ROLM

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ROLM Corporation was a technology company founded in Silicon Valley in 1969.

The company name was formed from the first letters of the founders names - Gene Richeson, Ken Oshman, Walter Loewenstern, and Robert Maxfield. The four men studied electrical engineering at Rice University and earned graduate degrees at Stanford University.

Initially, the company produced ruggedized or mil-spec (military specification) computers which used Data General software. Over time, the company began to focus on digital voice, and produced some of the earliest examples of all-digital voice equipment, including Computerized Branch Exchanges (CBX's) and digital phones (using proprietary technology).

ROLM was acquired by IBM in 1984. IBM sold its ROLM division to Siemens AG in 1990.

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