Fun With Slogans

Broadcom Corporation

noreply@blogger.com (Shruthi) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Foundation Year

1991

Founders

Henry Samueli
Henry T. Nicholas III

Taglines

Connecting Everything

Logos:

Did you know that the first logo of Broadcom was designed by Henry Nicholas' wife, Stacey in 1994.

Ticker Symbol

NASDAQ - BRCM

Insight On Company Name Businesses

Broadcom Corporation is a leading provider of semiconductors for wired and wireless communication. The company's products / business are concentrated in the area of Broadband Communications, Mobile and Wireless, Network Infrastructure. These products enable the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia to and throughout the home, the office and the mobile environment.
Below are some of the Broadcom's key products and leading customers -

Broadband Communications:

Products - Cable, Satellite, Terrestrial and IPSTB; cable, PON and xDSL gateways; Digital TV solutions; Blue-ray Disc players and recorders; CMTS and DSLAM chipset solutions.
Customers - Cisco, Echostar, Motorola, Pace, Thomson, Samsung.

Enterprise Networking:

Products - Broadband and security processor; Advanced Gb and 10 GbE controllers; Metro / enterprise / SMB switching; NAS and RAID storage controllers; PHYs and Optical transceivers; Server I/O chipsets.
Customers - Alcatel-Lucent; Cisco, Dell, HP, Huawei3g.

Wireless Connectivity:

Products - 802.11 a/b/g/n WLAN client and access points; Bluetooth systems and software; GPS; Wireless combination solutions; IP telephony devices; Touch screen controller solutions.
Customers - Apple, Dell, HP, Nintendo, Samsung.

Mobile Platforms:

Products - HSxPA/WCDMA/EDGE/GPRS/GSM cellular SoCs and baseband; Mobile multimedia and application processors; Multi-band, multi-mode RF transceivers; Power management solutions; Production-ready reference designs and software.
Customers - Samsung and Nokia.

Some of the facts

The company was first started as Broadband Telecom and later in 1994, it was renamed as Broadcom.
In less then two decades, the company gained a global recognition and received about 38 awards. You can find the Award details at http://www.broadcom.com/company/industry_awards.php
One of the interesting fact is that Henry Samueli and Henry Nicholas shared a professor - student relationship. Yes, Henry Nicholas was a student of professor Henry Samueli in UCLA.
Henry Samueli is named to the National Academy of Engineering for his pioneering contributions to academic research and technology entrepreneurship in the development of semiconductors for use in broadband communications.
The schools of engineering at UCLA and UC Irvine are named after him, as Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and The Henry Samueli School of Engineering respectively.

You can get more information about the company from Broadcom.

Analog Devices Inc

noreply@blogger.com (Shruthi) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:35:00 +0000

Foundation Year

1965

Founders

Raymond S.Stata commonly known as Ray Stata
Matthew Lorber

Taglines

World Leader in High Performance Signal Processing.

Logos

Ticker Symbol

NYSE - ADI

Insight On company name Businesses

Analog Devices Inc is a one of the world leading semiconductor company specialized in high-performance analog, mixed-signal and digital signal processing (DSP) integrated circuits (ICs). Their products are used in a wide variety of electronic equipments ranging from communications, computers, consumer electronics, automotive electronics, industrial and medical equipments, military and space systems.

Some of the facts

Ray Stata was awarded the Prestigious IEEE founders medal in 2003 for his outstanding contributions to electronics industry. For more information refer the link - http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/awards/bios/2003founders.html
Analog Devices was the second company that was founded by Ray Stata and Matthew Lorber. Prior to this company, they founded Solid State Instrument which produced devices to test gyroscopes. Later this company was sold to Kollmorgen Corp. for $100,000 in stock. This income was used to launch Analog Devices. (Source - Wikipedia and Funding Universe)
It hardly took two decades, for ADI to be named as one of the 100 best companies to work for in America (in 1984) because of its excellent contribution and growth in the industry. And it had first joined the ranks of fortune 500 in 1992.
Analog Devices runs a technical magazine by name Analog Dialogue. It is a forum for the exchange of information related to circuits, systems, and software for real-world signal processing. Also, it is considered as longest-running-in-house publication in the electronics industry

You can get more information about the company from Analog Devices Inc.

