IBM Corp. dedicated its Tucson computer-storage facility in 1980, and by the mid-1980s, about 5,000 workers were developing and manufacturing tape and other storage products.
IBM moved the manufacturing part of the operation to San Jose, Calif., in 1988, leaving design and development here.
In 1994, the University of Arizona acquired the property at 9000 S. Rita Road and named it UA Science and Technology Park.
