Since 2007, when Swansea University’s History of Computing Collection (HoCC) was launched, the British Computer Society South Wales Branch has sponsored a historical lecture. This year’s lecture is described below and will be via the web.
Lyons and the Emergence of Business Computing
Dr Elisabetta Mori
Thursday, 16 May 2024 from 19:00 to 20:30.
Abstract
LEO Computers were a series of machines designed, developed, and manufactured for business applications between 1947 and 1968 by the British catering firm J. Lyons & Co. and its subsidiary LEO Computers Limited.
The lecture takes the LEO Computers as a case study for understanding the emergence of business computing, aiming to analyse both
- how the introduction of computers affected commercial enterprises and
- how computer design changed because of the new requirements of business data processing.
The lecture will be given via video. To register:
https://www.bcs.org/events-calendar/2024/may/webinar-lyons-and-the-emergence-of-business-computing/