- ups ▁to ▁the ▁area ▁include : ▁Evans ▁& ▁S uther land , ▁founded ▁in ▁Salt ▁Lake ▁City ▁by ▁David ▁Evans ▁and ▁Ivan ▁S uther land ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 8 , ▁as ▁the ▁world ' s ▁first ▁computer ▁graphics ▁company ▁( in ▁operation ▁for ▁over ▁four ▁dec ades ▁supp lying ▁advanced ▁computer ▁graphics ▁techn ologies ▁to ▁the ▁market ); ▁David ▁C . ▁Evans , ▁founder ▁and ▁first ▁chairman ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Ut ah ▁School ▁of ▁Comput ing ▁from ▁ 1 9 6 5 - 1 9 7 3 ; ▁James ▁H . ▁Clark , ▁founder ▁of ▁Sil icon ▁Graphics , ▁Inc ; ▁John ▁War no ck , ▁a ▁co - found er ▁of ▁Ad obe ▁Systems ; ▁Alan ▁As ht on , ▁co - found er ▁of ▁Word per fect ; ▁Ed win ▁Cat m ull , ▁co - found er ▁of ▁P ix ar . ▁ ▁The ▁Ut ah ▁te ch ▁scene ▁started ▁with ▁Word Per fect ▁and ▁Nov ell ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 9 . ▁Nov ell , ▁Inc ., ▁a ▁software ▁development ▁company ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 9 ▁by ▁Ray ▁No ord a , ▁produced ▁software ▁to ▁connect ▁desktop ▁computers ▁so ▁they ▁could ▁share ▁peri pher al ▁devices , ▁like ▁a ▁printer ▁( comput ing ) ▁and ▁hard ▁dis ks . ▁As ▁the ▁price ▁of ▁desktop ▁computers ▁began ▁to ▁fall , ▁Nov ell ▁captured ▁a ▁large ▁segment ▁of ▁the ▁market ▁with ▁its ▁Net ware ▁program . ▁At ▁their ▁height ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1