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Alan Turning presents the notion of a universal machine, later called the Turing machine, capable of computing anything that is computable. The central concept of the modern computer was based on his ideas. 'The Imitation Game" is a recent Hollywood movie that recaps his life and invention.
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"First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC"John Von Neumann published the First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC, the first documented discussion of the stored program concept and the blueprint for computer architecture to this day.
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Mainframe computers were used
Computers and data were centralized
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Xerox Bob Metcalfe invented the Ethernet at Xerox Palto Alto Research Center (PARC)
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PCs and LANs are installed
Departments set up own computer systems
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Enterprise WAN
You no longer needed to purchase and manage individual links between each of the locations that you wanted to connect.
Wide Area Networks (WANs) become corporate standards
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History of Microsoft Office This was the first installment of Microsoft Office, which is essential to businesses today. It included Excel and PowerPoint
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Wide Area Networks expand via the Internet to include global Enterprises and business partners – supply chain and distribution
Senior management looks for data sharing across systems. Main focus is efficiencies and speed in inventory, manufacturing, distribution
