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From mainframes to smartphones : a history of the international computer industry / Martin Campbell-Kelly and Daniel D. Garcia-Swartz.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Critical issues in business historyPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015Description: vi, 240 pages : illustrations; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780674729063 (alk. paper)
  • 0674729064
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.4/7004
LOC classification:
  • HD 9696.2 C192f 2015
Contents:
pt. I. Origins of the computer industry, 1950-1965 : The mainframe computer industry ; Product differentiation, software, and services ; The international computer industry pt. II. The impact of IBM's system/360, 1965-1980 : IBM's system/360 in the American market ; IBM's system/370 in the American market ; International reactions to system/360 and system/370 pt. III. The rise of the personal computer, 1980-1995 : Microcomputers and personal computers in the American market ; Beyond personal computers in the American market ; International developments pt. IV. The internet era, 1995-2010 : Software and services ; Computer hardware ; Globalization
Summary: "The aim of this book is to provide a compact and up-to-date business and economic history of the computer industry. The reader we have in mind is someone who wants to make a "quick study" of the computer industry ... In our quest for brevity, we have assumed that our readers are themselves information-technology users and are familiar with the everyday vocabulary of computing (such as "operating systems," "disk drives," and "broadband"), and that they are aware of recent gadgetry such as tablet computers and smartphones"--Page 1
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HD 9696.2 C192f 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000163825

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. I. Origins of the computer industry, 1950-1965 : The mainframe computer industry ; Product differentiation, software, and services ; The international computer industry
pt. II. The impact of IBM's system/360, 1965-1980 : IBM's system/360 in the American market ; IBM's system/370 in the American market ; International reactions to system/360 and system/370
pt. III. The rise of the personal computer, 1980-1995 : Microcomputers and personal computers in the American market ; Beyond personal computers in the American market ; International developments
pt. IV. The internet era, 1995-2010 : Software and services ; Computer hardware ; Globalization

"The aim of this book is to provide a compact and up-to-date business and economic history of the computer industry. The reader we have in mind is someone who wants to make a "quick study" of the computer industry ... In our quest for brevity, we have assumed that our readers are themselves information-technology users and are familiar with the everyday vocabulary of computing (such as "operating systems," "disk drives," and "broadband"), and that they are aware of recent gadgetry such as tablet computers and smartphones"--Page 1

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