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1977:
DIGITAL is the first computer company to connect
to the ARPAnet. The connection is made via a
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1983:
DIGITAL establishes Internet connectivity.
Initial e-mail, FTP archive and USENET news hub
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September
1985:
DIGITAL
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1986:
DIGITAL creates the first Internet firewall and establishes
http://gatekeeper.dec.com as a major FTP site on the Internet. |
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1990:
DIGITAL software engineers begin to
participate in USENET newsgroups such as
comp.sys.dec to provide informal customer support
over the Internet. |
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1991:
DIGITAL is the first in the industry to
offer an Internet tunnel product. |
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1992:
DIGITAL installs the industry's first
commercial Internet firewall. |
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October
1993:
DIGITAL becomes the the first Fortune 500 company with a corporate
website on the internet (www.digital.com). Earlier in the year, DIGITAL established its first
departmental web server on the Internet. |
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1994:
The Network Systems Laboratory at DIGITAL built
and deployed the State of California Election
Server which delivered the first live election
returns over the Internet during a state-wide
election. |
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December
1995:
DIGITAL introduces AltaVista, the Internet's first
"super spider" software. |
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April
1996:
DIGITAL is the first information technology
sponsor for the 100th running of the Boston Marathon. |
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May 1996:
At a worldwide customer event broadcast live via
Internet audio and video, DIGITAL announces its
strategy to accelerate the growth of the Internet as the environment of choice for
cyberworkers. |
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July 1996:
DIGITAL becomes the first computer company to
operate an Internet Network Access Point (NAP)
when it opens the DIGITAL Internet Exchange in Palo Alto, California. |
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February
1997:
DIGITAL AltaVista Internet Software, Inc.
announces a major new technology enhancement to
the AltaVista Search service on the World Wide Web. |
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March
1997:
DIGITAL announces Millicent, the first cybercommerce
system that will allow millions of users to buy
and sell information profitably down to fractions
of a cent. |
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June 1997:
With more than one million Microsoft
Exchange
seats under contract, DIGITAL becomes the
world’s leading provider of mail and
messaging solutions to large global accounts. |
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July 1997:
DIGITAL's Mars Landing
website provides the world's first live streaming
webcast to over 1,000,000 viewers. |
