Unknown terminal supporting the history of finance from the shadow "Bloomberg Terminal"

ByΑλέξης Τσίπρας Πρωθυυουργός της Ελλάδας

As a computer platform that was born in the 1980s and used in modern times, there is a Windows PC that took over the heritage of IBM PC born in August 1981, Mac that was born in January 1984, but close to those in 1982 12 There is "Bloomberg Terminal" as a terminal that came to the public from the moon. It is not widely known because it is a niche terminal such as investors and financial experts, but in fact it has been a long success.

How the Bloomberg Terminal Made History - And Stays Ever Relevant | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
http://www.fastcompany.com/3051883/behind-the-brand/the-bloomberg-terminal

Bloomberg is known as a leading information service company dealing with economic and financial information. Michael Bloomberg, the founder of the company, was originally an investment bankSolomon BrothersI was a part-time businessman. However, it was expelled after the company was acquired, and in 1981 with the retirement payment as the origin, founded a company that will become Bloomberg later in the year called "Innovative Market Systems (IMS)".

ByCenter for American Progress

IMS marketed "Market Master", an information terminal that gets information on bond transactions, and 20 units were introduced for Merrill Lynch. Merrill Lynch is the major shareholder of Bloomberg until now, but according to Mr. Bloomberg's memoirs, he said he had signed a contract saying "We will not sell terminals to competitors at Merrill Lynch" at that time. By the end of the 1980s, as a result of lobbying seeking a review of this contract, it succeeded in amending the contract and Bloomberg started to grow at a momentum of 25% to 30% per year.

IMS became a company name "Bloomberg", and the terminal was renamed "Bloomberg Terminal". Improvements also progressed, color display became possible in 1991, flat display was introduced in 1996. Furthermore, since around 1995, not only a dedicated terminal but also a service accessed from PC started.

This is a keyboard of "Bloomberg Terminal", a special key and a fingerprint scanner.

By Cariafraweb

The movie below is what kind of terminal it is, a little understand its appearance and usage.

Spotlight On: It's Not Just a Keyboard - YouTube


In 2005, a set of terminals called monitors, keyboards and fingerprint authentication cards received the Good Design Award.

Terminal Monitor, Keyboard, Fingerprint Authentication Card [Bloomberg Terminal] | Award Target List | Good Design Award
https://www.g-mark.org/award/describe/31581

Currently, the service of Bloomberg Terminal is provided to more than 325,000 people and it is said that "The latest news, analytical functions, communication tools, various charts, trading execution functions, and customer support to bring knowledge into action" are provided It seems that it handles 60 billion pieces of information from the market on the 1st.

ByClive Darra

Because it is an important tool that much, when it became unavailable worldwide in April 2015 big confusion occurred.

Bloomberg terminal down, confused by traders - WSJ
http://jp.wsj.com/articles/SB11581577432647144308704580586043434203492

By the way, its usage fee is not stated on the official website, but according to Quartz, it is 2000 dollars a month (about 240,000 yen) per terminal, 24 thousand dollars a year (about 2.88 million yen) in one year. Although it seems that there is no discount in principle, there seems to be a plan of about 20,000 dollars (about 2.4 million yen) per year when making a large contract.

This is how much a Bloomberg terminal costs - Quartz
http://qz.com/84961/this-is-how-much-a-bloomberg-terminal-costs/