National Instruments: 30 Years of Excellence

In 1976, James Truchard, Jeff Kodosky, and Bill Nowlin had a vision of a company where they could establish long-term challenging careers, have fun, and stay in Austin. Now, three decades later, National Instruments is celebrating its 30th anniversary as a global company with more than 3,800 employees and a unique, award-winning culture that still holds innovation and a challenging and fun work environment as keys to its success.

National Instruments creates innovative computer-based products that improve everyday life and give its customers a better solution for measuring and automating the world around them. Over the last 30 years, National Instruments has pioneered virtual instrumentation, a unique approach to embedded design, industrial control, and test and measurement that combines commercial off-the-shelf technologies with innovative software and hardware.

Join us as we celebrate 30 years of excellence, trace the steps that brought us here, and envision where the next decades will take us.

National Instruments LabVIEW: 20 Years of Innovation

First released in 1986, the National Instruments revolutionary software product LabVIEW challenged traditional approaches to programming with intuitive graphical development similar to flowcharting. Created by NI cofounder Jeff Kodosky, LabVIEW helps engineers and scientists in diverse industries to quickly produce a wide range of applications. During the past 20 years, LabVIEW has evolved from a desktop instrument control and data acquisition tool into an integrated design, control and test platform for desktop, industrial, embedded and handheld applications.

With built-in compatibility for thousands of I/O devices and instruments; an extensive library of analysis, signal processing and control algorithms, and intuitive data visualization and user interface tools, LabVIEW empowers scientists and engineers to quickly design, prototype and deploy their solutions. For 20 years, LabVIEW graphical development has revolutionized the way thousands of engineers and scientists work, providing improved product quality, shorter time to market and greater engineering and manufacturing efficiency. With a flexible, open platform, LabVIEW continues to deliver productivity to engineers and scientists facing increasingly complex application needs. For more information on the 20th anniversary of LabVIEW, visit ni.com/labview.