Computer History Museum

Timesharing and Remote Processing Services Meeting Session #7: Operations: Communications and Platforms

<p>There was always a significant amount of expertise and cost involved in running the operational aspects of the TS/RPS companies. In this session the participants discuss the following topics related to operations: &bull; What platforms were used as the companies grew and why? &bull; Why did the companies build multiple data centers and how did they decide on the locations? &bull; What kind of staffing was required for the data centers? &bull; Were there differences in operating in Europe, Asia and other geographic locations versus operating in the US? &bull; How were performance and effectiveness measured for these operations centers? &bull; What were the most significant problems in operations?</p>

Item Details

Date
2009-06-03 (Made)
Type
Document
Catalogue number
102702889
Organization
Computer History Museum
People
Chris McDonald (Historian)
Frank Belvin (Participant)
Burt Grad (Moderator)
Thomas Haigh (Historian)
Luanne Johnson (Editor)
Ann Hardy (Participant)
Dick Bayles (Participant)
Nicholas Rawlings (Participant)
Rick Crandall (Participant)
Mike Humphries (Participant)
Edward LaHay (Participant)
Doug Jerger (Participant)
Brook, Chris (Participant)
Norm Hardy (Participant)
Myers, Gary (Participant)
Stein, Jeffery (Participant)
Mike Wyman (Participant)
Dick Lowenstein (Participant)
Luanne Johnson (Co-Chair)
Category
Transcript
Format
PDF
Credit line
Software Industry Special Interest Group
Extent
28 p.
Place of publication
North America/USA/CA/Mountain View
Language
English
Acquisition number
X5386.2009
Subject
On-Line Business Systems, Scientific Data Systems (SDS) 940, Interactive Data Corporation, ARPANET, Tymshare, Telex, General Electric Information Services (GEIS), Telenet, Comshare, National CSS, Memorex Corporation
Archive collection
Oral history collection
Archive hierarchy
CHM Oral History Collection