A BRIEF HISTORY OF
TECHNOLOGY, DATA, AND ANALYTICS
By: Stan Phelps
1 0 0 Y E A R S A G O
THE STEAM ENGINE AND ELECTRICITY RADICALLY
CHANGED THE FIRST 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, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND
NETWORKED COMMUNICATION…THE SECOND MACHINE AGE.
INFLECTION
POINT
A N I N F L E C T I O N P O I N T
LET’S LOOK AT THE PAST 50+ YEARS TO SEE HOW
WE’VE ARRIVED HERE FROM THE BOOK BLUE GOLDFISH
THE SILICON CHIP WAS INVENTED BY TWO AMERICAN
ENGINEERS, JACK KILBY AND ROBERT NOYCE.
1 9 6 1
KILBY NOYCE
INTEL FOUNDER NOYCE WAS BASED IN PALO ALTO
AND FAVORED SILICON FOR THE SEMICONDUCTOR.
HE PUT THE SILICON IN SILICON VALLEY.
1 9 6 1
1 9 6 4
ROGER EASTON STARTS EXPERIMENTING WITH A WAY TO
TRACK SPUTNIK AND IT LEADS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF GPS.
1 9 6 7
GRAD STUDENT JAMES GOODNIGHT JOINS A PROJECT AT
NORTH CAROLINA STATE TO CREATE A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
SYSTEM (SAS) FOR UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENTS.
1 9 6 9
NEIL ARMSTRONG BECOMES THE FIRST MAN TO
STEP ONTO THE SURFACE OF THE MOON.
1 9 6 9
THE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY NETWORK
(ARPANET) IS LAUNCHED. J.C.R. LICKLIDER’S IDEA OF AN
INTERGALACTIC COMPUTER NETWORK STARTS TO TAKE SHAPE.
1 9 7 0
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.
1 9 7 3
THE XEROX ALTO PERSONAL COMPUTER IS DEVELOPED
AT XEROX PARC. THE FIRST WITH A MOUSE DRIVEN
GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE.
1 9 7 3
THE FIRST MOBILE CALL IS MADE. MOTOROLA’S MARTIN
COOPER CALLS A RIVAL PHONE COMPANY AND INFORMS
THEM HE IS SPEAKING VIA MOBILE.
1 9 7 5
STEVE SASSON, A 24 YEAR OLD ENGINEER AT KODAK,
INVENTS THE PROCESS TO MAKE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS.
1 9 7 5
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
1 9 7 8
DAN BRICKLIN AND BOB FRANKSTON INTRODUCE VISICALC.
THE FIRST ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEET, IT TURNED THE
PERSONAL COMPUTER INTO A USEFUL BUSINESS TOOL.
1 9 8 2
THE FIRST THING (AS IN IOT) CONNECTED TO THE
INTERNET WAS A COKE MACHINE AT CARNEGIE MELLON.
1 9 8 3
ON A TRIP TO CATALINA ISLAND, FIVE MARKETERS
CONCEIVE AN ELECTRONIC ALTERNATIVE AT POINT OF
SALE THAT WOULD TRANSFORM THE RETAIL LANDSCAPE.
1 9 8 3
MOTOROLA RELEASES THE FIRST COMMERCIAL
MOBILE PHONE. IT COSTS NEARLY $4,000.
1 9 8 9
TIM BERNERS-LEE OF CERN INVENTS THE WORLD WIDE
WEB. THE FIRST WEBSITE AT CERN WAS DEDICATED TO
THE PROJECT ITSELF.
1 9 9 0
QUANTUM COMPUTER SERVICES INTRODUCES PROMENADE,
AN ONLINE SERVICE FOR THE IBM PS/1. THE COMPANY
EVENTUALLY BECOMES AMERICAN ONLINE (AOL)
1 9 9 1
LINUS TORVALDS, A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
HELSINKI, INVENTS LINUX, A COMPLETELY FREE
OPEN SOURCE OPERATING SYSTEM.
1 9 9 2
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.”
1 9 9 3
CERN PUT AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE WWW
SOFTWARE INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN WITH AN
OPEN LICENSE. THE WEB FLOURISHES.
1 9 9 4
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?”
1 9 9 4
JEFF BEZOS STARTS CADABRA. ONE YEAR LATER HE
CHANGES THE NAME TO AMAZON WHEN A LAWYER
MISHEARD THE ORIGINAL NAME AS CADAVER.
