as well as the graduation of the first class of 28 students from "Reliability University."
- Community and Health: Information was provided regarding "Toys for Tots," tips for coping with holiday stress, and survey results indicating high employee satisfaction with HMO health plans.
- Business Partnerships: Digital announced cooperative marketing agreements with Digital and Star Technologies, Epic Data Corp, and SAS Institute, Inc.