TIMELINE
A POTTED HISTORY
OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
The pandemic has prompted a massive spike in businesses looking to digitally transform their operations , especially around supply chain . But digital transformation goes back way further than you ’ d expect …
1940s 1950s 1960s
DIGITISATION ’ S DEBUT
CHIPS AND TRANSISTORS
EARLY DAWN OF THE INTERNET
Claude Shannon , the father of modern digital communications theory , publishes a groundbreaking article , ‘ A Mathematical Theory of Coxmmunication ’, and , in so doing , paves the way for digitalisation .
The microchip – and today ’ s most widely used semiconductor transistor – are invented , meaning analogue computing can go digital for the first time .
The first ever message is sent over ARPANET , the first packet-switched network to use the TCP / IP protocol , and a precursor of the Internet .
18 March 2023