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IBM Purchases the First SSDs and Then….
Eli Harari talks about SanDisk’s sale of 10,000 of their first solid state disk drives to IBM and what happened after IBM said they were cancelling their purchase order; an action that could have meant the end of SanDisk.
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IBM’s LAN Architecture & Philosophy (5:01)
Dan Pitt gives an overview of IBM’s architectural approach to LANs in the 1980s and its mostly contrarian positions in IEEE 802, based largely on requirements that suited large business customers. [Special thanks to Dan Pitt for supplying the above description and title]
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MAC Address Depletion and Virtual Machines (2:29)
Geoff Thompson discusses the impact of virtual machines on address depletion. Joe Skorupa asserts that the Internet of Things is a larger danger. [Special thanks to Geoff Thompson for supplying the above description and title]
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Connectors and Wrap-Up (1:00)
Tom Slykhouse reopens the discussion on connectors. Geoff Thompson wraps things up. [Special thanks to Geoff Thompson for supplying the above description and title]
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Why Did IBM Sell to Siemens?
Kathie Maxfield provides little known insight into how the forced divestiture of the Mil-spec division hurt IBM’s quest to build upon its purchase of ROLM.
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How Much Did IBM Receive for Selling ROLM?
Kathie Maxfield talks about the speculation as to how much IBM received for selling ROLM to Siemens.
