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May 28, 1959: Inventing a New Language for Business

Posted by Mike on Friday, May 28, 2010 - 393 views

A meeting at the Pentagon lays the foundations for the computer language that will later be known as COBOL, which goes on to become a READ MORE

Unisys lands $187m Pentagon mainframe deal

Posted by Mike on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - 202 views

Mainframe maker Unisys wants a little good news ahead of reporting its fourth quarter 2009, and the US Department of Defense was happy to oblige. The Defense Information Systems Agency, the IT arm of the Pentagon, today inked a deal to shell out $187m to provide managed services for DISA’s ClearPath mainframes. MORE

Cobol Celebrates 50 Years—Alone

Posted by Mike on Friday, May 29, 2009 - 81 views

Happy birthday Cobol! The meetings (at the Pentagon, no less) that initiated Cobol occurred May 28 and 29 in 1959. More here.