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2. History of IBM - Wikipedia

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   International Business Machines (IBM) is a multinational corporation specializing in computer technology and information technology consulting. Headquartered in Armonk, New York, the company originated from the amalgamation of various enterprises dedicated to automating routine business transactions, notably pioneering punched card-based data tabulating machines and time clocks.

3. Thomas J. Watson - Wikipedia

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   Thomas J. Watson. Thomas John Watson Sr. (February 17, 1874 – June 19, 1956) was an American businessman who was the chairman and CEO of IBM. [ 1][ 2] He oversaw the company's growth into an international force from 1914 to 1956. Watson developed IBM's management style and corporate culture from John Henry Patterson's training at NCR. [ 3]

4. Thomas J. Watson Jr. - Wikipedia

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   Thomas John Watson Jr. (January 14, 1914 – December 31, 1993) was an American businessman, diplomat, Army Air Forces pilot, and philanthropist. The son of IBM Corporation founder Thomas J. Watson, he was the second IBM president (1952–71), the 11th national president of the Boy Scouts of America (1964–68), and the 16th United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1979–81).

5. Philip Don Estridge - Wikipedia

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   Philip Donald Estridge (June 23, 1937 – August 2, 1985), known as Don Estridge, was an American computer engineer who led development of the original IBM Personal Computer (PC), and thus is known as the "father of the IBM PC". He opened its specifications, which revolutionized the computer industry, resulting in a vast increase in sales of ...

6. IBM’s CHRO weighs in on lessons learned from an early ... - AOL

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   IBM’s HR professionals started listening to employee feedback, and implemented a new strategy to influence employee behavior by gradually asking workers to optimize their days with the tech ...

7. Computer programming in the punched card era - Wikipedia

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   These cards (e.g., a JCL "JOB" card to start a new job) were often pre-punched in large quantities in advance. [1] This was especially useful when the main computer did not read the cards directly, but instead read their images from magnetic tape that was prepared offline by smaller computers such as the IBM 1401. After reading the cards in ...