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Mark Hall and
John Barry, SunBurst: The Ascent of
Sun Microsystems, Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1990. ISBN: 0809243687.
In Silicon Valley, few corporate stars have consistently blazed as brightly
as Sun Microsystems. Rising from startup, Sun has not only survived; it
has succeeded spectacularly. This book is an account of Sun's success.
This is the Story of the Microsoft and how it rose to become the first monopoly of the Information Age. A tale of greed, emotion, and techno-marketing hype in one of the fastest growing, mainline industries of the world. Assembled from Ted Lewis's columns published in IEEE Computer, IEEE Internet Computing, and Scientific America, it is an eyewitness account of the changing computer industry and the story of Silicon Valley and how it works.
Tells the story of the first thirty-five years of Digital Equipment Corporation and illuminates the origin of its unique culture. First-person accounts from past and present members, and friends trace the company's evolution from the f1950s to the 1990s.
U.S. Army researchers played a fundamental role in the inauguration of the modern computer age. In November 1996, a symposium was held to recognize and commemorate seminal Army contributions to the development of modern computing. This volume is a record of the eight sessions of the conference.
Explores the history of the United States Navy's secret development of codebreaking computers and its adaptation to solve critical fleet radar data handling problems. This is the only book written on the US Navy's initial application of shipboard digital computers to naval warfare.
Carlton portrays a company very different from the glamorous technology leader and illuminates what might have been and what really happened to this once-great icon of American business.
Lundstrom recalls in this memoir the heyday of early computing - the rise of Control Data out of the Univac division of Sperry Rand, such milestone computer systems as the Univac and the Naval Tactical Data System, the exploits of CDC's top designer Seymour Cray, and the gradual corporate shift from the interesting world of computer design to internal politics and bureaucracy.
The story of how the brilliant Seymour Cray and his gifted colleagues blazed the trail that led to the Information Age. The book captures the daring spirit of the early days of computer development as well as a modern-day battle in which a group of maverick engineers beat out IBM to become the runaway industry leaders.
Tells the story of GE in the early days of the computer industry when IBM dominated and GE, along with other companies, struggled to catch up. Shows how good management can inspire technological breakthrough, and how bad management can hinder progress.
No company of the twentieth century achieved greater success and engendered more admiration, respect and envy than IBM. This book tells the story of that company - how it was formed, how it grew, and how it shaped and dominated the information processing industry.
Rose draws on firsthand interviews with nearly a hundred Apple veterans, and his own vast knowledge of business and technology, to give us a riveting, provocative, behind-the-scenes account of an industry in turmoil.