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From The Archives: The IBM 701 and Software-as-a-Service
Sixty years ago today, the IBM 701 was formally announced. Its official name was the Defense Calculator, “specifically selected to appeal to the patriotism of the older Watson and to avoid the use of the unacceptable word, computer,” according to … Continue reading
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CIOs on Big Data: A New IBM Study
Earlier this week, IBM released the 2011 IBM Global Chief Information Officer Study, based on “face-to-face conversations with over 3,000 CIOs from organizations of every size, sector and region.”
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Fumbling the Future, Inventing the Present, Understanding the Past
Moshe Vardi, the Editor-in-Chief of Communications of the ACM (CACM), has done a great public service by asking IBM to declassify and publish online an IBM report originally published in 1989. It summarized the work of 20 IBM Research Division … Continue reading
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This Day in Information: Watson Renames CTR as IBM
Today in 1924, the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) changed it name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
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This Day In Information: IBM and Social Security
Today in 1940, Ida M. Fuller became the first person to receive an old-age monthly benefit check under the new Social Security law. Her first check, dated January 31, was for $22.54.
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