United Microelectronics Corporation

noreply@blogger.com (Shruthi) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:15:00 +0000

Foundation Year

May, 1980

Founders

UMC was founded as a spin-off of the government-sponsored institute Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI).

Taglines

Customer Driven Foundry Solutions

Logos

Ticker Symbol

NYSE : UMC
TSEC : 2303

Insight On UMC Businesses

UMC is a semiconductor foundry which manufactures advanced process Integrated Circuits (IC) for applications spanning major sectors of the semiconductor industry. The company develops system-on-chip (SOC) ICs for various applications including copper interconnects, low k dielectrics, embedded DRAM, and mixed signal/RFCMOS.

Some of the facts: UMC was

Taiwan's first semiconductor company.
First foundry to ship wafers using copper materials.
First foundry to produce chips using 28-nanometer processes.
First foundry to produce ICs on 300-mm wafers.

You can get more information about the company from UMC.

STMicroelectronics

noreply@blogger.com (Shruthi) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:18:00 +0000

Foundation Year

Incorporated in 1987 as SGS Thomson and renamed as STMicroelectronics in 1998

Taglines

Sense and Power. A world of Analog.
We work for your energy efficient world - Nov'2008

Logos

Ticker Symbol

Below are the important dates associated with the company. (For more information visit http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/STMicroelectronics-NV-Company-History.html)

1957: Olivetti subsidiary Telectro launches semiconductor manufacturing division, Société Generale Semiconductor.
1968: Thomson-Brandt acquires Compagnie Generale de Telegraphie San Fils, forming Thomson-CSF high-technology group.
1986: Thomson-CSF acquires Mostek, of the United States, in order to boost its semiconductor operations.
1987: SGS Thomson is created through the merger of Italy's SGS Microelettronica and France's SGS-Thomson's semiconductor division.
1994: SGS Thomson goes public on New York and Paris stock exchanges.
1998: Thomson sells out its share and company changes name to STMicroelectronics; ST adds listing on Italian stock exchange.
2002: ST acquires microelectronics division of Alcatel, giving it worldwide leadership status in the DSL market; overall, ST ranks in top five of the global semiconductor industry.

You can get more information about the company from STMicroelectronics

Applied Materials Inc

noreply@blogger.com (Shruthi) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:14:00 +0000

Foundation Year

1967

Founders

Michael A McNeilly

Taglines

Think it. Apply it.
Global Leaders. Local Fans

Logos

Below images are captured from the company history videos of Applied Materials and they might be company's previous logos.

Ticker Symbol

NASDAQ - AMAT

Some of the interesting facts

When the company was started, it was known as "Applied Materials Technology, Inc." and later in 1972 the name was changed to "Applied Materials, Inc."
Fairchild was the first customer of Applied Materials and it bought silane gas panels for delivery of the gases at Fairchild R&D. Other first customers were Microwave Associates and Intel.

For people who don't know, Applied Materials, Inc. is the global leader in Nanomanufacturing Technology solutions with a broad portfolio of innovative equipment, service and software products for the fabrication of semiconductor chips, flat panel displays, solar photovoltaic cells, flexible electronics and energy efficient glass.

You can get more information about the company from Applied Materials.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd

noreply@blogger.com (Shruthi) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:53:00 +0000

Foundation Year

1987

Founders

Dr. Morris Chang

Taglines

The proven path to success.

