VM History and Heritage

This page is in response to the many who inquire about about VM history, VM heritage and traditions, and about the origins of IBM in Endicott NY.

IBM announced its first official VM product (then called VM/370) on August 2, 1972. As times changed, so did VM. You may have known it by one or more of its many flavors (VM/SP, VM/XA, VM/SP HPO, VM/IS, VM/ESA) that preceded today's z/VM.

IBM History (story, timelines, and gallery)

April 7, 2004 marks the 40th anniversary of the computing revolution known as the IBM System/360

Celebrating VM's 30th birthday in 2002

Celebration of VM's 25th birthday in 1997

Endicott Heritage

• Original Bundy Building. Now Building 15 buried deep within the Endicott complex.
• This is a view of the old International Time Recorder buildings on North Street. Today it is building 22 in the Endicott complex.
• Formerly IBM Endicott Building 32 "clock tower", one time known by many as the "North Street Lab", beautifully drawn by Paul Uhlman, IBM