Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. Some of its best known products include the Macintosh computers, iPod, iPhone, iPad, and its operating systems and software suites like Mac OS X, iTunes, iLife, iWork, and iOS. As of 2011, Apple operates 357 retail stores around the world and is the largest publicly traded company by market capitalization and revenue.
The most common internal combustion engines of today can be defined as either four-stroke or two-stroke cycle. Two-stroke or four-stroke refers to the number of strokes the piston makes in the cylinder to complete one power cycle. A stroke is the movement of the piston in one direction, moving the piston from the top to the bottom of the cylinder is one stroke. A running internal combustion engine continually repeats a power cycle called: intake, compression, power and exhaust. Your automobile or stern drive engine is most likely a four stroke design. The majority of existing outboard motors use two stroke technology. However the current movement in emissions regulations is pushing the design of current outboards towards the 4 stroke and direct injection two stroke design. Efforts to build a 4 stroke outboard in the past have been many and varied, mostly unsuccessful as the design technology and precision production that can be achieved today were impossible to achieve then. Resulting motors were bulky and unreliable. Those motors that were viable were for the most part rejected by the boating public.
Computers and laptops / notebooks have become a part of our life. Life without a computer is next to impossible in this age of fast growing world of electronics and technology. Qmoniqs Software Provides All types of computer hardware, Desktop, Laptop, Computer accessories and etc.
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SALES REPORT
DELL COMPUTER SERVICES
PART 1
Dell Inc. is an American exclusive multinational PC technology organization started in Round Rock, Texas. They have created, sold, repaired, and upheld PCs and related items and services for over 30 years now. Dell dates back to 1984 when Michael Dell established PC's Limited while still an understudy of the University of Texas at Austin. The apartment headquartered organization sold IBM PC-compatible PCs worked from stock segments. He later dropped out of school to concentrate full-time on his juvenile business, subsequent to getting $1,000 in extension capital from his family. In 1985, the organization delivered the principal PC of its own outline, the Turbo PC, which sold for $795. This paper takes a look into how Dell maneuvers its competition by laying out effective strategies since days of old.
Within its first year, Dell accomplished offers of $6 million, moving toward $40 million the following year. Dell employed previous speculations of investor E. Lee Walker as president in 1986 to help manage the company's touchy development. By 1987 Dell held a prevailing position according to the post office arrange advertise, yet unmistakably the firm needed to move past mail order market if it somehow happened to keep developing. To fulfill this objective the firm required a bigger expert administration staff, and Dell employed a group of marketing officials from Tandy Corp. And this would become the beginning of a legendary computer production line. Dell's worldwide central station grounds is a 2.1 million square foot office controlled by wind-power and gas energy which is converted from a landfill. On location, workers have entry to a wellness focus, keeping money focuses, representative store, a mother's room, and legal official publics (Farfan, 2016).
Dell empowers nations, communities, and individuals whenever they utilize their innovations by understanding their fantasies. Clients believe dell to convey technology plans that will help them do and accomplish more, regardless of where they are, school, at work or even at home. The Texas-based organization offers a wide assortment of standard consumer laptops as a major aspect of its Inspiron line. Also, there are several industry-driving Ultrabooks in the XPS 13 and 15, that are convincing latitude business lineup. Dell offers a lot of 2-in-1s, from its reasonable, client focused on Inspiron 11 3000 2-in-1 to the expensive Latitude 12 7000 for big business. Despite the fact that showcased as a different brand, the organization's Alienware portable PCs are among the best and most well-known gaming frameworks in the business.
The company offers the most grounded and distinct lineup of desktop PCs and laptops which are portable workstations. From value estimated 2-in-1s to premium business frameworks and top of the line gaming portable work.
