Editing Convergent Technologies (section)

{{short description|Former American computer company}}
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| fate = Purchased by [[Unisys]] in 1988
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| founders = [[Allen Michels]]<br />Bob Garrow<br />Kal Hubler<br />Ben Wegbreit
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| hq_location_city = [[Santa Clara, California]], U.S.
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| products = Multi-processor computer<br />Work stations<br />Personal computers
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| website = https://www.unisys.com
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'''Convergent Technologies, Inc.''', was an American [[computer]] company formed by a small group of people who left [[Intel|Intel Corporation]] and [[PARC (company)|Xerox PARC]] in 1979.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Peddie|first1=Jon|title=The History of Visual Magic in Computers: How Beautiful Images are Made in CAD, 3D, VR and AR|date=2013|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9781447149323|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6a8_AAAAQBAJ&q=%22Convergent+Technologies%22+%2B+%22Allen+Michels%22&pg=PA162|accessdate=13 November 2017}}</ref> Among the founders were CEO [[Allen Michels]], VP Engineering Bob Garrow, head of marketing Kal Hubler, and operating system architect Ben Wegbreit.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lammers|first1=Susan M.|title=Programmers at work, Volume 1|date=1986|publisher=Microsoft Press|isbn=9780914845713|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SoYwAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Ben+Wegbreit%22+harvard|accessdate=13 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Mini-micro Systems, Volume 13|date=1980|publisher=Cahners Publishing Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iqVPAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Convergent+Technologies%22+%2B+%22Bob+Garrow%22|accessdate=13 November 2017}}</ref> Convergent was primarily an OEM vendor with their computers resold by other manufacturers such as ADP, AT&T, [[Burroughs Corporation|Burroughs]], [[Four-Phase Systems]], [[Gould Electronics|Gould]], [[Mohawk Data Sciences|Mohawk]], Monroe Data Systems, NCR, and [[Prime Computer|Prime]].<ref name="bonfire">{{cite web |last1=Blank |first1=Steve |title=Bonfire of the Vanities |date=5 August 2011 |url=https://steveblank.com/2011/08/05/bonfire-of-the-vanities/}}</ref> The company was purchased by [[Unisys]] in 1988.