The history of IBM can be traced back to decades before the development of electronic computers. Before the development of electronic computer, it operated punched card data processing equipment. IBM was registered as CTR Company in endicott, new york, a few miles west of Binghamton on June1915. Three independent companies merged to form CTR Company, namely: List Machine Company (1896 was established in Washington), Calculation Table Company (190 1 was established in Dayton, Ohio) and International Times Records Company (1900 was established in endicott, new york). At that time, the president and founder of List Machine Company was herman hollerith. The key figure behind the merger was the financier Charles Flint, who called the founders of the three companies to propose the merger and worked at CTR until 1930 retired.
Thomas J. Watson is the founder of IBM. 19 14 years as general manager of CTR, 19 15 years as president. 19 17, CTR entered the Canadian market under the name of International Business Machines Corporation. 1924 In February, CTR was renamed International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
The company incorporated CTR to manufacture various products, including employee timing systems, scales, automatic meat cutters, and most importantly, to develop computers and punching equipment.
Time CTR concentrates on being punch cards and no longer participates in other activities.
1932, IBM invested a huge sum of 1 10,000 dollars to build the first enterprise laboratory. The research and development of this laboratory throughout the 1930s enabled IBM to take the lead in technical products. Throughout the Great Depression, IBM has been investing in R&D and new products. Its products are better, faster and more reliable than all other companies, so it won the exclusive agency contract of Roosevelt's New Deal accounting project. 1935, IBM's card counting machine products have occupied 85.7% of the American market. Because of the large sales of card machines, IBM has accumulated abundant financial resources and strong sales and service capabilities, laying an important foundation for becoming the overlord in the computer field in the future.
The fate between IBM and China goes back to ancient times. As early as 1934, IBM installed the first commercial processor for Peking Union Medical College Hospital. From 65438 to 0936, the first office of IBM in the Far East was established in Shanghai, which laid the foundation for its development in China and even the whole East Asia. 1937, China's first overseas telephone call was made from IBM's Shanghai office, which opened up a new way for China to connect with the world.