1 9 9 5
PIERRE OMIDYAR AUCTIONS OFF A SINGLE BROKEN LASER
POINTER ON A SITE HE DEVELOPED. TO HIS SURPRISE IT
SELLS FOR $14.83. THE ONLINE AUCTION SITE WAS SOON
RENAMED EBAY. EBAY WAS SHORT FOR ECHO BAY, THE
NAME OF OMIDYAR’S CONSULTING FIRM.
1 9 9 5
GOOGLE BEGINS AS A RESEARCH PROJECT BY
LARRY PAGE AND SERGEY BRIN. BOTH ARE PHD
STUDENTS AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY.
1 9 9 9
KEVIN ASHTON COINS THE TERM "INTERNET OF
THINGS" WHILE WORKING AT AUTO-ID LABS.
1 9 9 9
ORACLE EXECTIVE MARC BENIOFF INVITES THREE FRIENDS TO
HEAR A BUSINESS IDEA. IT GETS A LUKEWARM RESPONSE AT BEST .
DAVE MOELLENHOFF DOESN’T SUGARCOAT IT, “YOU’RE AN IDIOT,
THIS IS NEVER GOING TO WORK.” THE GROUP PRESSES ON AND
LAUNCHES SALESFORCE.
2 0 0 0
CONFINITY AND X.COM MERGE TO SYNC WITH
THE NAME OF ITS PRODUCT… PAYPAL.
2 0 0 0
THE US GOVERNMENT STOPS INTENTIONALLY
DEGRADING GPS SIGNALS, NOW MAKING THEM
10 TIMES MORE ACCURATE.
2 0 0 1
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.
2 0 0 2
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.
2 0 0 2
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 .
2 0 0 3
500 MILLION DEVICES ARE CONNECTED TO THE
INTERNET. ONE DEVICE FOR EVERY 12 PEOPLE
ON THE PLANET.
2 0 0 3
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 .
2 0 0 3
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 .
1 9 - Y E A R O L D H A R V A R D S O P H O M O R E N A M E D M A R K Z U C K E R B E R G
L A U N C H E S T H E F A C E B O O K . C O M F R O M H I S D O R M R O O M
2 0 0 4
19 YEAR OLD HARVARD SOPHOMORE MARK ZUCKERBERG
STARTS THEFACEBOOK.COM FROM HIS DORM ROOM.
2 0 0 5
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.
2 0 0 6
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 .
2 0 0 6
JACK DORSEY SEND THE FIRST MESSAGE ON TWITTER
ON 3/21/06. IT READ, “JUST SETTING UP MY TWTTR.”
2 0 0 7
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 .
2 0 0 7
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 .
2 0 0 7
NAMED AFTER ITS FOUNDER, IBM WATSON IS BORN
2 0 0 8
THE ONE BILLIONTH PERSONAL COMPUTER IS SOLD
2 0 0 9
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 .
2 0 1 1
IBM’S WATSON APPEARS ON JEOPARDY AND… WINS.
2 0 1 1
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 .
2 0 1 3
OUT OF THE WORLD’S SEVEN BILLION PEOPLE, SIX
BILLION HAVE ACCESS TO MOBILE PHONES.
ONLY 4.5 BILLION HAVE ACCESS TO WORKING TOILETS.
2 0 1 4
INTEL AND ITS PARTNERS ANNOUNCE THAT THEY WILL
BEGIN PRODUCTION OF 800 GIGABIT-PER-SECOND
OPTICAL NETWORK CABLES.
2 0 1 5
AMAZON SURPASSES WALMART AS THE MOST VALUABLE
RETAILER IN THE US BY MARKET CAPITALIZATION.
2 0 1 5
THE AVERAGE PERSON UNLOCKS THEIR SMARTPHONE 110
TIMES PER DAY.
In Blue Goldfish, Stan Phelps and Evan
Carroll make the business case for
leveraging technology, data, and
analytics to create increased customer
loyalty. Using the best of over 300
case studies, you’ll come away with
insights to create your own Blue
Goldfish.
2 0 1 6
Author: Stan Phelps
stan@purplegoldfish.com
+1.919.360.4702
Author: Evan Carroll
evan@evancarroll.net
+1.910.540.3826
Keynotes and Workshops
+1.919.360.4702
speaking@purplegoldfish.com
LITTLE THINGS CAN MAKE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE

