Albert Einstein was told he’d “never amount to much” and Michael Jordan was once cut from his high school’s basketball team. So the next time you’re doubting someone’s potential, or even your own, remember this inspiring infographic:
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Paul Lasewicz, IBM Corporate Archivist, shares highlights from IBM’s history.
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Check out this IBM Archives image of four of IBM’s Hundred Percent Club Members – C.E. Love, C. Valentine, W.M. Valentine, and J. Valentine.
C.E. Love, C. Valentine, W.M. Valentine, and J. Valentine
Happy Valentine’s Day to you and yours!
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Paul Lasewicz, IBM Corporate Archivist
An old advertisement for a product enabling Macs to communicate with IBM mainframes – see the text of the ad below the image.
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Nearly half (46 percent) of people are less productive without coffee, according to an infographic from OnlineMBAPrograms.org. The infographic traces the history of coffee—from how it was discovered to its rise as the second-most traded commodity on earth—and explains some of its benefits. Get the rest of the story in this post from Mark Ragan.
Almost everyone who’s ever come in contact with IBM has heard the company being called “Big Blue”. The term can be found in countless stories, not to mention day-to-day conversations, over many, many years. But why was the name “Big Blue” given to IBM?
In this article, BusinessWeek explores the history and possible origins of the company’s colorful nickname. Read it here.
The December 2012 theme for The Greater IBM Connection is ‘corporate history’, and Paul Lasewicz, IBM Corporate Archivist, will be sharing with us some of the highlights from IBM’s history.
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IBM laboratory at 99 Notre Dame Street, San Jose, the birthplace of the world’s first hard disk drive.
Walking in footsteps of IBM giants – very cool! Seventy years ago, in 1952, IBM opened a small research lab in a small, non-descript building on a side street in downtown San Jose. Four years later, the work of the IBM team at 99 Notre Dame, led by Rey Johnson, resulted in the world’s first hard drive, revolutionizing computing and jump starting the storage industry. Today 99 Notre Dame is a county court. But the connection to its historic past is evident and celebrated. A plaque honoring that past on the sidewalk outside, and inside there’s a small but well done exhibit explaining the significance of the work that was done there. Interestingly, the current use of the structure means that in order to see the exhibit, visitors have to go through a metal detector – so you know the security there is top notch!
Early RAMAC prototype. Note the horizontal alignment of the disks.
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Christmas dreaming, 1955 – Hope all your Holiday Wishes come true too!
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