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Herman Hollerith founded the company in 1896 and later became apart of CTR. He received a patent in 1889.
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Tabulating Machine Company merged with Computing Scale Company of America and International Time Recording Company to form Computing Tabulating Recording Company.
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It was renamed from Computing Tabulating Recording Company to International Business Machines (IBM)
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IBM invents the vacuum tube multiplier to facilitate calculations electronically.
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IBM and Harvard built a computer with Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator- first attempt
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First solo computer project and production using magnetic tape drive vacuum technology
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IBM researcher Robert H. Dennard invented DRAM memory. It was the core development for modern computers.
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First home consumer use that costed $1,565. They hired Microsoft to write an operating system for its PC
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Gerd K. Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer won the 1986 Nobel Prize in physics for their groundbreaking work in scanning tunneling microscopy
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Expanded and acquired Lotus Development Corp, Tivoli Systems Inc. and Deep Blue to be the leading technology innovator- focusing on facilitating use of technology
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Expanding to support e-businesses