The computer

Nothing epitomizes modern life better than the computer.For better or worse,computers have infiltrated every aspect of our life and of our society.They enable business to function and have become a necessity in daily life.As a high priced commodity the computer has evolved from a simple machine into an industry of fierce competition.To stay above the competition firms must constantly re-organize their business structure and policy.Two firms who have tried innovating a new strategy are hewlett packard and aompaq.By merging together they believe that not only will they be more profitable but a leader in the  industry as well.Today computers do much more than simply compute supermarket scanners calculate our grocery bill keeping story inventory computerized  telephone switching centers play traffic cop to millions of calls keeping lines of communication untangled and automatic teller machines let us conduct banking  transaction from virtually anywhere in the world.But where did all this technology comes from and where is it heading?The beginnings of computers as we know them today began in the 1960s.