IBM

Originally called International Business Machines. A major computer and information technology company. IBM develops software and hardware, provides network hosting, and offers IT consulting services. It is one of the only IT companies to trace its origins back more than 100 years. It was established in New York in 1896. After Coca-Cola, IBM is considered the second-most valuable brand name in the world.

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The IBM 1401 had a life cycle of close to two decades before the 360 was introduced.

80 years and counting: the changing role of financial management

Forty-six Univac computers were delivered between 1951 and 1958, and IBM produced their business-oriented 305 RAMAC in the late 1950s, but business data processing took off with the widespread conversion of batch punch-card applications from accounting machines to the IBM 1401, beginning in 1959.

The Next Generation of Business Data Processing

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