Entries by Kenneth Ritley

How Digital Natives, Millennials and Generation Z are shaping the IT industry – 60 years of digital transformation, part 4

People are the most important factor in the modern age, write Chuck and Ken. In the 4th and final part of their mini-series, the father-son team of IT experts describe how digital natives, millennials and Generation Z are shaping the IT industry today. They take an entertaining look at their six decades in IT and […]

How Dealers helped the Explosion of Minicomputers – 60 years of digital transformation, part 3

Thanks to the invention of the first microchips, minicomputers spread to all industries from the 1970s onwards. Chuck and Ken, a father-son team of IT experts, describe the role of the so-called “dealers”, in the 3rd part of their mini-series. Thanks to Chuck’s anecdotes, we understand why the sale of minicomputers was so closely linked […]

About the mainframes of the Iron Age – 60 years of digital transformation, part 2

Chuck and Ken, a father-son team of computer experts, take an entertaining look back at their own six decades in the IT industry. In the 2nd part of the mini-series, they describe how the volumes of data from punch cards were converted into usable information and what role the first mainframe computers played. Their anecdotes […]

From punch card devouring monsters to the first computers – 60 years of digital transformation, part 1

Chuck and Ken, father and son, both IT experts, take an fun look back at their own six decades in IT. They explore how digital transformation has changed, how it has stayed the same and what the modern generation can learn from the experiences of the past. The term “digital transformation” has exploded in popularity […]