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Herman Hollerith founded the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, or CTR. In 1924 CTR became the International Business Machines Corporation.

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Founded 1891 as the Tabulating Machines Company by Herman Hollerith It officially became IBM after mergers in 1924.


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IBM was not actually founded in 1896. One of the three companies merged to create CTR (IBM's former name) was founded in 1896.That company was the Tabulating Machine Company. It was created by Herman Hollerith after his invention helped the U.S. Census Bureau in 1890 to tabulate the census results in one year versus the 8 years it took in 1880.Together with the International Time Recording company and Computing Scale Corporation, the Tabulating Machine company merged to form the Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation (CTR for short). It held this name until 1924 when the acting president, Thomas Watson Sr., changed the name to IBM (International Business Machines).Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation (CTR)


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The company which became IBM was founded in 1896 as the Tabulating Machine Company. IBM adopted its current name in 1924.


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Thomas J. Watson Sr. was the president of the Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation (a.k.a. CTR or C-T-R). He began his tenure as the General Manager of CTR in 1914 and was named President in 1915. He renamed the company the International Business Machines company in 1924.CTR was formed in 1911 by Charles Flint as a merger between:The Tabulating Machine Company; founded in 1896 by Herman Hollerith in the Washington D.C. area.The Computing Scale Company; founded in 1891 by Orange Ozias in the Dayton, OH area.The International Time Recording Company; an acquisition of Bundy Manufacturing Company, the Standard Time Stamp Company, and the Willard and Frick Manufacturing Company. Organized in 1900 by George W. Fairchild. ITR also acquired the Dey Time Register Company in 1907.


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IBM was formed from a merger of three (at the time) major companies:the Tabulating Machine Company, founded by Herman Hollerith and based in Washington D.C.the International Time Recording Company, was a forming of a merger between 2 unknown comanies and Bundy Manufacturing Company. Founded by Harlow Bundy in Auburn, NY.the Computing Scale Corporation, founded by Edward Canby and Orange Ozias in Dayton, OH.These three companies were merged to form the Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation. They were based in Endicott, NY. The name was changed by CTR President Thomas J. Watson I in 1924 to the International Business Machine company (IBM).Today IBM is headquartered @ Armonk, NY. In 2009 they reported almost 104 billion dollars in revenue and employ almost 400,000 employees.


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The Census is when we count all the people in the country. We grew so much that by 1880 it took 7 years to count the population. This led to the invention of the?

The invention that resulted from the long and arduous process of conducting the 1880 census in the United States was the punch card tabulating machine. Herman Hollerith, an American inventor and statistician, developed the machine, which used punched cards to record and tabulate data. The punched cards allowed data to be recorded and sorted automatically, making the process of counting and analyzing data much faster and more efficient. Hollerith's invention became the basis for the modern computing industry, and he founded the Tabulating Machine Company, which later became IBM.


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IBM was founded on June 16th, 1911. The company was originally called the Computing Tabulting Recording Corporation (or CTR for short). Charles R. Flint approched three separate companies with the possibilities of a merger in 1910. Those companies were;The Tabulating Machine Company; founded in 1896 by Herman Hollerith in the Washington D.C. area.The Computing Scale Company; founded in 1891 by Orange Ozias in the Dayton, OH area.The International Time Recording Company; an acquisition of Bundy Manufacturing Company, the Standard Time Stamp Company, and the Willard and Frick Manufacturing Company. Organized in 1900 by George W. Fairchild. ITR also acquired the Dey Time Register Company in 1907.On February 14th, 1924 Thomas J. Watson Sr., the acting president of CTR, renamed the company the International Business Machines Company, or IBM as we know it now.


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