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Kenneth Harry Olsen (February 20, 1926 – February 6, 2011) was an American engineer who co-founded Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1957 with colleague Harlan Anderson and his brother Stan Olsen.
Feb 8, 2011 · Ken Olsen, who helped reshape the computer industry as a founder of the Digital Equipment Corporation, at one time the world’s second-largest computer company, died on...
Feb 17, 2011 · Learn from the rise and fall of DEC, the computer company founded by MIT alumnus Ken Olsen. Discover the lessons on disruptive innovation, business model and culture from his story.
Digital Equipment Corporation ( DEC / dɛk / ), using the trademark Digital, was a major American company in the computer industry from the 1960s to the 1990s. The company was co-founded by Ken Olsen and Harlan Anderson in 1957.
Feb 9, 2011 · Learn about the life and achievements of Ken Olsen, the visionary leader who created DEC and the minicomputer revolution. He also co-founded the Computer History Museum, a legacy of his dream of interactive computing.
Feb 8, 2011 · Kenneth Olsen, the computer industry pioneer who co-founded minicomputer maker Digital Equipment Corp., died at the age of 84 on Sunday.
Jul 1, 2024 · Ken Olsen was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1926. He received a BS (1950) and MS (1952) from MIT in electrical engineering. Olsen began working at MIT's digital computer laboratory after graduation and mastered high-speed transistor circuit design from the tx-2 computer project there.