The most common internal combustion engines of today can be defined as either four-stroke or two-stroke cycle. Two-stroke or four-stroke refers to the number of strokes the piston makes in the cylinder to complete one power cycle. A stroke is the movement of the piston in one direction, moving the piston from the top to the bottom of the cylinder is one stroke. A running internal combustion engine continually repeats a power cycle called: intake, compression, power and exhaust. Your automobile or stern drive engine is most likely a four stroke design. The majority of existing outboard motors use two stroke technology. However the current movement in emissions regulations is pushing the design of current outboards towards the 4 stroke and direct injection two stroke design. Efforts to build a 4 stroke outboard in the past have been many and varied, mostly unsuccessful as the design technology and precision production that can be achieved today were impossible to achieve then. Resulting motors were bulky and unreliable. Those motors that were viable were for the most part rejected by the boating public.
Computers and laptops / notebooks have become a part of our life. Life without a computer is next to impossible in this age of fast growing world of electronics and technology. Qmoniqs Software Provides All types of computer hardware, Desktop, Laptop, Computer accessories and etc.
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Sales Mgmt
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SALES REPORT
DELL COMPUTER SERVICES
PART 1
Dell Inc. is an American exclusive multinational PC technology organization started in Round Rock, Texas. They have created, sold, repaired, and upheld PCs and related items and services for over 30 years now. Dell dates back to 1984 when Michael Dell established PC's Limited while still an understudy of the University of Texas at Austin. The apartment headquartered organization sold IBM PC-compatible PCs worked from stock segments. He later dropped out of school to concentrate full-time on his juvenile business, subsequent to getting $1,000 in extension capital from his family. In 1985, the organization delivered the principal PC of its own outline, the Turbo PC, which sold for $795. This paper takes a look into how Dell maneuvers its competition by laying out effective strategies since days of old.
Within its first year, Dell accomplished offers of $6 million, moving toward $40 million the following year. Dell employed previous speculations of investor E. Lee Walker as president in 1986 to help manage the company's touchy development. By 1987 Dell held a prevailing position according to the post office arrange advertise, yet unmistakably the firm needed to move past mail order market if it somehow happened to keep developing. To fulfill this objective the firm required a bigger expert administration staff, and Dell employed a group of marketing officials from Tandy Corp. And this would become the beginning of a legendary computer production line. Dell's worldwide central station grounds is a 2.1 million square foot office controlled by wind-power and gas energy which is converted from a landfill. On location, workers have entry to a wellness focus, keeping money focuses, representative store, a mother's room, and legal official publics (Farfan, 2016).
Dell empowers nations, communities, and individuals whenever they utilize their innovations by understanding their fantasies. Clients believe dell to convey technology plans that will help them do and accomplish more, regardless of where they are, school, at work or even at home. The Texas-based organization offers a wide assortment of standard consumer laptops as a major aspect of its Inspiron line. Also, there are several industry-driving Ultrabooks in the XPS 13 and 15, that are convincing latitude business lineup. Dell offers a lot of 2-in-1s, from its reasonable, client focused on Inspiron 11 3000 2-in-1 to the expensive Latitude 12 7000 for big business. Despite the fact that showcased as a different brand, the organization's Alienware portable PCs are among the best and most well-known gaming frameworks in the business.
The company offers the most grounded and distinct lineup of desktop PCs and laptops which are portable workstations. From value estimated 2-in-1s to premium business frameworks and top of the line gaming portable work.
For more than a decade, Microsoft has been the market leader in operating systems. It was established by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1975, 46 years ago, and is currently flourishing all over the world.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
From Siloed Products to Connected Ecosystem: Building a Sustainable and Scala...