More Related Content

PDF
Jack D. Ryger: Best Colorado Ski Resorts
PDF
Steve Rice: Fun Things To Do In Los Gatos
PDF
Steve Rice: Plan A Trip To Montreal
PDF
The 7 Essential Secrets of the Tech Job Search
PDF
Laws of Simplicity, Revisited
PDF
Jack D Ryger: Most Advanced Ski Slopes Across The Globe
PDF
On the shoulders of Giants: Stop looking up, and Start Looking Down
PDF
Jack D. Ryger: The Need For Speed - 7 Places to Legally Race Your Car
Jack D. Ryger: Best Colorado Ski Resorts
Steve Rice: Fun Things To Do In Los Gatos
Steve Rice: Plan A Trip To Montreal
The 7 Essential Secrets of the Tech Job Search
Laws of Simplicity, Revisited
Jack D Ryger: Most Advanced Ski Slopes Across The Globe
On the shoulders of Giants: Stop looking up, and Start Looking Down
Jack D. Ryger: The Need For Speed - 7 Places to Legally Race Your Car

What's hot (20)

PPTX
Top 10 Places To Visit In London
PDF
Ten Steps to Writing A Novel
PDF
I Quit. Next Steps to Take When Blinded by the Market.
PDF
West Wing Proposed Plan 2
PDF
Consequences of an Insightful Algorithm
PDF
10 things to Do In Los Angeles by Sergio Ristie
PDF
Lesson from 5 years of Lean UX
PDF
Steve Rice: Travel Big in a Small Island - Puerto Rico
PDF
Puente diciembre del 5 al 8.
PDF
Lifecycle Branding Guidelines Presentation
PDF
Jack D Ryger: World Landmarks Light Up To Honor Paris
PDF
The Acquisitions Guide to Environmental Due Diligence
PDF
What the Second Wave of Big Data Will Do to FinTech
PPTX
10 of the Biggest Stories in Technology
PPTX
ANGULOS
PDF
#TweetSmarter Webinar 2.0: Learn from the Experts How to Drive More Conversi...
PPTX
Britten's War Requiem
PDF
Final shape grammae
PDF
BLK_DNM_MENS_SP_012816_DIGITAL
PDF
Interior Design Btech Year Portfolio
Top 10 Places To Visit In London
Ten Steps to Writing A Novel
I Quit. Next Steps to Take When Blinded by the Market.
West Wing Proposed Plan 2
Consequences of an Insightful Algorithm
10 things to Do In Los Angeles by Sergio Ristie
Lesson from 5 years of Lean UX
Steve Rice: Travel Big in a Small Island - Puerto Rico
Puente diciembre del 5 al 8.
Lifecycle Branding Guidelines Presentation
Jack D Ryger: World Landmarks Light Up To Honor Paris
The Acquisitions Guide to Environmental Due Diligence
What the Second Wave of Big Data Will Do to FinTech
10 of the Biggest Stories in Technology
ANGULOS
#TweetSmarter Webinar 2.0: Learn from the Experts How to Drive More Conversi...
Britten's War Requiem
Final shape grammae
BLK_DNM_MENS_SP_012816_DIGITAL
Interior Design Btech Year Portfolio
Ad

Viewers also liked (19)

PDF
ae3 Conference Closing Session 10 Takeaways
PDF
Mindful Technology
PDF
Why Wearable Technology Is Great For Patient Involvement
PDF
EdTechWomen Meet Up at SXSWedu 2017
PDF
Do you-really-need-a-smartwatch
PDF
Bootcamp Apex-Brasil - sxsw2017
PDF
Diário de Bordo SXSW 2016
PDF
Storage hacks for your apartment that would make your life easier
PPTX
Nordics at SXSW 2017
PDF
High Five 2016 Top 25 Takeaways
PDF
Not Common Campaign
PPTX
Make More Time For Falconry; Digital Marketing Hacks and Habits
ODP
Historia de la Informática.
PDF
10 ways to master the art of productivity Bruce Lee style
PDF
SXSW 2017 Schedule Shortcuts
PPTX
Historia de la Informática
PPTX
Historia de la Informática
PDF
10 Year of Apple iPhone Journey
PPTX
Mindshare NA's Guide to SXSWi 2017
ae3 Conference Closing Session 10 Takeaways
Mindful Technology
Why Wearable Technology Is Great For Patient Involvement
EdTechWomen Meet Up at SXSWedu 2017
Do you-really-need-a-smartwatch
Bootcamp Apex-Brasil - sxsw2017
Diário de Bordo SXSW 2016
Storage hacks for your apartment that would make your life easier
Nordics at SXSW 2017
High Five 2016 Top 25 Takeaways
Not Common Campaign
Make More Time For Falconry; Digital Marketing Hacks and Habits
Historia de la Informática.
10 ways to master the art of productivity Bruce Lee style
SXSW 2017 Schedule Shortcuts
Historia de la Informática
Historia de la Informática
10 Year of Apple iPhone Journey
Mindshare NA's Guide to SXSWi 2017
Ad

