Interdata: Difference between revisions

In 1973, it was purchased by [[Perkin-Elmer|Perkin-Elmer Corporation]],<ref>{{cite book|last1=Enterprise|first1=I. D. G.|title=Computerworld|publisher=IDG Enterprise|url=https://books.google.com/?id=xADOH_NYfZoC&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&dq=concurrent+computer+corporation+history+and+interdata#v=onepage&q=concurrent%20computer%20corporation%20history%20and%20interdata&f=false|accessdate=27 July 2016|language=en|date=1990-12-10}}</ref> a Connecticut-based producer of scientific instruments for $63.6 million.<ref name=encyclopedia>{{cite web|title=Concurrent Computer Corporation – FREE Concurrent Computer Corporation information {{!}} Encyclopedia.com: Find Concurrent Computer Corporation research|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3445200037.html|website=www.encyclopedia.com|accessdate=27 July 2016}}</ref> Interdata was already making $19 million in annual sales but this merger made Perkin-Elmer's annual sales rise to over $200 million.<ref name=encyclopedia/> Interdata then became the basis for Perkin-Elmer's Data Systems Group.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Trew|first1=Arthur|last2=Wilson|first2=Greg|title=Past, Present, Parallel: A Survey of Available Parallel Computer Systems|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9781447118428|url=https://books.google.com/?id=HZzeBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA76&lpg=PA76&dq=concurrent+computer+corporation+history+and+interdata#v=onepage&q=concurrent%20computer%20corporation%20history%20and%20interdata&f=false|accessdate=27 July 2016|language=en|date=2012-12-06}}</ref> In 1985, the computing division of Perkin-Elmer was spun off as [[Concurrent Computer Corporation]], now located in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].<ref name=concurrent>{{cite web|title=Concurrent Computer Corporation|url=http://www.new-npac.org/projects/cdroms/cewes-1999-06-vol1/nhse/hpccsurvey/orgs/concurrent/concurrent.html|website=www.new-npac.org|accessdate=27 July 2016}}</ref>