IT Legends: Technology's Most Pioneering and Innovative Heroes

Paul Baran: The Co-Developer of ARPANET Who Founded the Internet Paul Baran is one of the most famous innovators and entrepreneurs in technology history. He was the co-developer of the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET), the first wide-area computer network which served as the foundation for the modern internet. Baran was also instrumental in the foundation and development of many other technology-based concepts, including distributed networks and digital communications. Baran was born in 1926 in Grodno, Poland. He worked as a wireless engineer for the U.S. military during World War II and eventually graduated from the prestigious Drexel Institute of Technology in Philadelphia in 1949 with a degree in electrical engineering. After completing his military service, Baran joined Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation, an aerospace research and engineering firm which later became known as TRW. During his time at Ramo-Wooldridge, Baran became an essential figure in the development o...

Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn: The Fathers of The Internet Who Linked The World Have you ever wondered how the invention of the internet came to be through a collaboration between two of the world's greatest computer scientists? Who are the two people responsible for making the internet a reality? If so, then you'll be pleased to learn that Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn are the two computer scientists who are often credited as the 'fathers of the Internet'. Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn have been responsible for developing some of the most crucial technology that allowed us to connect in real-time, throughout the world. They are credited as the original architects of the TCP/IP protocol suite and co-developed the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP). These tools paved the way for the creation of the internet in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Before Cerf and Kahn, the idea of having computing devices talk to each other’s networks was practically unheard...