In Folge 1 hat der UNIVAC-Großrechner erfolgreich vorhergesagt, dass Eisenhower die Wahlen im Jahr 1952 gewinnen wird. Zur Feier des Erfolgs kommt es in der Zentrale von Remington Rand in Philadelphia zu einem wahren Champagner-Besäufnis. Bei IBM, dessen Geschäftsleitung Alkohol verbietet, arbeiten die Angestellten fleißig weiter. Watson Jr. will das Compute ... Show More
Sep 2025
Die Uber Story | Uber, Disruption und die Zukunft der Mobilität - mit Barbara Lenz | 5
In dieser Bonus-Episode von Kampf der Unternehmen tauchen wir noch tiefer in die Geschichte und Bedeutung von Uber ein. Gemeinsam mit Professorin Dr. Barbara Lenz, einer der führenden Expertinnen für Mobilitätsforschung, sprechen wir darüber, wie Uber Märkte im Sturm erobert hat, ... Show More
33m 46s
May 2018
The First Computer War - Abdication | 4
<p>In Episode 1 the UNIVAC successfully predicted that Eisenhower would win the 1952 election. In Philadelphia, a champagne hangover quickly settled in over the Remington Rand building, the company elated at its success. But over at IBM, a company that doesn't allow its employees ... Show More
25m 49s
May 2018
The First Computer War - Betting the Store | 5
<p>It’s 1961. Since his father retired 5 years earlier, Thomas Watson Jr pushed to modernize IBM from the top down. New management, new ideas, newer, faster, machines. The company has grown, employing 1,000 people, they’ve dominated the emerging computer market... and managed to ... Show More
24m 15s
Apr 2018
The First Computer War - The Electronic Brain | 1
<p>With so much information at our fingertips, it’s hard to remember that we haven’t always walked around with supercomputers in our pockets. In fact, in 1952, CBS thought that Americans would find it SO hard to imagine that a machine could even predict election results accu ... Show More
22m 21s
Apr 2018
The First Computer War - Father, Son, and The Future | 2
<p>How do you really “get ahead” in a war? Sometimes you don’t have to do anything, you just wait for your opponent to fumble.</p><p>And in the late 1940s, IBM’s CEO Thomas Watson Sr., did. He’s just beginning to grasp the potential of these electronic machines, and - although ol ... Show More
24m 46s
Dec 2018
Browser Wars - Even When They Lose They Win | 6
<p>Microsoft has officially won the battle against Netscape, but for Bill Gates, the browser war is far from over. The federal government has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, and called Gates to Washington, D.C. for questioning.</p><p>Hotshot prosecutor David Boies a ... Show More
24m 32s
May 2020
Sponsored: When Small Businesses Think Big - Atari & Red Bull (Dell Podference) | 1
<p>This episode is brought to you by Wondery in partnership with Dell Technologies. In honor of small businesses, we’re featuring inspiring stories of successful companies that started out small.</p><p>In 1972, pinball machines and mechanical games ruled the arcades. Then, Atari ... Show More
31m 39s