The industrial world has been in the throes of digitization for well over a decade. Primarily through enterprise resource planning (ERP) and manufacturing execution systems (MES), critical planning, ...

[RetroBytes] takes us on a whirlwind tour of the history of the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), its founder Ken Olsen, and during intermission builds up a working replica of the PDP-11 from a kit ...

Manufacturing equipment is designed for extended use. It’s pricy. Manufacturers purchase it with the idea of extending its value across many productive years. Much of the equipment in US factories is ...

Kenneth Olsen, the computer industry pioneer who co-founded minicomputer maker Digital Equipment Corp., died at the age of 84 on Sunday. Olsen will be remembered for the key role he played in at least ...

Advanced technologies such as augmented reality (AR) are gaining ground in Industry 4.0. Using the AR Experience from Liebherr, virtual construction sites can be ...

Dublin, Jan. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Heavy Construction Equipment Market by Machinery Type (Earthmoving equipment, Material Handling Equipment, Heavy Construction Vehicles), Propulsion Type ...

BOSTON (CBS) - The man who was one of the leaders of the Massachusetts Miracle has died at the age of 84. The co-founder of Digital Equipment of Maynard, Ken Olsen, launched DEC in an old mill with ...

Kenneth Olsen, a computer industry pioneer and co-founder of Digital Equipment Corp., has died. He was 84. His death Sunday was announced by Gordon College in Wenham, Mass., where he was a trustee and ...