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They still call it big blue, but maybe not for long. Back when IBM acquired the moniker, blue referred to the signature color of its computers, and big described their size. Called mainframes, the mammoth computers were as massive as locomotives and just as powerful when it came to processing data. Big Blue once held more than 80% of the market in its iron grip...
...even IBM could withstand the seismic shifts that rocked the industry in the early 1990s. As personal computers increased in power, many customers began moving their data-processing chores to smaller, desktop systems. The shock waves bent many "big iron" manufacturers out of shape, including Prime Computer and Control Data Corp., which stopped making mainframes after heavy losses. Many companies like Wang Laboratories and Unisys have largely switched from hardware to software. The biggest fallen giant is Digital Equipment Corp., which last week reported a larger than expected quarterly loss of $66 million. Once the No. 2 computer maker after...
...IBM is leading the charge to restore the majesty of the mainframe by giving its System/390 mainframes a complete makeover. The size of the machines has shrunk some 80%, and prices have dropped nearly 90%, to an average of $5 million. While mainframes still function as the old-fashioned workhorse for payroll departments and number-crunching scientists, they have also expanded into hipper new markets like the Internet, where they act as network servers. IBM even changed its trademark color to yellow or red stripes. "We don't even call them mainframes anymore," says Linda Sanford, an IBM general manager...
BORN: Dec. 29, 1931, Ballina, Ireland EDUCATION: Murddach High School, Ireland, 1948 FAMILY: Wife, Brigid; six children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Construction-company owner, IBM computer refurbisher POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: 8932 South Francisco, Evergreen Park...
...Salina mayor Divine now works as the local government-marketing executive for IBM. Concerned that the changing job market demands new skills that many in his agricultural district may lack, he says he'll promote job training via school/business partnerships. But Democrat Divine runs uphill in Bob Dole's hometown district, where Clinton placed third in 1992, behind Bush and Perot...