Terry Shannon (IT), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Terry Shannon (IT)

American journalist

Date of Birth: 16-Aug-1952

Place of Birth: Syracuse, New York, United States

Date of Death: 26-May-2005

Profession: computer scientist, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Terry Shannon (August 16, 1952 – May 26, 2005) was an American information technology consultant, journalist and author.
For over 30 years, he was involved in implementing PDP, VAX, and Alpha computers with their respective operating systems RSX, VAX/VMS; and OpenVMS and Windows NT.
He was a respected journalist and analyst, paying particular attention to HP/Compaq and the high-performance computing space, writing a series of newsletters. He has been credited with assigning Intel Corporation the nickname "Chipzilla".Terry Shannon participated and spoke at meetings of DECUS (the Digital Equipment Corporation Users Society), the international users group of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), currently known as Connect.
He also spoke as an authority at other IT and HPC conferences, and was quoted by other authors as an authority on the subject.