Apple inc
1. Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL; formerly Apple Computer, Inc.) is an American multinational corporation that
designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The company's best-
known hardware products include the Macintosh line of computers, theiPod, the iPhone and the iPad. Apple
software includes the Mac OS X operating system; the iTunes media browser; the iLife suite of multimedia and
creativity software; the iWork suite of productivity software; Aperture, a professional photography
package; Final Cut Studio, a suite of professional audio and film-industry software products; Logic Studio, a
suite of music production tools; the Safari web browser; and iOS, a mobile operating system. As of July 2011,
the company operates 357 retail stores in ten countries,[4] and an online store where hardware and software
products are sold.[5] As of September 2011, Apple is the largest publicly traded company in the world by market
capitalization and the largest technology company in the world by revenue and profit.[citation needed]
Dell
Dell, Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is an American multinational information technology corporation based in 1 Dell
Way, Round Rock, Texas, United States, that develops, sells and supports computers and related products
and services. Bearing the name of its founder, Michael Dell, the company is one of the largest technological
corporations in the world, employing more than 103,300 people worldwide.[2] Dell is listed at number 41 in
the Fortune 500 list.[3]
Dell has grown by both increasing its customer base and through acquisitions since its inception;
notable mergers and acquisitions including Alienware(2006) and Perot Systems (2009). As of 2009, the
2. company sold personal computers, servers, data storage devices, network switches, software, and
computer peripherals. Dell also sells HDTVs, cameras, printers, MP3 players and other electronics built by
other manufacturers. The company is well known for its innovations in supply chain
management and electronic commerce.
Fortune Magazine listed Dell as the sixth largest company in Texas by total revenue.[4] It is the second largest
non-oil company in Texas – behind AT&T – and the largest company in the Austin, Texas area.[5]
Compaq
Compaq Computer Corporation was a personal computer company founded in 1982. Once the largest
supplier of personal computing systems in the world,[1] Compaq existed as an independent corporation until
2002, when it was acquired for US$25 billion by Hewlett-Packard.[2][3]
The company was formed by Rod Canion, Jim Harris and Bill Murto — former Texas Instruments senior
managers. The name "COMPAQ" was derived from "Compatibility and Quality",[4] as at its formation Compaq
produced some of the first IBM PC compatible computers.[5][6]
Prior to its takeover the company was headquartered in northwest unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United
States.[7]
Fujitsu
Fujitsu Limited (富士通株式会社 Fujitsū Kabushiki-gaisha?) is a multinational information
technology equipment and services company headquartered inTokyo, Japan.[5] Fujitsu's central focus is on
providing IT-driven business solutions, but the company and its subsidiaries also offer a diversity
of productsand services in the areas of personal computing, telecommunications and
advanced microelectronics.
With approximately 172,000 employees worldwide supporting customers in over 70 countries,[1], Fujitsu is the
world's third largest IT services provider[6] and
3. Gateway Computer Corporation
Gateway Computer Corporation, is a computer hardware company headquartered
in Irvine, California, USA which develops, manufactures, supports, and markets a wide range of personal
computers, computer monitors, servers, and computer accessories. It became a well-known brand in
1991 when it started shipping its computer hardware in cow-spotted boxes and for its creative advertising
in Computer Shopper and other magazines. In the early and mid-2000s, the company struggled; after
years as a fixture on the Fortune 500 list of largest companies worldwide, the company was not listed in
2006, having dropped to number 508. Gateway was acquired by Acer Inc. in 2007.
On September 4, 2007 Gateway announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to sell its
professional business segment to MPC Corporation. This includes the company's Nashville-based
[1]
configuration center. MPC subsequently ceased its services and filed for bankruptcy protection in early
2009, leaving Gateway business customers stranded without access to support or warranty services. This
[2]
incident has caused substantial damage to the Gateway brand.
On October 16, 2007, Acer Inc. completed its acquisition of Gateway for approximately US$710
[3]
million. Its final share price of US$1.90 was far below the US$4.00 average price in the mid 1990s and
drastically below a high of US$84 in late 1999. The US$1.90 per share was just barely over half of the
split-
Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ), commonly referred to as HP, is an American multinational
information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA that provides products,
4. technologies, software, solutions and services to individual consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses
(SMBs) and large enterprises, including customers in the government, health and education sectors. The
company was founded in a one-car garage in Palo Alto by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard. Now it is one of
the world's largest information technology companies, operating in nearly every country. HP specializes in
developing and manufacturing computing, data storage, and networking hardware, designing software and
delivering services. Major product lines include personal computing devices, enterprise, and industry standard
servers, related storage devices, networking products, software and a diverse range of printers, and other
imaging products. HP markets its products to households, small- to medium-sized businesses and enterprises
directly as well as via online distribution, consumer-electronics and office-supply retailers, software partners
and major technology vendors. HP also has strong services and consulting business around its products and
partner products.
