IEEE Milestone Celebration |The Office of The Future

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This triple IEEE Milestone dedication celebrated the creation of three world-changing technologies: the Alto personal computer, Ethernet, and the Laser Printer. These were invented and put into everyday use at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in the 1970s. What was then called "the Office of Future" is now commonplace throughout the world.

PARC is now part of SRI, and this PARC Forum was hosted by SRI's CEO Dr. David Parekh. It included conversations with Vint Cerf and Bob Metcalfe — two people whose contributions have fundamentally shaped modern networking and computing. Also joining the discussion was Tom Coughlin, IEEE President, and Brian Berg, IEEE History Committee Vice Chair.

This triple IEEE Milestone dedication celebrated the creation of three world-changing technologies: the Alto personal computer, Ethernet, and the Laser Printer. These were invented and put into everyday use at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in the 1970s. What was then called "the Office of Future" is now commonplace throughout ...

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