IBM Hursley is a
research and development
Research and development (R&D or R+D), known in Europe as research and technological development (RTD), is the set of innovative activities undertaken by corporations or governments in developing new services or products, and improving existi ...
laboratory belonging to
International Business Machines in the village of
Hursley
Hursley is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England with a population of around 900 in 2011. It is located roughly midway between Romsey and Winchester on the A3090. Besides the village the parish includes the hamlets of Standon and ...
,
Hampshire
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...
,
England
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. Established in
Hursley House
Hursley House is an 18th-century Queen Anne style mansion in Hursley, near Winchester in the English county of Hampshire. The building is Grade II* listed.
History
The Hursley estate was bought by William Heathcote, MP from the daughters of R ...
, an 18th-century
Queen Anne style mansion
A mansion is a large dwelling house. The word itself derives through Old French from the Latin word ''mansio'' "dwelling", an abstract noun derived from the verb ''manere'' "to dwell". The English word '' manse'' originally defined a property l ...
in 1958, the facility has been instrumental in the development of IBM's software technologies since the 1950s.
It is still the home of development for
CICS
IBM CICS (Customer Information Control System) is a family of mixed-language application servers that provide online transaction management and connectivity for applications on IBM mainframe systems under z/OS and z/VSE.
CICS family products ...
and
MQ technology. Among the software developed by IBM Hursley is the Customer Information Control System (CICS), used in ATMs, which was the first Hursley product with a billion dollars in annual revenue.
Initially, IBM just used the House and its grounds. In 1963 it purchased 100 acres (405,000 m
2) of land surrounding the house and has since erected a large modern office complex employing over 1500 people.
The facility is host to the IBM Client Centre, which offers potential clients a secure environment where they can test company software and work with staff experts on best practices, proof of concept, and proof of technology.
![A Block, IBM Hursley Laboratory - geograph](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/A_Block%2C_IBM_Hursley_Laboratory_-_geograph.org.uk_-_967976.jpg)
Hursley House itself, a
Grade II* listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
building, is still used as an Executive Briefing Centre. The lower ground floor of the house is home to the IBM Hursley Museum, a computing museum that covers the history of IBM Hursley Park, IBM United Kingdom, and IBM Corporation.
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References
External links
IBM Hursley Site
IBM Hursley Labs Flickr Galleries
IBM Hursley Labs Pinterest Pins
IBM Hursley Labs YouTube Channel
IBM Hursley Museum
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Computer science in the United Kingdom
Country houses in Hampshire
Grade II* listed buildings in Hampshire
Grade II* listed houses
History of computing in the United Kingdom
Houses completed in 1724
IBM facilities
Queen Anne architecture in the United Kingdom
Research institutes in Hampshire
1963 establishments in England