Similar to How Did We Get Here - A Brief History of Technology, Data, and Analytics (20)

PDF
Food, Water And Energy In The Network Society - Alex Lightman
PDF
Borcelle.pdf
PDF
apidays LIVE Paris 2021 - Internet, Year Zero by Jonathan Bourguignon, Entrep...
PDF
Thinking like a Network
PPTX
TV’s Paradigm Shift
DOCX
Colegio nacional naciolas esguerra
DOCX
Colegio nacional naciolas esguerra
PPSX
Presentacion dfg
PDF
Augmented: Life in the Smart Lane presentation for Techsauce 2017
PPTX
2425-GE-10-M1-G6-IT-CULTURE-AND-THE-SOCIETY-1-1_085926.pptx
PDF
Implications of Technology on the Modern Day Family
PDF
The Shocking Impact of Boring Energy Policy - CommonBound 2016 Conference
PPTX
HARDWARE
PPT
PPTX
Internet of Everything - DLTV 2016
PDF
A Vision for Minnesota Solar: Lessons and Barriers from the North Star State
PPTX
LOS DISPOSITIVOS DE COMUNICACION DIGITAL
PDF
GENSummit - WEARABLE NEWS BEYOND THE GADGETS 2015
PDF
Exponential Government
PPTX
The five generations of computers
Food, Water And Energy In The Network Society - Alex Lightman
Borcelle.pdf
apidays LIVE Paris 2021 - Internet, Year Zero by Jonathan Bourguignon, Entrep...
Thinking like a Network
TV’s Paradigm Shift
Colegio nacional naciolas esguerra
Colegio nacional naciolas esguerra
Presentacion dfg
Augmented: Life in the Smart Lane presentation for Techsauce 2017
2425-GE-10-M1-G6-IT-CULTURE-AND-THE-SOCIETY-1-1_085926.pptx
Implications of Technology on the Modern Day Family
The Shocking Impact of Boring Energy Policy - CommonBound 2016 Conference
HARDWARE
Internet of Everything - DLTV 2016
A Vision for Minnesota Solar: Lessons and Barriers from the North Star State
LOS DISPOSITIVOS DE COMUNICACION DIGITAL
GENSummit - WEARABLE NEWS BEYOND THE GADGETS 2015
Exponential Government
The five generations of computers

More from Stan Phelps (20)

PDF
Black Goldfish Introduction
PDF
What I learned by examining 5,000 business case studies?
PDF
The Great Resignation - The Top 10 Reason Employees Are Quitting
PDF
Pink Goldfish Summer 2021 Tour
PDF
What do you compete on in business? Price or experience?
PDF
Move over Cinco de May, May 5th is Five by Five Day
PDF
The Winning Cover for P!NK GOLDFISH 2.0 is ...
PDF
Pink Goldfish 2.0 Foreword by Jay Baer
PDF
Employee Engagement Matters - Green Goldfish 2.0 Top 11 Takeaways
PDF
Rethinking Marketing - Purple Goldfish 2.0 Top 11 Takeaways
PDF
Pink Goldfish Strengths and Weaknesses Assessment
PDF
Stan Phelps, CSP In-Person and Virtual Keynote and Workshop Programs
PDF
Diamond Goldfish Book Preview Slideshare
PDF
Diamond Goldfish MiniBük - Excel Under Pressure and Thrive in the Game of Bus...
PDF
Purple Goldfish - Little Things Make The Biggest Difference Minibuk
PDF
Less Cow, More Cowbell in Business: The Pink Goldfish Book Executive Summary
PDF
eSpeakers Top 10 Tips
PDF
Stan Phelps - Six Keynote Descriptions
PDF
How to Write a Book in Four Easy Steps
PDF
Nine Omnichannel Customer Experience Takeaways
Black Goldfish Introduction
What I learned by examining 5,000 business case studies?
The Great Resignation - The Top 10 Reason Employees Are Quitting
Pink Goldfish Summer 2021 Tour
What do you compete on in business? Price or experience?
Move over Cinco de May, May 5th is Five by Five Day
The Winning Cover for P!NK GOLDFISH 2.0 is ...
Pink Goldfish 2.0 Foreword by Jay Baer
Employee Engagement Matters - Green Goldfish 2.0 Top 11 Takeaways
Rethinking Marketing - Purple Goldfish 2.0 Top 11 Takeaways
Pink Goldfish Strengths and Weaknesses Assessment
Stan Phelps, CSP In-Person and Virtual Keynote and Workshop Programs
Diamond Goldfish Book Preview Slideshare
Diamond Goldfish MiniBük - Excel Under Pressure and Thrive in the Game of Bus...
Purple Goldfish - Little Things Make The Biggest Difference Minibuk
Less Cow, More Cowbell in Business: The Pink Goldfish Book Executive Summary
eSpeakers Top 10 Tips
Stan Phelps - Six Keynote Descriptions
How to Write a Book in Four Easy Steps
Nine Omnichannel Customer Experience Takeaways