Logos

Ticker Symbol

TSX - 2330
NYSE - TSM

Some of the interesting facts

TSMC pioneered the "dedicated silicon foundry" industry and is the largest silicon foundry in the world. (A business that operates a semiconductor fab for the purpose of fabricating the designs of other companies, such as fabless semiconductor companies, is known as a foundry. You can find more information at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundry_(electronics)).
Dr. Morris Chang was the first recipient of IEEE Robert N. Noyce Award for Exceptional Contributions to Microelectronics Industry.

You can get more information about the company from TSMC.

Texas Instruments Inc

noreply@blogger.com (Shruthi) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:09:00 +0000

Foundation Year

1930 as GSI (Geophysical Service Inc) ; 1951 as TI (Texas Instruments Inc)

Founders

The original company GSI was founded by

John Clarence Karcher
Eugene McDermott

Later the company was purchased (in 1941 on the day before Pearl Harbor was attacked) by

Erik Jonsson
Cecil Green
Eugene McDermott
H. Bates Peacock

Taglines

Bringing affordable electronics to your fingertips - 1975
Creating useful products and services for you - 1979
The world leader in DSP and analog - 1996
Technology for Innovators

Logos

The original GSI logo

Ticker Symbol

NYSE - TXN

Insight on TI Businesses

Initially TI had started its business mainly focusing on Geophysical Services (1930s) but later it had diversified its business into engineering and manufacturing in electronics(1945s). From then TI focused primarily on various electronics business - Military Electronics, Semiconductor business, Computer and Software and Industrial Controls, Sensor and Controls. Now, as part of new business strategy it divestiture some of its businesses and at present is focusing on Semiconductor (Analog, Digital Signal Processing Digital Light Processing, Wireless) and Educational Technology.

You can get more information about the company from TI.

Novell Inc

noreply@blogger.com (Shruthi) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:53:00 +0000

Foundation Date

January 25, 1979

Founders

Dennis Fairclough
George Canova
Darin Field
Jack Davis

Taglines

Making IT Work As One

Logos

Ticker Symbol

Nasdaq - NOVL

Did you know that till 1983, the company was known as Novell data Systems Inc and the company name was suggested by George Canova’s wife who mistakenly thought that “Novell” meant “new” in French. (In fact, the feminine singular of “new” in French is “nouvelle”).

You can get more information about the company from Wikipedia and Novell.

Cognizant

noreply@blogger.com (Shruthi) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:31:00 +0000

Foundation Year

1994

Founders

kumar mahadeva

Taglines

Clebrating Work
Passion for making difference.
Passion for building stronger business. 2005 - till date

Logos

Ticker Symbol

Nasdaq - CTSH

You can get more information about the company from Cognizant.

Wipro Technologies

noreply@blogger.com (Shruthi) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:26:00 +0000

Foundation Year

1945

Founders

Premji

Taglines

Applying Thought - 1998 to till date

Logos

1998 to till date.

This logo was designed by Shombit Sengupta. The logo represents diverse businesses of Wipro Limited and its Values (human values, integrity, innovative solutions and value for money). The logo consists of three elements and each element has a specific significance.

First element - "Ranibow Flower" signifies

Youthful & Energetic
Multifaceted
Innovative
Large – diversified
Vibrant

Second Element - "Applying Thought" signifies

Powerful
Intellectual
Futuristic – Visionary
Maturity
Commitment to Innovation

Third Element - "Colors" signifies

Red : Blood, Life giving, Dynamic, Auspicious
Green : Fields, Prosperity, Freshness, Growth, Youth
Yellow : Sun, Warmth, Vitality, Aspirations
Violet : Intelligence, Innovation, Shrewdness, Mystery
Blue : Sky, Sea, Transparency, Natural

By the way, company’s old logo was a large black W.

Ticker Symbol

NYSE - WIT
BSE - 507685

You can get more information about the company from Wipro.

Did you know that Wipro is an acronym of "Western Indian Products" and that it started (in 1945) with setting up of an oil factory in Amalner a small town in Maharashtra in Jalgaon District. The products Sunflower Vanaspati and 787 laundry soap (largely made from a bi-product of Vanaspati operations) were sold primarily in Maharashtra and MP.

