how did we get here - a brief history of technology, data, and analytics
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY, DATA, AND ANALYTICS
By: Stan Phelps
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THE STEAM ENGINE AND ELECTRICITY RADICALLY CHANGED THE F IRST MACHINE AGE.
W E ’ V E N O W R E A C H E D A N O T H E R I N F L E C T I O N P O I N T
A TIME WHERE BUSINESS CAN LEVERAGE THE ADVANCES IN COMPUTER PROCESSING, ARTIF IC IAL INTELL IGENCE, AND NETWORKED COMMUNICATION…THE SECOND MACHINE AGE.
INFLECTION POINT
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LET’S LOOK AT THE PAST 50+ YEARS TO SEE HOW WE’VE ARRIVED HERE FROM THE BOOK BLUE GOLDFISH
THE S IL ICON CHIP WAS INVENTED BY TWO AMERICAN ENGINEERS, JACK KILBY AND ROBERT NOYCE.
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KILBY NOYCE
INTEL FOUNDER NOYCE WAS BASED IN PALO ALTO AND FAVORED SILICON FOR THE SEMICONDUCTOR. HE PUT THE SILICON IN SILICON VALLEY.
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R O G E R E A S T O N S T A R T S E X P E R I M E N T I N G W I T H A W A Y T O T R A C K S P U T N I K A N D I T L E A D S T O T H E D E V E L O P M E N T O F G P S .
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GRAD STUDENT JAMES GOODNIGHT JOINS A PROJECT AT NORTH CAROLINA STATE TO CREATE A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM (SAS) FOR UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENTS.
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NEIL ARMSTRONG BECOMES THE F IRST MAN TO STEP ONTO THE SURFACE OF THE MOON.
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THE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY NETWORK (ARPANET) IS LAUNCHED. J.C.R. L ICKLIDER’S IDEA OF AN INTERGALACTIC COMPUTER NETWORK STARTS TO TAKE SHAPE.
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GORDON MOORE COINS “MOORE’S LAW” BY STATING THAT COMPUTING PROCESSOR SPEEDS AND COMPUTER POWER WILL DOUBLE EVERY TWO YEARS. IT DOES FOR THE NEXT 40 YEARS.
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THE XEROX ALTO PERSONAL COMPUTER IS DEVELOPED AT XEROX PARC. THE F IRST WITH A MOUSE DRIVEN GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE.
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THE FIRST MOBILE CALL IS MADE. MOTOROLA’S MARTIN COOPER CALLS A RIVAL PHONE COMPANY AND INFORMS THEM HE IS SPEAKING VIA MOBILE.
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STEVE SASSON, A 24 YEAR OLD ENGINEER AT KODAK, INVENTS THE PROCESS TO MAKE D IG ITAL PHOTOGRAPHS.
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STEVE JOBS AND STEVE WOZNIAK LAUNCH APPLE I . A KIT COMPUTER, IT REQUIRES AN ADDITIONAL KEYBOARD AND POWER SUPPLY.
D A N B R I C K L I N A N D B O B F R A N K S T O N I N T R O D U C E T H E F I R S T E L E C T R O N I C S P R E A D S H E E T C A L L E D V I S I C A L C , T U R N I N G T H E P E R S O N A L C O M P U T E R I N T O A U S E F U L B U S I N E S S T O O L
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DAN BRICKLIN AND BOB FRANKSTON INTRODUCE VISICALC. THE FIRST ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEET, IT TURNED THE PERSONAL COMPUTER INTO A USEFUL BUSINESS TOOL.
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THE F IRST TH ING (AS IN IOT ) CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET WAS A COKE MACHINE AT CARNEGIE MELLON.
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ON A TRIP TO CATALINA ISLAND, FIVE MARKETERS CONCEIVE AN ELECTRONIC ALTERNATIVE AT POINT OF SALE THAT WOULD TRANSFORM THE RETAIL LANDSCAPE.
