Posts Tagged "history"

A Little History of Mainframes and Cloud Computing

Posted by on Sep 6, 2010 in Blog | 0 comments

Years ago, applications were all run from mainframes, which were large central computers with lots of storage space and memory (by the standards of the time, anyway). Everyone had terminals which didn’t have much computing power, and simply connected to the mainframe in order to run the applications. All of the applications were actually on the mainframe. This sometimes proved to be expensive, as everyone needed to “share” one big computer. Over the years, this changed. Individual desktop computers (and then, laptop computers) became more powerful. It made more sense to...

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History of Etnacom

Posted by on Dec 26, 2009 in Blog | 0 comments

Etnacom has existed in one way or another since 2001. Throughout its life its services, employees and even its location have changed multiple times. I thought it might be interesting for some readers to see how the company has evolved over the years. At most, this will serve as a way to see how I’ve gotten to this point and some of the interesting things I’ve encountered. At the very least, it will be a “statement for the record” of where the company has been and where I intend to take it. The Beginning In the summer of 2001, I was still in high school. A close friend...

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