3COM Founded in 1979. Wikipedia
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Android, Inc. Original developer of the Android operating system. Founded in Palo Alto, California October 2003 by Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears, and Chris White. Bought by Google August 17, 2005. Wikipedia Engadget
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Apple Tech company. Founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak on April 1, 1976. Wikipedia
ASUS Computer hardware manufacturer. Website Wikipedia
AT&T Telecommunications company. Wikipedia
Atari Founded by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney June 27, 1972. Wikipedia
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Website
Barracuda Networks Website
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Blue Origin Founded September 2000 by Jeff Bezos. Website Wikipedia
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Cisco Networking company based in San Jose, California. Founded in December of 1984. Name derived from San Francisco where Cisco first started. Wikipedia
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Cooler Master Computer hardware manufacturer from Taiwan. Founded in 1992. Website Wikipedia
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Dell Private computer company. Founded February 1, 1984. Website Wikipedia Support
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Edvard K Sells water blocks, radiators, and other PC cooling solutions. Website
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Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) Has standards for 19 inch racks, electrical wiring, and connectors. Wikipedia
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F8 2019 April 30 - May 1 Website
Fluke Manufactures testing equipment for electronics. Founded in 1948. Wikipedia Website
Gateway Computer company based in South Dakota. Founded September 5, 1985. Acquired by Acer October 16, 2007. Wikipedia
Gateway Inc. Computer manufacturer. Wikipedia
General Electric (GE) Founded April 15, 1892. Website Wikipedia
GFI Software Wikipedia
Gigabyte Technology Computer hardware manufacturer. Wikipedia Website
Google The company that will one day rule the world. Founded September 4, 1998. Website Wikipedia
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) Not-for-profit group whose goal is to make it easy to program for parallel computing. Website
Hewlett Packard (HP) Tech company based in Palo Alto, California. Founded January 1, 1939. Website Wikipedia
Homebrew Computer Club Early computer hobbyist group in Menlo Park, California. Met from March 1975 to December 1986. First meeting held on March 5, 1975. Wikipedia
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International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) Wikipedia
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Wikipedia
International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC) Wikipedia Website
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Lam Research Website
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Linux Information Project (LINFO) Website
Malwarebytes Security software company based in San Jose, California. Founded in 2008. Wikipedia Website
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Microsoft Tech company based in Redmond Washington. Founded April 4, 1975. Website Wikipedia
Motorola Wikipedia
National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)
National Cash Register Now NCR Corporation. Founded in 1884 Wikipedia
National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) Wikipedia Website
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Polycom
Qualcomm ARM processor manufacturer. Wikipedia Website
Radio Corporation of America (RCA) Wikipedia
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Sony Electronics manufacturer based in Tokyo, Japan. Founded May 7, 1946. Wikipedia
Sperry Wikipedia
Sperry Rand Sperry renamed itself Sperry Rand after merging with Remington Rand. Wikipedia
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Tesla Motors American automotive and energy company. Founded July, 2003. Wikipedia
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Verizon Cell carrier and ISP. Wikipedia
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