International Business Machines (IBM)

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IBM

International Business Machines Corporation

The Big Blue is often a name use by many to describe the world’s largest provider of

computer of hardware, software, and service. Years ago many said International Business

Corporation (IBM) wouldn’t as prosperous, but who would have said they were wrong.

Know one would of forecast the success of IBM. It was obvious that they would be successfully because computers are extremely important in todays world. Without computers society wouldn’t be advance in technology and other areas.

Many of IBM customers consist of such companies as insurance companies, airlines,

some banks, and many other large corporation. IBM sales consist of programs for large

companies with enormous computer system which needs software. IBM is also trying to

get involve in the on-line service.

The history of the International Business Machine Corporation began with a 40

year-old salesman name Thomas Watson. In 1914 Thomas Watson was a National Cash

Register, he was trying to save a company known as the Computing-Tabulating-Record

Company(C-T-R).At this time he was trying to sell or marketed C-T-R’S Hollerith

machine and other tabulators to the US government during WW1. He wanted to sell

punch cards tabulator. Once he had supplied the US government, with these tabulators,

he had triple (C-T-R) revenues to nearly $15 million by 1920. In 1924

Computing-Tabulating-Record was change to International Business Machines.IBM then

began to take over the worlds market for tabulators, clocks, and electric type writers. By 1940 it was the us largest office firms that deals with machines. There sales had reach $50 million.

In the year of 1944, IBM had perfected the the calculator it was known as Harvard

Mark I. It was actually a electromechanical calculation. It is said that this was the first potentially computers. In 1951 Remington Rand’s came out with the UNIVAC it began

to replace the IBM machine. In the 1960s and the 1970s IBM came out quickly and built a

market share near 80%. IBM used its superior marketing.

In 1952 Thomas Watson Jr became president and presented its first computer, 701.

While Jr was president he introduce the Stretch system, which get rid of vacuum tubes.

Also during this time the first family computes, which were called the 360. In 1957 the

first programming language came, it was called FORTRAN. and also the first floppy it

was introduce in 1971. IBM then came out with more advance computers such as System/38 in 1978 and the AS / 400 in 1988.

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