Phases of Organizational Transformation - The ICT Era By cpascal Period: Aug 10, 1975 to Aug 10, 2010 Technology that transformed the organization Aug 10, 1978 IBM Selectric - first auto correcting typewriter - becomes the gold standard Aug 10, 1987 Voice Mail Aug 10, 1988 PC's gain popularity in workplace Aug 10, 1988 Pagers become popular Aug 10, 1990 Fax machine becomes ubiquitious Aug 10, 1993 Cell phones / moblie technology take off Aug 10, 1995 Windows 95 Introduced Aug 10, 1995 Netscape ushers in the Internet Era Aug 10, 1997 Organizations adopt online recruiting applications Aug 10, 2000 Google gets its start Aug 10, 2004 SaaS gains big ground in organizations Aug 10, 2007 Facebook opens up to world Aug 10, 2008 Texting becomes the new normal Aug 10, 2010 Social media sites most popular