Timeline of Digital Transformation

By gilbertmmarsh
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    Modern Technology

    Information Revolution: service-oriented and computer-based occupations.

  • Minicomputer

    Minicomputer
    Minicomputers were originally presented as an inexpensive alternative to mainframes and mainframe manufacturers did not consider them a serious threat in their market. Eventually, the market for minicomputers became much larger than the market for mainframes.

  • Virtualization

    Virtualization
    Server Virtualization actually started back in the early 1970’s and was pioneered by companies like General Electric (GE), Bell Labs, and International Business Machines (IBM)

  • 3D Printing

    3D Printing
    A stereo-lithography fabrication system, in which layers are added by curing photo-polymers with ultraviolet light lasers.

  • Bluetooth

    Bluetooth
    The development of the "short-link" radio technology, later named Bluetooth, was initiated in 1989 by Nils Rydbeck, CTO at Ericsson Mobile in Lund, Sweden, and by Johan Ullman.

  • Smartphones

    Smartphones
    Smartphones and tablets are more portable than traditional PCs and laptops.