HP's posted net revenue in 2010 was $126.3 billion, in 2009 net revenue was $115 billion, with approximately
$40 billion coming from services. In 2007, HP's revenue was $104 billion, making HP the first IT company in
history to report revenues exceeding $100 billion.[2] In 2008 HP retained its global leadership position in inkjet,
laser, large format and multi-function printers market, and its leadership position in the hardware
industry.[3] Also HP became No.2 globally in IT services as reported by IDC & Gartner.[4]
Major company changes include a spin-off of part of its business as Agilent Technologies in 1999,
its merger with Compaq in 2002, and the acquisition ofEDS in 2008, which led to combined revenues of
$118.4 billion in 2008 and a Fortune 500 ranking of 9 in 2009.[4] In November 2009, HP announced the
acquisition of 3Com;[5] with the deal closing on April 12, 2010.[6] On April 28, 2010, HP announced the buyout
of Palm for $1.2 billion.[7] On September 2, 2010, won its bidding war for 3PAR with a $33 a share offer
($2.07 billion) which Dell declined to match.[8]
On August 6, 2010, CEO Mark Hurd resigned.[9] Cathie Lesjak assumed the role of interim CEO, and on
September 30, 2010, Léo Apotheker became HP's new permanent CEO and Ray Lane, Managing Partner
at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, was elected to the position of non-executive chairman. Both appointments
were effective November 1, 2010.[10]
On September 22, 2011, Hewlett-Packard Co. named former eBay Inc. chief executive Meg Whitman its
president and CEO, replacing Léo Apotheker, while Raymond Lane became executive chairman, having
previously served as non-executive chairman of the company.
5. Intel
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is an American multinational semiconductor chip maker corporation
headquartered in Santa Clara, California, United States and the world's largest semiconductor chip maker,
based on revenue.[4] It is the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most
personal computers. Intel was founded on July 18, 1968, as Integrated Electronics Corporation (though a
common misconception is that "Intel" is from the word intelligence). Intel also
makes motherboard chipsets, network interface controllers and integrated circuits, flash memory, graphic
chips,embedded processors and other devices related to communications and computing. Founded by
semiconductor pioneers Robert Noyce and Gordon Mooreand widely associated with the executive leadership
and vision of Andrew Grove, Intel combines advanced chip design capability with a leading-edge manufacturing
capability. Though Intel was originally known primarily to engineers and technologists, its "Intel Inside"
advertising campaign of the 1990s made it and its Pentium processor household names.
Intel was an early developer of SRAM and DRAM memory chips, and this represented the majority of its
business until 1981. Although Intel created the world's first commercial microprocessor chip in 1971, it was not
until the success of the personal computer (PC) that this became its primary business. During the 1990s, Intel
invested heavily in new microprocessor designs fostering the rapid growth of the computer industry. During this
period Intel became the dominant supplier of microprocessors for PCs, and was known for aggressive and
sometimes illegal tactics in defense of its market position, particularly against Advanced Micro Devices (AMD),
as well as a struggle with Microsoft for control over the direction of the PC industry.[5][6] The 2011 rankings of
the world's 100 most powerful brands published by Millward Brown Optimor showed the company's brand value
at number 58.[7]
Intel has also begun research in electrical transmission and generation.[8][9] Intel has recently introduced a 3-D
transistor that may improve performance and energy efficiency.[10] Intel will be mass producing this 3-D
transistor, called Tri-Gate transistors, with their upcoming 22nm process in the near future.[11] In 2011,
SpectraWatt Inc., a solar cell spinoff of Intel, filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11. [12]
6. IBM
International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) or IBM is an
American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United
States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it
offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe
computers to nanotechnology.[2] As of September 2011, IBM is the second-largest publicly traded technology
company in the world by market capitalization.[3]
The company was founded in 1911 as the Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation through a merger of
four companies: the Tabulating Machine Company, the International Time Recording Company, the Computing
Scale Corporation, and the Bundy Manufacturing Company.[4][5] CTR adopted the name International Business
Machines in 1924, using a name previously designated to CTR's subsidiary in Canada and later South
America. Its distinctive culture and product branding has given it the nickname Big Blue.
