WebSphere Revolution - (Page 8) More on the Web • IBM Web Explorer on Wikipedia.org units to leverage all parts of IBM—hardware, services, and software—to deliver top-to-bottom business solutions. The focus would be on the customer by providing complete solutions rather than just hardware. That same year, Steve Mills became the general manager of IBM’s Software Solutions Division and software was a key component in Lou’s new strategy. Steve and his team saw what was happening around the Internet early on and immediately began experimenting with core Internet technology. In 1994, IBM released its own Web browser, “IBM Web Explorer” as part of the OS/2 Warp® operating system for IBM Personal Computers. And IBM released an HTTP server developed in Raleigh, North Carolina named “Internet Connection Server”—the software used to publish information on the Internet so that it can be accessed by Web browsers. But there were other more popular HTTP servers and Web browsers available from companies such as Spyglass and Netscape and from open source software initiatives such as Apache.org. As Steve Mills, now IBM Senior Vice President and Group Executive of IBM Software Group, puts it, “We weren’t going very far very fast at that point in time in the area of Web serving.” That was about to change The Internet Revolution 1995–2000 500 400 Millions of Users 300 200 100 0 ‘95 ’96 ‘97 Year Source: www.internetworldstats.com ©2008, Miniwatts Marketing Group The revolutionary growth of the Internet is a phenomenon of our time. What started as a small, government-funded experiment quickly became mainstream all around the world. ’98 ‘99 ’00 1994 IBM Web Explorer and Internet Connection Server is released. 1994 South Africa holds its first interracial election and elects Nelson Mandela president. 1995 The number of Internet users has grown to 16 million. 1995 Russian space station MIR greets its first Americans. 1996 Dallas Cowboys beat Pittsburgh in the Super Bowl. 8 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Web_Explorer http://Apache.org http://www.internetworldstats.com
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