Internet/Intranet Timeline

|  | Information Research Services | Updated: 24 November 1997

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1977: DIGITAL is the first computer company to connect to the ARPAnet. The connection is made via a PDP-10.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1983: DIGITAL establishes Internet connectivity. Initial e-mail, FTP archive and USENET news hub are established.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | September 1985: DIGITAL is the first computer company to register an Internet domain.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1986: DIGITAL creates the first Internet firewall and establishes http://gatekeeper.dec.com as a major FTP site on the Internet.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1990: DIGITAL software engineers begin to participate in USENET newsgroups such as comp.sys.dec to provide informal customer support over the Internet.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1991: DIGITAL is the first in the industry to offer an Internet tunnel product.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1992: DIGITAL installs the industry's first commercial Internet firewall.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | October 1993: DIGITAL becomes the the first Fortune 500 company with a corporate website on the internet ( www.digital.com). Earlier in the year, DIGITAL established its first departmental web server on the Internet.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1994: The Network Systems Laboratory at DIGITAL built and deployed the State of California Election Server which delivered the first live election returns over the Internet during a state-wide election.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | December 1995: DIGITAL introduces AltaVista, the Internet's first "super spider" software.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | April 1996: DIGITAL is the first information technology sponsor for the 100th running of the Boston Marathon.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | May 1996: At a worldwide customer event broadcast live via Internet audio and video, DIGITAL announces its strategy to accelerate the growth of the Internet as the environment of choice for cyberworkers.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | July 1996: DIGITAL becomes the first computer company to operate an Internet Network Access Point (NAP) when it opens the DIGITAL Internet Exchange in Palo Alto, California.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | February 1997: DIGITAL AltaVista Internet Software, Inc. announces a major new technology enhancement to the AltaVista Search service on the World Wide Web.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | March 1997: DIGITAL announces Millicent, the first cybercommerce system that will allow millions of users to buy and sell information profitably down to fractions of a cent.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | June 1997: With more than one million Microsoft Exchange seats under contract, DIGITAL becomes the world’s leading provider of mail and messaging solutions to large global accounts.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | July 1997: DIGITAL's Mars Landing website provides the world's first live streaming webcast to over 1,000,000 viewers.