ICL (International Computers Limited) existed as a commercial entity and brand from 1968 to 2002; perhaps the flagship computer manufacturer of the UK until it was finally and completely absorbed into its eventual, Japanese owner Fujitsu. To read more about the story of ICL click here.
Many of our interviewees worked for ICL
Sir Peter Bonfield
Ninian Eadie
Bill Ellis
Sir Peter Gershon
Charles Hughes
Lyons & Co. was Britain’s largest catering company, and wanted to automate management calculations. In the absence of any commercially available machine to do so they built their own computer modelled closely on the Cambridge EDSAC. LEO (Lyons Electronic Office) was the first computer used for commercial business applications.
Many of our interviewees worked for LEO or used LEO machines in other companies.
Ninian Eadie
Peter Hermon
Professor Cliff Jones
Professor Frank Land
John Leighfield CBE
David Morriss
Dr Alan Shepherd
See also: The Leo Society
Logica plc was a multinational IT and management consultancy company headquartered in London and later Reading founded in 1969. It was responsible for many telecommunications infrastructure projects, such as the design of the SWIFT network for international money transfers, the Euronet packet-switching network, and the Bay Area Rapid Transit in San Francisco. Following the acquisition of CMG in 2002, the company was known as LogicaCMG from then until 2008, when it changed its name back to Logica. Logica was acquired by Canada-based CGI Group in 2012 and the Logica brand name ceased being used in 2013.
Interviewees who worked at Logica include:
Philip Hughes CBE
David Mann
See Also:
Memories of Len Taylor – Founder of ICL
Logica Annual Reports
