Managing Technology


Recent Managing Technology Articles

Analog Man: Technology Squared

A light-hearted look at how, in the unchecked world of network computing, bad ideas take on lives of their own.  Read more

Stooge Law

Courtroom computer applications are examined in this article that focuses on a small law office.  Read more

Applications: High-Tech Harvest

Small farms have recently found that high-tech tools can improve yields and profits.  Read more

When the Medium Is the Mediator

Former president Jimmy Carter reflects on technology's role in healing the inner city in this interview.  Read more

Net-Mares: Letters from Cyberhell

Learn how to avoid pitfalls of "flaming" from the mistakes made by a software developer.  Read more

When Money Flowed Like Water

This article profiles a computer created nearly fifty years ago that used liquid data to model the economy.  Read more

Got the Whole World in His Hands

A senior U.S. Army officer reviews a new piece of hardware, Sharp Electronic's Zaurus ZR-5000FX.  Read more

Chastity Beltway

An educational software developer reviews a software package that blocks access to pre-determined Internet sites.  Read more

Connecting in the Extreme

The president of a speakers' bureau and agency for athetes explains how technology has freed her from the office.  Read more

Sharing Information: Breaking Up Isn't Hard to Do

When two partners decided to close down shop, their software consultant had an eloquent solution for shared data.  Read more

Option Play, Standard Setter, The Name Game

New software is reviewed by buisness-people, and information is provided about system requirements and price.  Read more

Keeping Up with the Wuppies

A lighthearted look at just how hooked many middle-class people have become on technology.  Read more

World Wide Web: Hits That Rate Attention

A record company's marketing director explains how he set up a Web page that would allow users direct feedback.  Read more

Telecommuting: Not Being There

A quick look at how a top salesperson is using technology to serve clients and stay out of the office.  Read more

Resource: Buyer, Be Educated

A quick review of the magazine Business Consumer Guide including subcription information.  Read more

Operating Systems: Windows95 -- Fight or Switch?

Several top execs give their thoughts on Windows95 and explain their thinking.  Read more

The Virtual Office: Manage Home Workers by Modem

A quick look at how one company has set up electronic bulletin board to support and manage home workers.  Read more

Resources: Modems For Beginners

Several resources that provide valuable information about modems and how to obtain these resources.  Read more

Technology Management: Making Automation Work

A quick review of Glenn Weadock's book, Exploding the Computer Myth  Read more

Electronic Storage: Portfolio Management

A graphic artists explains how he is using databases and CD-ROMs to store and display to store and archive art.  Read more

The Internet: Choose Experts Cautiously

A CEO tells of his problems setting up an Internet site and what he plans to do now.  Read more

Is the Internet Doomed?

A close up look at some of the problems businesses should consider before they start using the Internet.  Read more

The Human Factor

Inc. Technology's editor offers comments and highlights of the issue (Vol. 17, No. 9).  Read more

Plus Ca Change. . .

A quote from the book Rebels Against the Future: The Luddites and Their War on the Industrial Revolution.  Read more

Inc. Technology Index

Some quick stats on businesses with fewer than 100 employees that are using PCs and networks.  Read more

Would Ho Chi Minh Have Owned A Laptop?

Some quick figures and stats about high technology in today's Vietnam.  Read more

The Ever-Cheaper PC

A comparison of PC prices and where the prices may be going.  Read more

Onward and Upward

A quick quote about the gains made in computing since the 1950s.  Read more

Things We Love

A CEO explains how Maxis' SimCity allows him to relax and learn.  Read more

Far Out

A senioir VP and CIO explains how remote outposts can allow for good living and good business.  Read more

Go Down, Robot

A look at a new construction technology, microtunneling, and how one company has taken the lead in its use.  Read more

Starman

Lucas talks to Inc. Technology's editor about digital technology in films, education and more.  Read more

If I weren't a Carpenter . . .

A small multimedia company, started by a past construction company owner, is profiled.  Read more

When the Walls Come Tumbling Down

A look at some of the benefits and pitfalls of replacing the traditional office with an open space linked by technology.  Read more

Who Helps You Make Your Technology Decisions?

Entrepreneurs explain how they select people to guide them in their search for new or upgraded systems and why.  Read more