Managing Technology


Recent Managing Technology Articles

Choosing an Operating System

By David Abrahamson |  Apr 1, 1995

A company wrestles with the difficult and potentially costly decision of which network operating system to install.  Read more

Stronger Links

By David Abrahamson |  Apr 1, 1995

A company installs an integrated service digital network to link their three sites.  Read more

Beyond E-mail

By William R. Pape |  Mar 15, 1995

A senioir vp and CIO discusses a range of messaging technologies that can run rings around e-mail.  Read more

Catching Customers on the Web

By Steven Dickman |  Mar 15, 1995

Representives from five different companies and several World Wide Web experts talk about doing business on the Web.  Read more

Plenty of Challenges, No Rules

By David H. Freedman |  Mar 15, 1995

Inc. Technology's editor offers comments and highlights of the issue (Vol. 17, No.4).  Read more

The Electrocutioner's Song

By Inc. staff |  Mar 15, 1995

A static-protection guard from Ultrastat is reviewed.  Read more

The Nexis Nexis

By Inc. staff |  Mar 15, 1995

Some quick facts about how many journalists are using the on-line database Nexis.  Read more

Profile of Network Buyers in Small Companies

By Inc. staff |  Mar 15, 1995

Some quick facts about the "typical" person buying networks for small businesses.  Read more

The Medium is the Message

By Inc. staff |  Mar 15, 1995

An overveiw of a telephone-message organizer that allows users to interact with the system by voice.  Read more

Growth Companies Rating These IT Applications as "Very Important."

By Inc. staff |  Mar 15, 1995

Some data from high growth companies concerning how important IT is to their businesss routines.  Read more

Tech Noise

By Don DeLillo |  Mar 15, 1995

Some comments from this author taken from a National Public Radio interview.  Read more

Chariots of Ire

By Peter Wallan |  Mar 15, 1995

A light-hearted look at some of the high-tech gadgets long-distance runners are using these days.  Read more

The Toll of a New Machine

By Moe Meyerson |  Mar 15, 1995

A light-hearted look at how a manager at a high-growth company is suffering with the newest office technology.  Read more

E-mail by Any Other Name. . .

By Charles C. Mann |  Mar 15, 1995

A contributing science editor from the Atlantic Monthly shows how technology has been saving us labor for centuries.  Read more

Growing Global

By Joshua D. Macht |  Mar 15, 1995

A look at how three different businesses are using technology to conduct international business.  Read more

Blast In, Write On, Litigate Out

By Inc. staff |  Mar 15, 1995

Three CEOs each review a new software package.  Read more

Cutting the Cord

By Sandy Friedman |  Mar 15, 1995

A high tech expert explains just what wireless equipment you'll need to connect to a network and send e-mail and faxes.  Read more

The Love Hotel

By Michael P. Cronin |  Mar 15, 1995

Travel to Japen and visit a "Love Hotel," a high tech haven where people use technology to keep liaisons secret.  Read more

The Flameproof On-Line Marketing Pitch

By Phaedra Hise |  Mar 1, 1995

Strategy used by one company to market its products on-line without alienating potential customers.  Read more

When a Virus Strikes Your PC

By David Abrahamson |  Mar 1, 1995

Lessons learned by a start-up company when a virus destroyed their files.  Read more

Purchasing: Translating Salespeople's Promises

By David Abrahamson |  Jan 1, 1995

Some light-hearted excerpts from Charles B. Wang's book, 'Techno Vision,' bridging the gap between promise and reality.  Read more

Insuring Home-Based Hardware

Jan 1, 1995

A Boston businesswoman realized too late that neither her homeowner's policy nor her automobile coverage would offer much help when her $2,000 laptopwas s...  Read more

Calculating Travel Payoffs

Jan 1, 1995

What you get out of a business trip usually depends on what you go looking for. If you don't want to missthe big hits, you have to be willing not to be di...  Read more

Detour Insurer Roadblocks

Jan 1, 1995

When Mark Moerdler, executive vice-president of MDY Advanced Technologies, in Fair Lawn, N.J., learned that $90,000 worth of computers andequipment had be...  Read more

Sign of the Times: On the Clock

By Phaedra Hise |  Dec 1, 1994

On-line services offer a software CEO a unique path to profits with an electronic distribution pipeline.  Read more

Ask for Help

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Dec 1, 1994

The benefits of using on-line services are highlighted by a CEO who uses several for support in various areas.  Read more

ATT, MCI Log On

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Dec 1, 1994

A quick look at some of the on-line services AT T and MCI offer or plan to offer soon.  Read more

Technology Management in Growth Companies

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Dec 1, 1994

Three Inc. 500 CEOs are briefly profiled along with their companies and the technologies they are using.  Read more

Up and Coming: Electronic Media--What You See Is What You Get

By Susan Greco |  Nov 1, 1994

A quick look at how technology can provide various approaches to marketing and what companies are doing with it.  Read more

Entry Level: Pick the Right Office Equipment

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Nov 1, 1994

An overview of John Derrick's book 'The Office Equipment Adviser,' and how the book can be purchased.  Read more

Benchmark: Small-Company Technology Use

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Nov 1, 1994

A quick look at some data compiled by IBM that examines how small and midsize companies are spending technology dollars.  Read more

Focus: Is 'Hands-On Consultant' an Oxymoron

By Alessandra Bianchi |  Oct 1, 1994

A quick look at how two telecommunications experts, one a consultant, the other an entrepreneur, have teamed up.  Read more

Net Profit

By Phaedra Hise |  Oct 1, 1994

An in-depth look at a start-up that offers customers Internet access, shareware and technical support.  Read more

Cost Cutting: Speedier Data Searches

By Robert A. Mamis |  Oct 1, 1994

An overview of Dialog Information Service's program, TeamSearch, which teaches on-line search techniques.  Read more

Executive Travel: Hotels Where You Can Really Work

By Robert A. Mamis |  Oct 1, 1994

A list of five national hotel chains offering special rooms with access to business equipment, plus room rates.  Read more