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MOTOROLA RELEASES THE F IRST COMMERCIAL MOBILE PHONE. IT COSTS NEARLY $4,000.
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T IM BERNERS-LEE OF CERN INVENTS THE WORLD WIDE WEB. THE F IRST WEBSITE AT CERN WAS DEDICATED TO THE PROJECT ITSELF .
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QUANTUM COMPUTER SERVICES INTRODUCES PROMENADE, AN ONLINE SERVICE FOR THE IBM PS/1. THE COMPANY EVENTUALLY BECOMES AMERICAN ONLINE (AOL)
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LINUS TORVALDS, A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HELS INKI , INVENTS L INUX, A COMPLETELY FREE OPEN SOURCE OPERATING SYSTEM.
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NEIL PAPWORTH, A 22 YEAR OLD TEST ENGINEER S E N D S T H E F I R S T T E X T M E S S A G E . I T R E A D “MERRY CHRISTMAS.”
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CERN PUT AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE WWW SOFTWARE INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN WITH AN OPEN LICENSE. THE WEB FLOURISHES.
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KATIE COURIC AND BRYANT GUMBEL INFAMOUSLY S T U M B L E W H E N S E E I N G A N E M A I L A D D R E S S . GUMBEL ASKS, “WHAT IS THE INTERNET ANYWAY?”
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JEFF BEZOS STARTS CADABRA. ONE YEAR LATER HE CHANGES THE NAME TO AMAZON WHEN A LAWYER MISHEARD THE ORIGINAL NAME AS CADAVER.
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PIERRE OMIDYAR AUCTIONS OFF A S INGLE BROKEN LASER POINTER ON A S ITE HE DEVELOPED. TO HIS SURPRISE IT SELLS FOR $14 .83 . THE ONLINE AUCTION S ITE WAS SOON RENAMED EBAY. EBAY WAS SHORT FOR ECHO BAY, THE NAME OF OMIDYAR’S CONSULTING F IRM.
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GOOGLE BEGINS AS A RESEARCH PROJECT BY LARRY PAGE AND SERGEY BRIN. BOTH ARE PHD STUDENTS AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY.
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KEVIN ASHTON COINS THE TERM "INTERNET OF THINGS" WHILE WORKING AT AUTO-ID LABS.
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O R A C L E E X E C T I V E M A R C B E N I O F F I N V I T E S T H R E E F R I E N D S T O H E A R A B U S I N E S S I D E A . I T G E T S A L U K E W A R M R E S P O N S E A T B E S T . DAVE MOELLENHOFF DOESN’T SUGARCOAT IT , “YOU’RE AN IDIOT, THIS IS NEVER GOING TO WORK.” THE GROUP PRESSES ON AND LAUNCHES SALESFORCE.
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CONFINITY AND X.COM MERGE TO SYNC WITH THE NAME OF ITS PRODUCT… PAYPAL.
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THE US GOVERNMENT STOPS INTENTIONALLY DEGRADING GPS S IGNALS, NOW MAKING THEM 10 T IMES MORE ACCURATE.
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A F R E E U S E R - G E N E R A T E D E N C Y C L O P E D I A C A L L E D W I K I P E D I A C O M E S O N L I N E A N D B E C O M E S T H E REFERENCE SITE OF CHOICE FOR INTERNET USERS.
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D O U G C U T T I N G A N D M I K E C A F A R E L L A C R E A T E T H E UNDERLYING FILE SYSTEMS AND PROCESSING FRAMEWORK THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME HADOOP.
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A M A Z O N L A U N C H E S A M A Z O N W E B S E R V I C E S , A S U I T E O F C L O U D B A S E D S E R V I C E S T H A T I N C L U D E S T O R A G E A N D C O M P U T A T I O N .
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500 MILL ION DEVICES ARE CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET. ONE DEVICE FOR EVERY 12 PEOPLE ON THE PLANET.