In 2011, Fortune ranked IBM the 18th largest firm in the U.S.,[6] as well as the 7th most profitable.[7] Globally,
the company was ranked the 31st largest firm by Forbes for 2011.[8][9] Other rankings for 2011 include #1
company for leaders (Fortune), #2 best global brand (Interbrand), #1 green company worldwide (Newsweek),
#12 most admired company (Fortune), and #18 most innovative company (Fast Company).[10] IBM employs
more than 425,000 employees (sometimes referred to as "IBMers") in over 200 countries, with occupations
including scientists, engineers, consultants, and sales professionals.[11]
IBM holds more patents than any other U.S.-based technology company and has nine research laboratories
worldwide.[12] Its employees have garnered fiveNobel Prizes, four Turing Awards, nine National Medals of
Technology, and five National Medals of Science.[13] Famous inventions by IBM include theautomated teller
machine (ATM), the floppy disk, the hard disk drive, the magnetic stripe card, the relational database,
the Universal Product Code (UPC), the financial swap, SABRE airline reservation system, DRAM, and Watson
artificial intelligence.
The company has undergone several organizational changes since its inception, acquiring companies
like SPSS (2009) and PwC consulting (2002),spinning off companies like Lexmark (1991), and selling off
product lines like ThinkPad to Lenovo (2005).
Sam Palmisano will step down as CEO as of January 1, 2012, but retain his position as chairman. He will be
replaced by veteran IBMer Ginni
7. Lenovo
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lenovo (SEHK: 0992, OTCBB: LNVGY) (Chinese: 联想集团; pinyin: Liánxiǎng jítuán) is
a multinational computer company that develops, manufactures and
markets desktop and notebook computers, workstations, servers, storage drives, IT management software, and
other related products and services. Lenovo was incorporated in Hong Kong in 1988 under its previous name,
Legend.[4] Lenovo's principal operations are currently located in Morrisville, North Carolina, Beijing, China and
Singapore.
Lenovo is the world's second largest PC maker and markets the ThinkPad line of notebook PCs
and ThinkCentre line of desktops[5]. These brands became part of Lenovo's offerings after its 2005 acquisition
of IBM's personal computer business. Lenovo also sells the IdeaPad line of notebook computers. Lenovo
markets its products directly to consumers, small to medium size businesses, and large enterprises, as well as
through online sales, company-owned stores, chain retailers, and major technology distributors and vendors.
Silicon Graphics
Silicon Graphics, Inc. (commonly initialised to SGI, historically sometimes referred to as Silicon Graphics
Computer Systems or SGCS) was a manufacturer of high-performance computing solutions,
including computer hardware and software, founded in 1981 by Jim Clark. Its initial market was 3D
graphics display terminals, but its products, strategies and market positions evolved significantly over time.
Initial systems were based on the Geometry Engine that Clark and Marc Hannah had developed at Stanford
University, and were derived from Clark's broader background in computer graphics. The Geometry Engine
was the first very-large-scale integration (VLSI) implementation of a geometry pipeline, specialized hardware
that accelerated the "inner-loop" geometric computations needed to display three-dimensional images.
SGI was headquartered in Sunnyvale, California; it was originally incorporated as a California corporation in
November 1981, and reincorporated as aDelaware corporation in January 1990. On April 1, 2009, SGI filed
for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and announced that it would sell substantially all of its assets to Rackable
Systems, a deal finalized on May 11, 2009, with Rackable assuming the name "Silicon Graphics International".