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Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) is formed; June 16th 1911
CTR changes it's name to International Business Machines (IBM); 1924
Thomas J. Watson, Sr. is elected President of IBM; 1915
IBM eServer zSeries 890 debuts, first Thinkpad, ; 2004
First Tabulating Machine Co. printing tabulator; 1920
Magnetic tape vacuum column; 1952
Magnetic stripe cards; 1969
Floppy disk; 1971
IBM PC; 1981
Thinkpad; 1992
IBM refocuses on services and software; 1994
PC Division sold; 2005
IBM switches it's focus solely to the cloud; 2014
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Thomas J. Watson Sr. is CEO of IBM; 1914-1956
Thomas J. Watson, Jr. is CEO of IBM; 1956-1971
T. Vincent Learson is CEO of IBM; 1971-1973
Frank T. Cary is CEO of IBM; 1973-1981
John Opel is CEO of IBM; 1981-1985
John F. Akers is CEO of IBM; 1985-1993
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. is CEO of IBM; 1993-2992
Samuel J. Palmisano if CEO of IBM; 2002-2011
Virginia M. Rometty is CEO of IBM; 2012-
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