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and those introduced by into the public marketplace. In the late 1950s distinguished itself with two innovations: the concept of a family of computers (its 360 family) in which the same software could be run across the entire family and a corporate policy dictating that no customer would be allowed to fail in implementing an system. This policy spawned enormous loyalty to �Big Blue,� as came to be called.
From the 1960s until the 1980s dominated the global mainframe market, although in the 1980s lost market share to other manufacturers in specialty areas such as high-performance computing. When minicomputers were introduced in the 1970s viewed them as a threat to the mainframe market and failed to recognize their potential, opening the door for such competitors as Digital Equipment Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, and Data General.
In 1981, however, introduced the highly successful PC, which rapidly became a standard in micro computing. The company met with less success ...

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of IBM�s highest- ranking executives including chief strategist James Cannavino, left the company in 1995 as Gerstner continued to clean house. Also that year Apple released its first Power Mac computer that use the PowerPC chip developed by Apple, IBM, and Motorola. IBM also acquired Footprint software, a banking industry software developer whose programs are sold with OS/2.

Only 10 years after IBM first produced them, personal computers (PCs) have radically changed the way many offices operate. At first, PCs were intended to reduce time-consuming tasks both at home and work. However, many people are still skeptical about the supposed benefits of the personal computer. High ...

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