8 Companies in Hardware

Apple is one of the best-known tech companies of all time, one of the Big Five of tech, and for good reason. From the latest iPhone to the original Apple computer, the company has been an ingenious innovator of consumer technologies since its...

Cisco was founded in 1984. Two computer scientists out of Stanford University, Sandy Lerner and Leonard Bosack, wanted an easier way to connect different types of computer systems. The two scientists created a multi-protocol router to allow the...

One of the world’s leading suppliers of PCs, Dell Inc. was started in 1984 by Michael Dell in his dorm room at the University of Texas, Austin. Michael Dell eventually dropped out of college because, by the late-1980s, the company was making...

Lenovo is a global technology company that designs, develops, and manufactures a wide range of products, including laptops, desktop computers, tablets, smartphones, and other smart devices. Headquartered in Beijing, China, with operations...

Microsoft is a global tech giant. The company has been creating inspired innovations and chasing a futuristic vision since its founding in 1975. All these years later, Microsoft has yet to slow down. At its core, the company is built on...

Trimble, Inc. is a company that provides hardware and software services to a global customer base. It was founded in 1978 as one of the first GPS companies by Charles Trimble and his partners, both of whom had previously worked with...

WR Systems is a software and hardware company that specializes in providing support for highly specialized system engineering needs. Many of its main clients are in the defense space, including the Navy, Army, Coast Guard, and NATO, though it...