Erwin Aikele

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Erwin Aikele (* 1904 ; † July 25, 2002 in Böblingen ) was an expert in the early days of electronic data processing. Between 1944 and 1964 he published various specialist books on working with punch cards , some of which were published several times. He also translated Faster, Faster: A generally understandable description of a large electronic computer system and the problems it could solve from Wallace J. Eckart into German.

As an employee of the Deutsche Hollerith-Maschinen Gesellschaft mbH , Aikele founded the company magazine Der Stromkreis and became its editor; the first edition appeared in May 1934. In 1965 it was renamed IBM Report , and in 1984 it celebrated its 50th anniversary.

From 1962 to 1984 he was involved in local politics in Böblingen for the CDU parliamentary group in the local council and its various committees.

Publications

  • Operational accounting with IBM punch cards: shown on a closed course of business , 6th, verb. Ed., Elsner, Darmstadt, 1964.
  • with Max Krawinkel a. a .: Manual of the punch card organization, Part II. The punch card in practice , Agenor Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Frankfurt / Main, 1958.
  • with Heinz Christen u. a .: Handbook of the punch card organization, Part I. The common thread through the punch card practice. , Agenor Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Frankfurt / Main, 1956.
  • Business accounting with punch cards , Elsner Verlagsges., Berlin, 1944.
  • The use of the punch card method in business accounting , o. O., 1941.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b City Councilor Dr. Aikele is dead , BB-Live.de, accessed June 18, 2015.
  2. ^ History of IBM in Germany: 1930 , IBM Germany website, accessed June 19, 2015.
  3. ^ History of IBM in Germany: 1938 , IBM Germany website, accessed June 19, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Aikele, Erwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German expert in data processing
DATE OF BIRTH 1904
DATE OF DEATH July 25, 2002
Place of death Boeblingen