" Everything that's going to happen in 25 years,
it's already happening, somewhere. It already exists. "
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Bob Metcalfe
Networking |
Robert M. Metcalfe specializes in making connections.
Born in 1946, Dr. Metcalfe is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received his Ph.D. in computer science from Harvard in 1973. He taught part-time at Stanford for eight years, ending in 1983 as consulting associate professor of electrical engineering. He is a member of MIT's Board of Trustees.
Heralded for developing the most commonly used system for linking computers together via a network, known as ethernet, he also helped market and sell the idea that would become a multibillion dollar industry.
In 1979, he founded 3Com Corp., the computer networking company in Santa Clara.
Retiring from 3Com in 1990, Metcalfe now lives in Boston and primarily writes about technology.
Dr. Robert M. Metcalfe began his publishing career in March 1992 by joining International Data Group as publisher and chief executive officer of Infoworld Publishing Company. He has served as IDG's vice president of technology since 1993.
Just before joining IDG, Dr. Metcalfe was a visiting fellow at the University of Cambridge, England, and was writing for Computerworld, Communications Week, Digital Media, Network Computing, and Technology Review. He now writes a weekly column for Infoworld, where he has served as executive correspondent since 1994.