Recently uploaded (20)

PDF
The Impact of Policy Changes on Legal Communication Strategies (www.kiu.ac.ug)
PDF
Shriram Finance, one of India's leading financial services companies, which o...
PPTX
1. Ancient Civilization presentations .pptx
PDF
Chembond Chemicals Limited Presentation 2025
PDF
How to run a consulting project from scratch
PPTX
Week2: Market and Marketing Aspect of Feasibility Study.pptx
PDF
The Role of School Boards in Educational Management (www.kiu.ac.ug)
PPTX
UNIT 3 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS [Autosaved].pptx
PDF
The Evolution of Legal Communication through History (www.kiu.ac.ug)
PDF
Management Theories and Digitalization at Emirates Airline
PDF
El futuro empresarial 2024 una vista gen
PDF
Implementing Steam Education: Challenges and Solutions (www.kiu.ac.ug)
PDF
Не GPT єдиним: можливості AI в бізнес-аналізі | Вебінар з Тетяною Перловською
 
DOCX
Handbook of entrepreneurship- Chapter 10 - Feasibility analysis by Subin K Mohan
PPTX
Accounting Management SystemBatch-4.pptx
PDF
France's Top 5 Promising EdTech Companies to Watch in 2025.pdf
PPTX
Side hustles: 14 powerful tips to embrace the future of work
PPTX
IndustrialAIGuerillaInnovatorsARCPodcastEp3.pptx
PPTX
PPT Hafizullah Oria- Final Thesis Exam.pptx
PDF
IFRS Green Book_Part B for professional pdf
The Impact of Policy Changes on Legal Communication Strategies (www.kiu.ac.ug)
Shriram Finance, one of India's leading financial services companies, which o...
1. Ancient Civilization presentations .pptx
Chembond Chemicals Limited Presentation 2025
How to run a consulting project from scratch
Week2: Market and Marketing Aspect of Feasibility Study.pptx
The Role of School Boards in Educational Management (www.kiu.ac.ug)
UNIT 3 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS [Autosaved].pptx
The Evolution of Legal Communication through History (www.kiu.ac.ug)
Management Theories and Digitalization at Emirates Airline
El futuro empresarial 2024 una vista gen
Implementing Steam Education: Challenges and Solutions (www.kiu.ac.ug)
Не GPT єдиним: можливості AI в бізнес-аналізі | Вебінар з Тетяною Перловською
 
Handbook of entrepreneurship- Chapter 10 - Feasibility analysis by Subin K Mohan
Accounting Management SystemBatch-4.pptx
France's Top 5 Promising EdTech Companies to Watch in 2025.pdf
Side hustles: 14 powerful tips to embrace the future of work
IndustrialAIGuerillaInnovatorsARCPodcastEp3.pptx
PPT Hafizullah Oria- Final Thesis Exam.pptx
IFRS Green Book_Part B for professional pdf

