Making the World Work Better: The Ideas That Shaped a Century and a Company

Maney, Kevin; Hamm, Steve; O'Brien, Jeffrey M.

ISBN 10: 0132755106 / ISBN 13: 9780132755108

Editore: IBM Press, 2011

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No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. spine crease, some light edge wear, some light soiling; In Making the World Work Better: The Ideas That Shaped a Century and a Company, journalists Kevin Maney, Steve Hamm, and Jeffrey M. O'Brien mark the Centennial of IBM's founding by examining how IBM has distinctly contributed to the evolution of technology and the modern corporation over the past 100 years. The authors offer a fresh analysis through interviews of many key figures, chronicling the Nobel Prize-winning work of the company's research laboratories and uncovering rich archival material, including hundreds of vintage photographs and drawings. The book recounts the company's missteps, as well as its successes. It captures moments of high drama - from the bet-the-business gamble on the legendary System/360 in the 1960s to the turnaround from the company's near-death experience in the early 1990s. Codice articolo 059844

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Titolo: Making the World Work Better: The Ideas That...

Casa editrice: IBM Press

Data di pubblicazione: 2011

Legatura: Trade Paperback

Condizione: Good

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Riassunto:

Presents the history of IBM and the influence that it has had on American industry, examining its pivotal role in the mid twentieth-century development of computer technology.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Kevin Maney is the author of three critically-acclaimed books and was a reporter, editor and columnist at USA Today for 22 years and a contributing editor at Conde Nast Portfolio. He has also been a contributor to Fortune, Wired, The Atlantic, NPR, ABC News and other outlets.

 

Steve Hamm is a writer and videographer in IBM's corporate communications department. Previously, he was a journalist for 30 years, most recently at Business Week, where he was a senior writer in the technology section. As a journalist, he covered the computer industry for 20 years, first in Silicon Valley and then in New York.

 

Jeffrey M. O'Brien was a senior editor at Fortune from 2006-2009 and a senior editor at Wired from 1999-2006. He is the recipient of several journalism awards and his work as a writer and editor has appeared in The Best of Technology Writing 2005, 2006 & 2007, The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2005 & 2006, and The Best American Science Writing 2006.