Infosys

noreply@blogger.com (Shruthi) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:19:00 +0000

Foundation Year

1981

Founders

N. R. Narayana Murthy
Nandan Nilekani
N. S. Raghavan
Kris Gopalakrishnan
S. D. Shibulal
K. DineshAshok Arora

Taglines

Win in the flat world - 2006 to till date
Powered by Intellect, Driven by Values - 2002
Improve your odds with Infosys Predictability

Logos

Ticker Symbol

NASDAQ - INFY
BSE - 500209

You can get more information about the company from Infosys.

ArcSight Inc

noreply@blogger.com (Shruthi) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:13:00 +0000

Foundation Year

2000

Founders

ArcSight was formed and launched by SVIC (Silicon Valley Internet Capital), LLC, a technology company creation firm that recognized the industry need for enterprise security management.

Taglines

Protect Your Business

Logos

Ticker Symbol

Nasdaq - ARST

You can get more information about the company from Wikipedia and ArcSight.

LG Corp

noreply@blogger.com (Shruthi) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:08:00 +0000

Foundation Year

1947

Founders

Koo In Hwoi

Taglines

Life's Good - 2004 to till date
Expand Your Life

Logos

Interesting meaning behind LG's logo: The circle symbolizes the globe. The stylized image of a smiling face in the symbol conveys friendliness and approachability. Overall, LG's symbol represents the world, future, youth, humanity, and technology.The symbol consists of two elements: the LG logo in Grey and the stylized image of a human face in the unique LG Red color.

Red, the main color, symbolizes friendliness and gives a strong impression of LG's commitment to deliver the best.
LG's grey represents technology and reliability.

Ticker Symbol

LG Corp

KRX - A003550

LG Electronics

KRX - A066570
LSE - LGLD

Did you know that LG stands for Lucky Goldstar. Wondering what is Lucky and what is Goldstar. They are the two companies founded by Koo In Hwoi, in 1947 and 1958 respectively. Lucky was earlier (before 1974) named as Lak Hui and was basically a chemical industry (currently LG Chem) where as Goldstar was electronics company (LG Electronics Inc.). Later in 1995, Lucky Goldstar was renamed as "LG". Below is the logo of Goldstar company

You can get more information about the company from LG.

Adobe Systems

noreply@blogger.com (Shruthi) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:39:00 +0000

Foundation Year

December, 1982

Founders

John Warnorck
Chuck Geschke

Taglines

Better by adobe - 2004

Logos

Dec 1982 - Jan 1990. Designed by Marva Warnock, John Warnock's wife.

an 1990 -1992. Introduced by Luanne Seymour Cohen to allow for easier printing at small sizes.

Jan 1992 to till date.

Ticker Symbol

Nasdaq - ADBE

Did you know that the company is named after the creek that ran behind John's home in Los Altos, CA and that until 2007 the company has acquired about 30 companies. Below is the list of the companies for your quick reference.