How Did We Get Here - A Brief History of Technology, Data, and Analytics

  • 1. A BRIEF HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY, DATA, AND ANALYTICS By: Stan Phelps
  • 2. 1 0 0 Y E A R S A G O THE STEAM ENGINE AND ELECTRICITY RADICALLY CHANGED THE FIRST MACHINE AGE.
  • 3. 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, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND NETWORKED COMMUNICATION…THE SECOND MACHINE AGE. INFLECTION POINT
  • 4. A N I N F L E C T I O N P O I N T LET’S LOOK AT THE PAST 50+ YEARS TO SEE HOW WE’VE ARRIVED HERE FROM THE BOOK BLUE GOLDFISH
  • 5. THE SILICON CHIP WAS INVENTED BY TWO AMERICAN ENGINEERS, JACK KILBY AND ROBERT NOYCE. 1 9 6 1 KILBY NOYCE
  • 6. INTEL FOUNDER NOYCE WAS BASED IN PALO ALTO AND FAVORED SILICON FOR THE SEMICONDUCTOR. HE PUT THE SILICON IN SILICON VALLEY. 1 9 6 1
  • 7. 1 9 6 4 ROGER EASTON STARTS EXPERIMENTING WITH A WAY TO TRACK SPUTNIK AND IT LEADS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF GPS.
  • 8. 1 9 6 7 GRAD STUDENT JAMES GOODNIGHT JOINS A PROJECT AT NORTH CAROLINA STATE TO CREATE A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM (SAS) FOR UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENTS.
  • 9. 1 9 6 9 NEIL ARMSTRONG BECOMES THE FIRST MAN TO STEP ONTO THE SURFACE OF THE MOON.
  • 10. 1 9 6 9 THE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY NETWORK (ARPANET) IS LAUNCHED. J.C.R. LICKLIDER’S IDEA OF AN INTERGALACTIC COMPUTER NETWORK STARTS TO TAKE SHAPE.
  • 11. 1 9 7 0 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.
  • 12. 1 9 7 3 THE XEROX ALTO PERSONAL COMPUTER IS DEVELOPED AT XEROX PARC. THE FIRST WITH A MOUSE DRIVEN GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE.
  • 13. 1 9 7 3 THE FIRST MOBILE CALL IS MADE. MOTOROLA’S MARTIN COOPER CALLS A RIVAL PHONE COMPANY AND INFORMS THEM HE IS SPEAKING VIA MOBILE.
  • 14. 1 9 7 5 STEVE SASSON, A 24 YEAR OLD ENGINEER AT KODAK, INVENTS THE PROCESS TO MAKE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS.
  • 15. 1 9 7 5 STEVE JOBS AND STEVE WOZNIAK LAUNCH APPLE I. A KIT COMPUTER, IT REQUIRES AN ADDITIONAL KEYBOARD AND POWER SUPPLY.
  • 16. 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 1 9 7 8 DAN BRICKLIN AND BOB FRANKSTON INTRODUCE VISICALC. THE FIRST ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEET, IT TURNED THE PERSONAL COMPUTER INTO A USEFUL BUSINESS TOOL.
  • 17. 1 9 8 2 THE FIRST THING (AS IN IOT) CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET WAS A COKE MACHINE AT CARNEGIE MELLON.
  • 18. 1 9 8 3 ON A TRIP TO CATALINA ISLAND, FIVE MARKETERS CONCEIVE AN ELECTRONIC ALTERNATIVE AT POINT OF SALE THAT WOULD TRANSFORM THE RETAIL LANDSCAPE.
  • 19. 1 9 8 3 MOTOROLA RELEASES THE FIRST COMMERCIAL MOBILE PHONE. IT COSTS NEARLY $4,000.
  • 20. 1 9 8 9 TIM BERNERS-LEE OF CERN INVENTS THE WORLD WIDE WEB. THE FIRST WEBSITE AT CERN WAS DEDICATED TO THE PROJECT ITSELF.
  • 21. 1 9 9 0 QUANTUM COMPUTER SERVICES INTRODUCES PROMENADE, AN ONLINE SERVICE FOR THE IBM PS/1. THE COMPANY EVENTUALLY BECOMES AMERICAN ONLINE (AOL)
  • 22. 1 9 9 1 LINUS TORVALDS, A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI, INVENTS LINUX, A COMPLETELY FREE OPEN SOURCE OPERATING SYSTEM.
  • 23. 1 9 9 2 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.”
  • 24. 1 9 9 3 CERN PUT AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE WWW SOFTWARE INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN WITH AN OPEN LICENSE. THE WEB FLOURISHES.
