Even a Child Can Do It
Building a fantastic Web site is incredibly simple, but it seems that very few companies manage to pull it off. Here's a list of the most commonly ignored ke... Read more
Managing Technology
Recent Managing Technology Articles
Antiques Road Show
Inc. 's Road Warrior goes really wireless, ditching his laptop for a 1916 foldable, portable Corona typewriter. Read more
Packing IT In
Four CEOs share their tactics for on-the-road productivity. Includes tips on avoiding airport hang-ups, dealing with hotel inadequacies, cutting costs, and m... Read more
Coffee, Tea or Formula?
A growing number of road warriors are recapturing lost family time by bringing their children along on business trips. Here are some of the keys to successfu... Read more
Movable Least
Jeff Cable of Paragon Software reveals how he dramatically reduced the amount his company spends on telecommunications, technical support, and hardware. Read more
Remote Control
To support rapid expansion, John Harvard's Brew House implemented Connect:Remote, communications software that automatically retrieves sales data from satell... Read more
No Strings Attached
With recent improvements in transmission speeds, wireless local area networks are becoming a viable option for companies that need a LAN but don't want to wi... Read more
The Web Site: Everyone's New Public Face
For 200,000 years human beings functioned in the physical and mental realms and--innocents that we were--figured that was good enough. Then in 1989 Tim Be... Read more
Groupware Reality Check
Warren Puyarena, the information technology manager of Porter Keadle Moore, says the price of installing and maintaining a groupware system can be conside... Read more
Five Technologies You Should Know About
Here are five technologies small business owners on the Web might want to track: XML (extensible markup language). XML lets W... Read more
Don't Understand Networking? Learning Can Be Profitable
Getting Your Business Wired, by William E. Kilmer AMACOM, 220 pages, $24.95 As a small-business owner, you expect there's a profit w... Read more
Netrepreneurs: A New Breed of Entrepreneur
You can't help but be dazzled by the growth of digital industries these days, whether it's the stunning success of Read more
IT Outsourcing Can Be Profitable - or a Headache
Here's how to strike a mutually beneficial partnership. Read more
E-Mail: Your E-Commerce Ally
As large and small companies alike turn to the Internet to sell products and services -- what is known as "e-commerce" -- entrepreneurs should be sure to ... Read more
A Mother of a Board
GreenTree Nutrition and its founders Don Kendall and Eric Budin have some seriously golden contacts.The San Francisco-based company's quest to become ... Read more
Earn Your Degree in Cyberspace
After spending several years in college, most students eagerly await graduation ceremonies. There's a lot to look forward to. Not only do they receive a h... Read more
Bubble.com
Sure, some people are making millions starting Internet companies, but the path to success is a tricky one. Here are some rules that can keep you from gettin... Read more
Upstarts: Offices-to-Go
An overview of Laptop Lane, a Seattle-based start-up providing by-the-minute office space and computer hook-ups in airports. Plus: a travel expert rates vari... Read more
Survive the Banner Ad Massacre
Does your banner ad scream "Click Me"? It better. Click-through rates are declining -- down to 0.5% from 2.5% just two years ago. Insiders tip: Mak... Read more
Speed Leader
Peter Wagner, a general partner at Palo Alto venture-capital giant Accel Partners, has seen the future ofInternet hookups for small businesses. It's calle... Read more
Task Masters
With project-management software to optimize your company's resources, you may never miss a deadline again. Includes a list of popular software packages, Web... Read more
IT Takes the Cake
When Ron Ben-Israel, owner of Ron Ben-Israel Cakes, decided he wanted faster Internet access, he chose a new digital-modem service that's both faster and che... Read more
Looking For Mr. Site
Here's how two CEOs located great Web designers among a vast pool of unworthy contenders. Read more
The What, Why, and How of Tomorrow's Technology
When Things Start to Think by Neil Gershenfeld Henry Holt and Company, 225 pages, $25. "The future of computing," writ... Read more
Rent-an-Intranet
It's not easy keeping up with Jade Bourelle. The president of two-year-old Teleskill Human Resource Solutions Inc. travels constantly among his offices in... Read more
E-Poll Results: Do You Need a Technology-Use Policy?
Readers respond to a poll from Inc. Technology #4, 1998. The verdict? Many small-company owners are creating technology-use policies because they've been bur... Read more
Little Giant
Web design firm USWeb/CKS grew at an astonishing rate by gobbling up existing businesses. Now it's using technology to keep its far-flung components all work... Read more
Picture This
The president and CEO of Ascentra reviews a video communication system from C-Phone Corp. Read more
Castles in the Air
Today's firewall software is comparable to the security systems of ancient castles--it assesses the characteristics of an individual, and then grants or deni... Read more
Diss Connection
Inc.'s Road Warrior explains that while the Internet can keep you in touch with work no matter where you are, sometimes you have to pull the plug and relax. Read more
Room for One More?
The CEO of Jaffe Associates reviews DiskMapper, a graphical file-management software product. Read more
Best of Show
The president of Target Marketing reviews TRAQ-IT Tradeshow Software, a tool for planning, managing, and overseeing the exhaustive details of your company's ... Read more
Hey Web-ster, What's an FAQ?
If you're about to tackle the Internet, you should know these key terms and tools: Browser: A software package that allows you to access t... Read more
Want Them to Buy from Your Site? What's the Incentive?
If you're not offering incentives to your Web site visitors, you are missingout on several sales, especially impulse sales. Many Netizens have shortattent... Read more
Smog Lifters
There are people out there who are even more information deluged than you are. Eleven of the smartest--and most beleaguered--reveal their personal regimens f... Read more
