The name IBM is a hundred years old. In 1911 The Tabulating Machine Company, the International Time Recording Company, and the Computing Scale Company of America, three successful 19th-century companies merged, giving shape to Computing Tabulating Recording Company. It was renamed as International Business Machines Corporation or IBM in 1924, after Thomas J Watson joined as the CEO.
Watson just did not change the name of the company; his efforts made IBM one of the world’s leading computer manufacturers. Right from the beginning, IBM was regarded more for its research than its products. The company has a diverse product line, including anything from mainframe computers to personal computers.
After their success with calculators, IBM started producing their own computers in the 1950s. The company also partnered with Microsoft and Intel for some of their major products. Automated teller machine (ATM), floppy disk, hard disk drive (HDD), and magnetic stripe card are some of the prominent inventions from the house of IBM.
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