July is an auspicious month
<p>IBM, the Moon landing, Artificial Intelligence, and Watsonx</p>
<p>July is an auspicious month. Named for Julius Caesar, one of the greatest generals and statesmen of all time, the first full month of summer marks many national Independence Days across the globe.</p>
<p>July was the first full month of operations by the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, the precursor to IBM, which was founded on June 16, 1911. As a company with a 112-year history, many aspects of the 20th and 21st centuries are reflected in the history of IBM, as it has re-invented itself many times throughout the years — to stay relevant, profitable, and make a mark on the world. While some of the first “Business Machines” may have been clocks and cheese slicers, today’s IBM “slices” atoms to make quantum computers.</p>