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S C I E N T I S T S A N N O U N C E T H E Y H A V E S E Q U E N C E D T H E E N T I R E H U M A N G E N O M E T W O Y E A R S A H E A D O F S C H E D U L E . T H E 1 3 - Y E A R P R O J E C T S E T O U T T O I D E N T I F Y T H E 2 0 , 0 0 0 T O 2 5 , 0 0 0 G E N E S I N H U M A N D N A .
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C H R I S S T O L T E A N D P A T H A N R A H A N I N V E N T A T E C H N O L O G Y C A L L E D V I Z Q L . I T M A K E S D A T A B A S E S A N D S P R E A D S H E E T S U N D E R S T A N D A B L E . D A T A V I S U A L I Z A T I O N A N D F A S T A N A L Y T I C S B E C O M E T H E B A S I S F O R F O U N D I N G T A B L E A U .
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19 YEAR OLD HARVARD SOPHOMORE MARK ZUCKERBERG STARTS THEFACEBOOK.COM FROM HIS DORM ROOM.
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YOUTUBE IS FOUNDED. THE IDEA WAS BORN AT A DINNER PARTY IN SAN FRANCISCO AND WAS INSPIRED BY A TSUNAMI AND JANET JACKSON’S WARDROBE MALFUNCTION.
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D O U G C U T T I N G B E G I N S W O R K I N G A T Y A H O O . T H E Y S P I N O U T T H E S T O R A G E A N D P R O C E S S I N G P A R T O F N U T C H T O C R E A T E H A D O O P . W H Y H A D O O P ? I T W A S N A M E D A F T E R C U T T I N G ’ S S O N ’ S S T U F F E D E L E P H A N T .
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JACK DORSEY SEND THE FIRST MESSAGE ON TWITTER ON 3/21/06. IT READ, “JUST SETTING UP MY TWTTR.”
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W A Z E I S F O U N D E D . T H E I S R A E L I C O M P A N Y D E V E L O P S A F R E E M A P P I N G A N D T U R N - B Y - T U R N N A V I G A T I O N A P P F O R I O S A N D A N D R O I D D E V I C E S .
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T O M P R E S T O N - W E R N E R C R E A T E S A W E B S I T E T H A T A C T S A S A H U B F O R C O D E R S T O S H A R E T H E I R G I T R E P O S I T O R I E S . M O R E T H A N 1 2 M I L L I O N D E V E L O P E R S C O N T R I B U T E T O O V E R 3 1 M I L L I O N P R O J E C T S B Y U S I N G T H I S C O L L A B O R A T I V E W O R K F L O W .
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NAMED AFTER ITS FOUNDER, IBM WATSON IS BORN
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THE ONE BILL IONTH PERSONAL COMPUTER IS SOLD
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U S A A , A P R I V A T E L Y H E L D B A N K A N D I N S U R A N C E C O M P A N Y , B E C O M E S T H E F I R S T C O M P A N Y T O O F F E R M O B I L E C H E C K D E P O S I T .
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IBM’S WATSON APPEARS ON JEOPARDY AND… WINS.
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T H E O X F O R D D I C T I O N A R Y A D D E D T H E C O M M O N T E X T I N G A C R O N Y M L O L ( L A U G H O U T L O U D ) T O I T S O F F I C I A L L I S T I N G S .
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OUT OF THE WORLD’S SEVEN B ILL ION PEOPLE , S IX B ILL ION HAVE ACCESS TO MOBILE PHONES. ONLY 4 .5 B I LL ION HAVE ACCESS TO WORKING TOILETS .
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INTEL AND ITS PARTNERS ANNOUNCE THAT THEY WILL BEGIN PRODUCTION OF 800 GIGABIT-PER-SECOND OPTICAL NETWORK CABLES.
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AMAZON SURPASSES WALMART AS THE MOST VALUABLE RETAILER IN THE US BY MARKET CAP ITAL IZAT ION.
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THE AVERAGE PERSON UNLOCKS THE IR SMARTPHONE 110 T IMES PER DAY.
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