Dec 1, 1995

Benchmark: Who's Going Mobile

A look some statistics that show how Inc. 500 companies have changed their technology over the past four years.

 

As their companies grew, Inc. 500 CEOs migrated from individual personal computers to networks. And they became more mobile: more than half the group now use pagers, cellular phones, and laptops.

Percentage of companies using technology in . . .

1990 1994

Laptop computers 18% 77%

Networked PCs 34% 90%

Cellular phones 38% 82%

Pagers 25% 59%

In-house bulletin-board systems 6% 32%

Fax machines 81% 94%

Minicomputers 11% 23%

Personal digital assistants 1% 10%

Mainframes 3% 5%

Stand-alone PCs 73% 69%

Source: Inc. survey of the fastest-growing private small companies in the United States, 1995.

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