The initial design for what became Sun’s first Unix workstation was conceived by Andy Bechtolsheim when he was a graduate student at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. He originally designed this “68000 Unix system” for the communications project Stanford University Network, building it from spare parts resourced from the Department of Computer Science and …
Every day, VeriSign intelligent infrastructure services enable and protect billions of interactions every day across the worlds voice and data networks. To say the least, the world is dynamically transforming. And at the very center of this transformation, billions of times every day, the world relies on a company it may not even realize is …
It all began with a forgotten wallet It’s 1949. Businessman Frank McNamara schedules dinner at Major’s Cabin Grill, a New York City restaurant. Dinner over, Frank realizes he has left his wallet in his other suit. His wife rescues him and pays. He resolves never to face this embarrassment again.
In 1907, Eugène Schueller, a young French chemist, developed an innovative hair-color formula. He called his improved hair dye Auréole. With that, the history of L’Oréal began. Eugène Schueller formulated and manufactured his own products, which he then sold to Parisian hairdressers. In 1909, Schueller registered his company, the Société Française de Teintures Inoffensives pour …
Blockbuster Entertainment Company began as Blockbuster Video in Dallas, Texas when it opened its first store on October 19, 1985. The founder of the company was a 29-year-old named David P. Cook. Cook grew the business and brought it public before handing the reins to CEO, Wayne Huizenga who quickly grew it into a multi-billion …
Canon started out as a company with a handful of employees and a burning passion. That company soon became a world-renowned camera maker and is now a global multimedia corporation. However, the origins of our success remain unchanged: the passion of our early years and technological expertise amassed over more than 60 years. Canon will …