History of IBM

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International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, New York, USA, 2000 Revenues $80 Billion, Employees 316,000, mfg. computer hardware & software. Incorporated June 15, 1911, with predecessor companies incorporated in the late 1800's.

Tabulating Computing Recording Corporation was incorporated on June 15, 1911 by [Thomas J. Watson]?. This company was a merger of the Tabulating Machine Corporation, the Computing Scale Corporation and the International Time Recording Company. The president of the Tabulating Machine Corporation was Herman Hollerith. In 1924, the name of the company changed to International Business Machines Corporation. The company is informally known as Big Blue.

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World renowned research labs located in N.Y., Almaden, Zurich, Tokyo, Haifa, Beijing, Austin, Delhi.

Its headquarters are located in Armonk, New York, USA. The CEO is [Lou Gerstner]?. In 2000 it had revenues of $80 Billion, and 316000 employees. The company is primarily known for manufactoring computer hardware and software. It has world renowned research labs located in N.Y., Almaden, Zurich, Tokyo, Haifa, Beijing, Austin, Delhi.

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See http://www.ibm.com IBM mainframes -- IBM minicomputers -- OS/2

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historical influence on business and computing -- Tabulating Computing Recording Co. -- Herman Hollerith (punched cards and US census) -- Selectric typewriter -- IBM-PC 5150 1981 'revolution' -- "THINK" -- mainframe -- Fred Brooks classic The Mythical Man-Month about OS/360 -- Winchester disk technology -- legal precedents(?): unbundling -- office automation -- research contributions -- nickname "Big Blue" (from blue chip?) -- Atomic Force Microscope -- Scanning Tunnelling Microscope -- T. J. Watson -- Binnig & Rohrer

historical influence on business and computing -- Herman Hollerith (punched cards and US census) -- Selectric typewriter -- IBM-PC 5150 1981 'revolution' -- IBM mainframes -- IBM minicomputers -- OS/2 -- "THINK" -- mainframe -- Fred Brooks classic The Mythical Man-Month about OS/360 -- Winchester disk technology -- legal precedents(?): unbundling -- office automation -- research contributions -- Atomic Force Microscope -- Scanning Tunnelling Microscope -- -- Binnig & Rohrer

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