(Control Data Systems, Inc., Arden Hills, MN) Control Data Corporation (CDC) was one of the first computer companies. Founded in 1957, Bill Norris was its president and guiding force. Its first ...

During his long and often innovative business career, William Norris, founder and chairman of Control Data, has gained a controversial reputation. To admirers he is the visionary who created a company ...

Reminders of the one-time giant Control Data Corp. (CDC) can be seen all over the Twin Cities, from a street named Computer Avenue in Edina to its gleaming Bloomington headquarters that is now home to ...

The name Control Data Corp. is gone, but it should not be forgotten, because its history is legendary — perhaps like the Great Northern railroad, Pillsbury mills or Dayton's department stores — with ...