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November 6, 2025 21 mins

How did HPE and Disney form a relationship which has continued for over 80 years? This week, Technology Now begins a mini-series to celebrate the tenth birthday of HPE. In Episode one, we explore where it all began – with the sale of an oscillator to Disney in the ‘30s - and how that partnership has continued to this day through digitisation, the pandemic, and the current AI explosion.

This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations.

About Alice Taylor:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicetaylor/

Sources
https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/5011/HP-9826/
https://www.hpe.com/nl/en/what-is/virtual-desktop.html 
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls093653710/
https://www.flywing-tech.com/blog/a-1939-audio-oscillator-caught-disneys-eye-and-helped-launch-hp/ 
https://www.hewlettpackardhistory.com/item/a-deal-with-disney/ 
https://www.hpe.com/us/en/about/history/innovation-gallery/008-product.html
https://www.thedisneyclassics.com/blog/animation-styles
https://medium.com/cinemania/a-puppet-in-walt-disneys-hands-ea2d5b43ef96 

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