1991 Emerald City Software, creator of Type Font-manipulation software
1992 OCR Systems
1994 Laser Tools
1995 Visualware
1995 Hyphen, a printer software company
1995 Ceneca Communication, a PageMill and SiteMill website-creation software.
1995 Frame Technology
1996 Swell Software, a webserver software company
1996 Ares Software, a font-scaling software company
1997 DigiDox, a personalized PDF-creation software company
1997 FinePont, a company that provides Web graphics software for ImageReady.
1999 Attitude Software, a 3D technologies company
1999 GoLive Systems and CyberStudio, Machintosh-only web authoring tool.
1999 Photomerge, a photostitching software for panoramic images.
2000 Glassbook, a company that creates software for creating, reading and deploying eBooks.
2001 Fotiva, a digital photography software company.
2002 Accelio, leading provider of Web-enabled solutions that help customers manage business processes driven by electronic forms.
2003 Syntrillium, digital audio tools
2003 Yellow Dragon Technology, a developer of xml messaging and metagata management software.
2004 Q-Link, aleading innovator in business process management software
2004 OKYZ, makers of 3D collaboration software
2005 Macromedia
2006 FineLine Digital Rights Management division of Navisware,
2006 Trade and Technologies France, it specializes in the interoperability between CAD systems and Multi CAD Digital Mockup, allowing for data compatability between CAD systems
2006 Pixmantec Technology, digital imaging software
2006 InterAKT, develops tools for creating web-content management, intranet and e-commerce application
2006 Actimagine Technology, a company that develops, patents and licenses software solutions in the field of video and interactive vector graphics.
2006 Serious Magic, makers of Visual Communicator and video blogging application, Vlog It!
2007 Antepo, Inc and Amicima Technology
2007 Scene7, which makes an image processing and display platform used in many retail sites on the web.

You can get more information about the company from Adobe.

Hewlett Packard

noreply@blogger.com (Shruthi) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:13:00 +0000

Foundation Year

1939, incorporated on August 18, 1947.

Founders

William (Bill) HewlettDavid (Dave) Packard

Taglines

Invent - 1999
Every thing is possible - 2002

Logos

From 1999 - to present the logo is as follows

Ticker Symbol

NYSE - HPQ

You can get more information about the company from HP.

Google Inc

noreply@blogger.com (Shruthi) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:05:00 +0000

Foundation Date

September 4th, 1998.

Founders

Sergey Brin and Larry Page

Taglines

Don't be evil - It is company's unofficial slogan that was coined on July 2001

Logos

Apart from the official logo, Google has many holiday logos and fan-created logos. If interested you can find them at http://www.google.com/logos/index.html.

Ticker Symbol

NASDAQ - GOOG

You can get more information about the company from Google and Wikipedia.

By the way, the name 'Google' comes from the term 'Googol', which is a mathematical term for a number followed by 100 zeros. This name was choosen to reflects the mission of organizing a seemingly infinite amount of infomation on web. Before this name, the company was known as 'BackRub'

Oracle Corporation

noreply@blogger.com (Shruthi) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:57:00 +0000

Foundation Year

1997

Founders

Larry Ellison, Bob Miner, and Ed Oates

Taglines

The information company. - 2004 to till date
Can't break it, can't break in, or Unbreakable. 2002 - 2004

Logos

Ticker Symbol

NASDAQ - ORCL

You can get more information about the company from Oracle or Wikipedia.

Yahoo! Inc

noreply@blogger.com (Shruthi) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:51:00 +0000

Foundation Date

March 1st, 1995

Founders

Jerry Yang and David Filo

Taglines

It's Y!ou - Sep 2009
Do You Yahoo!

Logos

Purple Logo - This is the official logo of Yahoo

White Logo (transparent background)

Y! Bang Logo

1995 - Original Logo; displayed in the main page of Yahoo.com

Ticker Symbol

Nasdaq - YHOO

You can get more information about the company from Yahoo and Wikipedia.

For people who don't know YAHOO is an acronym for "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle"

Dell Inc

noreply@blogger.com (Shruthi) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Foundation Date

November 4th, 1984

Founders

Michael S. Dell

Taglines

Be Direct - 1998
Easy as Dell - 2001
FTW - For The Win - 2006
Purely You - 2006
Yours Is Here - 2007

Logos

1994 to present

Ticker Symbol

NASDAQ - DELL
HKEX - 4331

The company started with the name "PC's Limited" and later was changed to "Dell Computer Corporation" in 1998. In 2003, it was again renamed as 'Dell Inc". You can get more information about the company from Dell and wired

Microsoft Corporation

noreply@blogger.com (Shruthi) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:27:00 +0000

Foundation Date

April 4th, 1975; Incorporated on June 25, 1981

Founders

Bill Gates and Paul Allen

Taglines

Your potential. Our passion - 2002 - till date
Where do you want to go today? - 1994 - 2002

Logos

Microsoft "blibbet" logo, used until 1987

Used since 1987 and later with slogan from 1994 - 2002.

