Celebrating our 30th anniversary

Networking then and now: 1986 vs 2016

Network World turns 30: Infographic compares the cutting edge in 1986 to where technology stands today

By John Dix

Editor in Chief, Network World |

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Celebrating our 30th anniversary

As Network World celebrates its 30th anniversary, we took a look back at the scene in 1986 ... and had a chuckle.

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John Dix helped launch Network World in 1986 after chronicling developments in networking and distributed processing first at IDC (1980-1984), then at Computerworld (1985-1986).

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