Seller Door
An interview with Glen Meakem, CEO of FreeMarkets OnLine. Meakem explains why Internet commerce increases competition and rewards only the most efficiently r... Read more
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Separate but Equal
The Internet is growing so huge and unwieldy, it's now extremely difficult for Web site merchants to attract the attention of buyers. Now, new software could... Read more
Fruit of the Loom
The co-owner of the Virtual Loom describes how he helped his mother, a textile designer, use graphic-design software to simplify how she gives presentations ... Read more
A Motherboard's Love
In the future, PCs, like presidents, may be able to feel your pain. Or at least they'll recognize it, thanks to new software that lets computers observe a... Read more
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Plug In and Play on the Internet
The cofounder and CEO of Select Design reviews Whistle InterJet, a machine that lets you easily connect your LAN to the Internet without a Web server, modem,... Read more
Just the Fax
Believe it or not, today's fax machine isn't a new technology. The first faxes traveled electronically over telegraph wires more than a century ago. Read more
Family Logjam Blocks Lumber Store's Revival
Sutersville Lumber, Inc. was forced to shut down when it couldn't implement a strategy to compete with lumber giant, Home Depot. A business obit. Read more
Legislator's Agenda
U.S. Senator Rick Santorum gives tips on optimizing a busy schedule with technology. Read more
Expos Exposed
A seasoned expo attendee looks at the trade shows now offered in cyberspace. The verdict? There's no substitute for good, old-fashioned, face-to-face network... Read more
Say and Surf
A review of Conversa Web, a software product that allows you to browse the Web using only voice commands. Read more
The Buying Game
Many business owners make poor decisions when they purchase information technology, wasting money on products they'll never use or need. Here's how to avoid ... Read more
Paradise by the Dashboard Lighter
Inc.'s Road Warrior reviews the Tripp Lite PowerVerter Ultra Compact Inverter, a box that allows you to power your laptop--as well as other electrical device... Read more
Sales: United Nations
A CEO explains how an Internet-based translation service now allows him to respond to email composed in foreign languages, resulting in a 60 percent increase... Read more
He's Got the Whole Worllit in His Hands
Inc. 's Road Warrior recounts his frustrating experiences trying to download and compose E-mail on the road using a PalmPilot. Read more
When Something Clicks
A look at how digital cameras helped streamline operations at two businesses and the process the CEOs went through to select the best cameras for their speci... Read more
One-to-One Marketing on the Web
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Show and Sell on the Web
Jim Schwertner, president of Capitol Land and Livestock, says he has improved his telemarketing staff's productivity thanks to clever use of the World Wid... Read more
Criminal Record
Comdex brings to the Sands Expo Center, in Las Vegas, a lot of expensive computer equipment and a lot of opportunities for crime. So Frank Strocchia, whos... Read more
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Question: We have a few key vendors, and we hope that sharing certain timelyinformation with them will gain their trust. Any pitfalls... Read more
Good Apples
Considering technology's rapid advances and built-in obsolescence, it's pretty amazing when a computer company ben... Read more
Taking the Pain out of Purchasing
For Mie-Yun Lee, it started with the pit-marked business cards. It was 1992 and Lee, a research associate at consu... Read more
Words into Type
A product review of Talk Text, from MobileWord. Talk Text allows you to call its toll-free number, dictate a memo, and retrieve the text from MobileWord's We... Read more
Ports of Call
Serial and parallel ports, the holes that transmit data from inside a PC to the outside world, were invented in the nineteenth century. Morse's patented tele... Read more
Sleep Is for Wusses
Mark Landiak, a sales-training consultant, lists five tips for maximizing productivity and squeezing the most work into each day. His advice: sleep less, wor... Read more
Bluebird's Unhappiness
Hal Rilbury had a ghost in the machine. Starting in late 1994, the founder and CEO of Bluebird Systems, a $10 million imaging-systems software developer b... Read more
Chatter Box
A product review of Concero Switchboard, a device promising switchboard and remote-dial capabilities for small and home-based businesses. Read more
Six Routes to the Right ISP
Here are six questions to ask when you're selecting an Internet service provider (ISP): 1. Does the ISP provide access to such... Read more
Congratulations! We Found Your Weak Spot
Net Daemons Associates, in Woburn, Mass., provides computer-network and system administration support as well as Internet services. When its managers real... Read more
Clients, Partners, and Everyone Else: Let's Talk
The Web sites that really succeed are those that are different from others in their industry. For example, the corporate-facility construction business do... Read more
Bringing Your Site Back Home
Here are some tips from Phaedra Hise, author of Growing Your Business Online: Small-Business Strategies for Working the World Wide Web (Henry Hol... Read more
Intranet Solves Record-Keeping Problem
How does one small organization use an intranet, or internal Web site, to keep human resources operations up to par? Before Forsyth Dental Center, a nonpr... Read more
