Rolm’s share of the $2.5 billion yearly sales PBX market had been hovering between 16 percent and 18 percent since it was acquired by IBM in November 1984, analysts say.

In her new book, Starting Up Silicon Valley: How ROLM Became a Cultural Icon and Fortune 500 Company, Katherine Maxfield recounts the history of ROLM from start-up to buyout.

Siemens A.G., a West German company with major operations in Boca Raton, boosted its stake in the domestic telephone industry on Tuesday, agreeing to buy the Rolm telephone product line from IBM an… ...

User-Created Clip by mcgorry May 9, 2019 Author Leslie Berlin explains how Fawn Alvarez rose through the ranks at ROLM after high school and compares that experience to today's culture in Silicon ...

In 1984, ROLM was acquired by IBM. Maxfield’s talk focused on not only what it was like to work for ROLM, but the story behind the IBM merger and the tricks played by competitor AT&T.