L.E.O.: Incredible Story of the World's First Business Computer Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

L.E.O.: Incredible Story of the World's First Business Computer Book

A variety of machines mark the milestones on the way to modern cyberculture. Many, such as ENIAC, UNIVAC, the TRS-80, and the Apple II are well known. Less celebrated but vitally important was the Lyons Electronic Office (LEO), the first business computer. Rather than being built by an electronic firm, LEO was built by J. Lyons & Co., a British food company that kept Great Britain in tea and cakes throughout World War II. J. Lyons & Co. operated in constant innovation, leaping into business history right after the war with the vision that the growing mountain of paperwork could be tamed by machine--if they only had the courage to build it. LEO tells the story of what many believed to be, at best, a quixotic effort. LEO's success was demonstrated when the world's first routine office job--weekly bakery valuations--was computerized in 1951. Within a few years, LEO computers were running payrolls for Ford Motor Company and working for British railroads, military, and businesses. This is not just a story about technology, but about individual and corporate vision and the people who made a dream work despite mistakes.Read More

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    In 1947, a remarkable group of pioneers began a process that would change the way business was done forever. Now, the original development team tells the fascinating story of LEONLyons Electronic Office, the world's first business computer and long before IBM's first business mainframes! This compelling book transports the reader to post-war England, where a small group with limited resources designed and built a machine that launched the modern world of business computing. Their story is a fascinating case study in business innovation, vision, and changeNone that offers powerful parallels for anyone grappling with the impact of the Internet on business today.

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