23/02/2011
100 anni di IBM - The First Salaried Workforce
The First Salaried Workforce
Thomas Watson Sr. always believed in making his workers feel dignified.
In 1934, he bucked a trend toward paying factory workers in piecework, instead paying by the hour.
Continuing the tradition, in 1958 IBM became the first industrial organization to place all regular, hourly-rated domestic employees on a salary basis.
This change in pay practice made all domestic employees part of same basic compensation plan, providing its workforce with economic stability and equality.
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100 anni di IBM - Optimizing the Food Supply
Optimizing the Food Supply
IBM worked with the Danish government in 1988 to create a nationwide cattle registry.
This National Cattle Database collected and managed a breadth of information on 1.2 million bovine animals—including yield, breeding abilities, herdbook, medical history and even udder size and shape.
The database has enabled farmers to optimize the breeding and yield of every cow and provided the Danish government with the visibility and traceability critical to the export of agricultural products.
IBM continues to help governments, farmers and fisheries around the world develop smarter food chains to maximize yield and ensure safety and quality.
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22/02/2011
100 anni di IBM - The Floppy Disk
The Floppy Disk
The IBM engineers who developed the floppy disk never could have dreamed that it would soon become instilled in the fabric of consumers' lives.
It was originally designed for large-scale systems, as a more efficient form factor for IBM's System/370 mainframe data loads. But soon, the disk's small size and ever-increasing storage capabilities led to its adoption by smaller systems as well.
Usable, durable and flexible, the floppy disk quickly became ubiquitous as the preferred storage medium for the emerging personal computer industry.
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100 anni di IBM - Sage
SAGE
The First National Air Defense Network
In the depths of the cold war, IBM was contracted to help safeguard the United States by building an air defense system known as the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE).
When fully deployed in 1963, the system consisted of 27 centers throughout North America, each occupying an acre of floor space.
SAGE was the first large computer network to provide man-machine interaction in real time. It provided the user with speed, altitude, and weapons availability data.
Fortunately, while SAGE made available a number of formative computer technologies, much of its capabilities never had to be put into use.
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21/02/2011
100 anni di IBM - IBM 1401: The Mainframe
IBM 1401: The Mainframe
In 1959, IBM introduced the 1401, the first high-volume, stored-program, core-memory transistorized mainframe computer.
Its versatility in running enterprise applications of all kinds helped it become the most popular computer model in the world in the early 1960s.
IBM also introduced the 1403 chain printer, which launched the era of high-speed, high-volume impact printing.
The 1403 was unsurpassed in quality until the advent of the laser printer in the 1970s.
The 1401 was the first computer system in the world to reach 10,000 unit sales.
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18/02/2011
100 anni di IBM - UPC
UPC
The Transformation of Retail
The UPC barcode system came into being as the result of one man's breakthrough moment, while working under a dramatically tight deadline.
This 1973 invention turned into one of the most profound contributions to industrial technology.
A truly universal standard, the UPC is among the most recognized designs in history, and typically IBM: an elegantly simple matrix of information that can be customized for almost any type of transaction and can yield as much data as needed.
For retailers, the UPC meant savings, better customer service, precise inventory control, and rich stores of marketing data. UPC changed the point-of-sale experience forever.
For more: http://www.ibm.com/ibm100/us/en/icons/upc/
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16/02/2011
Patents and Innovation
By hiring engineer and inventor James W. Bryce in 1917, Thomas Watson Sr. showed his commitment to pure inventing.
Bryce and his team established IBM as a long-term leader in the development and protection of intellectual property.
By 1929, 90 percent of IBM's products were the result of Watson's investments in R&D.
In 1940, the team invented a method for adding and subtracting using vacuum tubes—a basic building block of the fully electronic computers that transformed business in the1950s.
This pattern—using innovation to create intellectual property—shaped IBM's history.
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100 anni di IBM
Io sono IBM, dentro.
Chi mi conosce lo sa bene e sa che quella che in IBM è una vera e propria competenza "Proud to be IBMer", a me riesce bene.
Ci sono alti e bassi come in tutte le aziende e come in tutte le aziende a volte vengono prese delle decisioni che a livello personale possono essere condivise o meno.
Quest'anno IBM compie 100 anni e ha messo in campo tutta una serie di eventi ed iniziative importanti ed interessanti.
Non voglio fare promozione in questo momento, ma una di queste iniziative mi piace molto e vorrei condividerla perchè racconta velocemente ed in modo semplice un po' della storia di IBM.
Sto parlando delle "Icons o f Progress", 100 icone con gli eventi che hanno segnato la storia di IBM.
Dal prossimo posts perciò, ogni tanto, posterò le Icone del Progresso che periodicamente stiamo pubblicando quest'anno.
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