{"id":1147,"date":"2024-10-24T14:23:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T14:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infoclutch.com\/stagging\/?p=1147"},"modified":"2025-12-15T10:04:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T10:04:31","slug":"ibm-company-history-timeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infoclutch.com\/blog\/ibm-company-history-timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"The Brief History of IBM"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1147\" class=\"elementor elementor-1147\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-409f329 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"409f329\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70bbae1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"70bbae1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Introduction<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34bc3e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34bc3e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis infographic shows the IBM history and its timeline with some of the notable milestones dating back to 19th Century. International Business Machines (IBM) is one of the pioneer technology companies who are into manufacturing and marketing computer hardware, software, middleware and offer hosting &amp; consulting services.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-216d532 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"216d532\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"2384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.infoclutch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brief_History_Of_IBM_V001.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1153\" alt=\"Brief History Of IBM\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.infoclutch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brief_History_Of_IBM_V001.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.infoclutch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brief_History_Of_IBM_V001-126x300.jpg 126w, https:\/\/www.infoclutch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brief_History_Of_IBM_V001-430x1024.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.infoclutch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brief_History_Of_IBM_V001-768x1831.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.infoclutch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brief_History_Of_IBM_V001-644x1536.jpg 644w, https:\/\/www.infoclutch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brief_History_Of_IBM_V001-859x2048.jpg 859w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5222fd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c5222fd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-785ec8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"785ec8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">IBM Company History Timeline<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c862433 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c862433\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>1880: Founder Charles Ranlett Flint established Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (Currently known as IBM).<\/li><li>1924: Thomas J. Watson, the then GM renamed CTR to IBM.<\/li><li>1949: Thomas Watson created IBM World Trade Corporation by internationally focussing on foreign operations.<\/li><li>1964 \u2013 1970: IBM announced the first computer system family, the IBM System\/360 followed by IBM System\/370<\/li><li>1988: IBM introduces the IBM AS\/400 (Application System\/400), a new family of easy-to-use computers designed for small and intermediate-sized companies.<\/li><li>2005: IBM sold its personal computer business to \u2018Lenovo\u2019 \u2013 Chinese technology company<\/li><li>2008: IBM launched the Supercomputer called IBM Roadrunner<\/li><li>2014: IBM sold x86 to Lenovo for $2.1 billion, the same year IBM partnered with Apple Inc., Twitter, Facebook, Tencent, Cisco, UnderArmour, Box, Microsoft, VMware, CSC, Macy\u2019s, Sesame Workshop and Salesforce.com.<\/li><li>2017: IBM Research receives 2017 Chairman\u2019s Environmental 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