  • 25. 1 9 9 4 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?”
  • 26. 1 9 9 4 JEFF BEZOS STARTS CADABRA. ONE YEAR LATER HE CHANGES THE NAME TO AMAZON WHEN A LAWYER MISHEARD THE ORIGINAL NAME AS CADAVER.
  • 27. 1 9 9 5 PIERRE OMIDYAR AUCTIONS OFF A SINGLE BROKEN LASER POINTER ON A SITE HE DEVELOPED. TO HIS SURPRISE IT SELLS FOR $14.83. THE ONLINE AUCTION SITE WAS SOON RENAMED EBAY. EBAY WAS SHORT FOR ECHO BAY, THE NAME OF OMIDYAR’S CONSULTING FIRM.
  • 28. 1 9 9 5 GOOGLE BEGINS AS A RESEARCH PROJECT BY LARRY PAGE AND SERGEY BRIN. BOTH ARE PHD STUDENTS AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY.
  • 29. 1 9 9 9 KEVIN ASHTON COINS THE TERM "INTERNET OF THINGS" WHILE WORKING AT AUTO-ID LABS.
  • 30. 1 9 9 9 ORACLE EXECTIVE MARC BENIOFF INVITES THREE FRIENDS TO HEAR A BUSINESS IDEA. IT GETS A LUKEWARM RESPONSE AT BEST . DAVE MOELLENHOFF DOESN’T SUGARCOAT IT, “YOU’RE AN IDIOT, THIS IS NEVER GOING TO WORK.” THE GROUP PRESSES ON AND LAUNCHES SALESFORCE.
  • 31. 2 0 0 0 CONFINITY AND X.COM MERGE TO SYNC WITH THE NAME OF ITS PRODUCT… PAYPAL.
  • 32. 2 0 0 0 THE US GOVERNMENT STOPS INTENTIONALLY DEGRADING GPS SIGNALS, NOW MAKING THEM 10 TIMES MORE ACCURATE.
  • 33. 2 0 0 1 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.
  • 34. 2 0 0 2 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.
  • 35. 2 0 0 2 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 .
  • 36. 2 0 0 3 500 MILLION DEVICES ARE CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET. ONE DEVICE FOR EVERY 12 PEOPLE ON THE PLANET.
  • 37. 2 0 0 3 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 .
  • 38. 2 0 0 3 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 .
  • 39. 1 9 - Y E A R O L D H A R V A R D S O P H O M O R E N A M E D M A R K Z U C K E R B E R G L A U N C H E S T H E F A C E B O O K . C O M F R O M H I S D O R M R O O M 2 0 0 4 19 YEAR OLD HARVARD SOPHOMORE MARK ZUCKERBERG STARTS THEFACEBOOK.COM FROM HIS DORM ROOM.
  • 40. 2 0 0 5 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.
  • 41. 2 0 0 6 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 .
  • 42. 2 0 0 6 JACK DORSEY SEND THE FIRST MESSAGE ON TWITTER ON 3/21/06. IT READ, “JUST SETTING UP MY TWTTR.”
  • 43. 2 0 0 7 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 .
  • 44. 2 0 0 7 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 .
  • 45. 2 0 0 7 NAMED AFTER ITS FOUNDER, IBM WATSON IS BORN
  • 46. 2 0 0 8 THE ONE BILLIONTH PERSONAL COMPUTER IS SOLD
  • 47. 2 0 0 9 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 .
  • 48. 2 0 1 1 IBM’S WATSON APPEARS ON JEOPARDY AND… WINS.
  • 49. 2 0 1 1 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 .
  • 50. 2 0 1 3 OUT OF THE WORLD’S SEVEN BILLION PEOPLE, SIX BILLION HAVE ACCESS TO MOBILE PHONES. ONLY 4.5 BILLION HAVE ACCESS TO WORKING TOILETS.
  • 51. 2 0 1 4 INTEL AND ITS PARTNERS ANNOUNCE THAT THEY WILL BEGIN PRODUCTION OF 800 GIGABIT-PER-SECOND OPTICAL NETWORK CABLES.
  • 52. 2 0 1 5 AMAZON SURPASSES WALMART AS THE MOST VALUABLE RETAILER IN THE US BY MARKET CAPITALIZATION.
  • 53. 2 0 1 5 THE AVERAGE PERSON UNLOCKS THEIR SMARTPHONE 110 TIMES PER DAY.
  • 54. In Blue Goldfish, Stan Phelps and Evan Carroll make the business case for leveraging technology, data, and analytics to create increased customer loyalty. Using the best of over 300 case studies, you’ll come away with insights to create your own Blue Goldfish. 2 0 1 6