Used from 1994 - till date.

Ticker Symbol

NASDAQ - MSFT
HKEX - 4338

You can get more information about the company from Microsoft and Wikipedia. Also, you may like the vedio series that depicts the history of the microsoft - http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/History/

IBM

noreply@blogger.com (Shruthi) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:03:00 +0000

Foundation Year

1889, incorporated 1911

Founders

Thomas J. Watson, Sr

Taglines

THINK - 1925. this is most popular slogan of IBM and was developed by the IBM founder Thomas J. Watson, Sr.
Solutions for a small planet - 1994 (This was the first slogan used for global advertising campaign by IBM).
E-Business is the Game. Play to Win. - 2002
E-Business on demand. - 2003
On demand business. - 2004
What makes you special? - 2006

Logos

1924 - 1946 International Business Machines. The font used was "sans-sarif"and the logo intends to suggest a globe.

1947-1956 IBM in transition. The logo was first time changed after 22 years. The type of the font used was "Beton Bold".

1956-1972 IBM continuity. The font used is "City Medium".

1972- till date - IBM international recognition. The horizontal stripes suggest "speed and dynamism". There are two versions of this logo, one contains 13 stripes and the other contains 8 stripes as shown above.(This logo was first used in 1967 and was later fully replaced the solid logo in 1972.)
Ticker Symbol

NYSE - IBM

Some interesting things about IBM

Before IBM, the company was known as "Computing-Tabulating-Recording" - CTR. It was named as "International Business Corporation" - IBM in 1924.
The Computing-Tabulating-Recording company (CTR) was formed in 1911, by merging of three companies namely - "Tabulating Machine Company", "Computing Scale Company", and "International Time Recording Company" with the help of Mr Charles F. Flint. The logo of the company is as follows

The International Time Recording Company (ITR 1889-1914) began as the Bundy Manufacturing Company in Auburn, New York. ITR's main product line were mechanical time recorders invented and patented by Willard L. Bundy in 1888. The logo of the company is as follows

The Computing Scale Company (1891 - 1914) was incorporated in 1891 by Edward Canby and Orange O. Ozias, two businessmen from Dayton, Ohio by purchasing the patents of the newly invented computing scale. The logo of the company was as follows

You can get more information about the company from IBM

Intel Corporation

noreply@blogger.com (Shruthi) — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:53:00 +0000

Foundation Date

July 18th, 1968

Founders

Bob Noyce (also known as Robert Noyce)
Gordon Moore

Taglines

Intel. Leap ahead - December 2005 to till date
Intel Inside 1991 - 2003

Logos

Intel, Leap Ahead, 2005 to present
Intel Inside logo modifed with dropped 'e'.
Intel Inside, 1991 - 2003
Dropped-e, 1969 to 2005

Ticker Symbol

You can get more information about the company from Intel and Wikipedia

By the way, Intel stands for Integrated Electronics Corporation and before that the company was know as Moore & Noyce Electronics.

Source: Intel and Wikipedia

Apple Computer Inc

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:15:00 +0000

Foundation Date

April 1^st, 1976

Founders:

Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne.

Taglines

Think different -1997 - 2002
The Power to Be Your Best - 1990
Soon there will be 2 kinds of people. Those who use computers, and those who use Apples. - 1980s
Byte into an Apple. - 1970s

If you are interested to know the product specific tag lines, then visit the link Apple Slogans.

Logos

Used from 2007 to present.
Used from 2001 to 2007.
Used from 1998 to 2000.
Used from 1976 to 1998.
Original Apple logo.

Ticker Symbol

You can get more information about the company from Apple and Wikipedia.

Source: Wikipedia