Managing Technology


Recent Managing Technology Articles

My Psion Series 3a Pocket Computer

By Sandy Friedman |  Jun 15, 1994

A high-tech expert comments on what he likes and dislikes about this tiny pocket computer.  Read more

Setting Up a Network

By Ben Narasin |  Jun 15, 1994

A CEO reviews the peer-to-peer network system his company uses and the benefits of this usage.  Read more

Black Entrepreneurs: A New Generation

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Jun 1, 1994

As traditional black-owned retail and service businesses decline, new, more ambitious black entrepreneurs emerge.  Read more

Tracking Flexible Fliers

By Alessandra Bianchi |  Jun 1, 1994

A new software program accommodates uneven telecommuting and flextime work schedules.  Read more

Pain-Free Computing

By Robert A. Mamis |  Jun 1, 1994

A book and service focus on preventing office-technology-related injuries.  Read more

Where New Things Come From

By Zoltan J. Acs |  May 1, 1994

An analysis of what large and small companies contribute to innovation across various industries and sectors.  Read more

The Electronic Superstore

By Robert A. Mamis |  May 1, 1994

One CEO developed an electronic version of his company's catalog.  Read more

Sign on the Digitized Line

By Robert A. Mamis |  Apr 1, 1994

Mail-in service reproduces digitized signatures for documents; other signature-reproducing techniques.  Read more

Internet Inc.

By Alessandra Bianchi |  Mar 1, 1994

Three start-ups are developing business applications for the Internet.  Read more

Fax Retrieval from Afar

By Robert A. Mamis |  Mar 1, 1994

New fax machines allow users to call in from remote phones and retrieve faxes.  Read more

Changes in Computer Support

By Robert A. Mamis |  Mar 1, 1994

Summaries of some of the customer service phone numbers and services offered by some leading vendors.  Read more

Fixed Fees Ahead?

By Robert A. Mamis |  Mar 1, 1994

Some vendors are charging customers for customer service support.  Read more

Software for Smart Shortcuts

By Robert A. Mamis |  Feb 1, 1994

A brief review of time-saving, or 'learning agent' software.  Read more

Safe and Sound Policy

By Robert A. Mamis |  Feb 1, 1994

Information on a security system for desktop or portable computers.  Read more

E-Mail in the Pines

By Robert A. Mamis |  Oct 1, 1993

New product allows portable computers to exchange E-mail with virtually any other U.S. computer site.  Read more

World Without Wires

By Alessandra Bianchi |  Oct 1, 1993

Three companies are capitalizing on the emerging wireless mobile computing market.  Read more

The Perils of E-Mail

By Robert A. Mamis |  Aug 1, 1993

Tips for electronic mail users to follow to avoid litigation.  Read more

Hire-a-Hacker

By Robert A. Mamis |  Aug 1, 1993

Information on security experts who launch raids on companies' access-control systems to evaluate vulnerability.  Read more

Pagers That Say Who Called

By Robert A. Mamis |  Aug 1, 1993

Prices for alphanumeric pagers, which can display messages, have dropped.  Read more

The Invention Factory

By Alessandra Bianchi |  Jul 1, 1993

Inventors' association provides networking and brainstorming opportunities.  Read more

A Growth Market in Used Phones

By Robert A. Mamis |  Jul 1, 1993

Telephone reconditioners offer used equipment at substantial savings.  Read more

Car-Phone Pros and Cons

By Phaedra Hise |  Jun 1, 1993

Different companies' experiences with the cost of and other problems with employees' use of car phones.  Read more

The Annual One-Page Company Game Plan

By Leslie Brokaw |  Jun 1, 1993

Creating a list of goals for each year that incorporates ideas from around the company.  Read more

Fending Off Phone Fraud

By Robert A. Mamis |  May 1, 1993

New software prevents fraud by 'learning' a company's normal telephone calling patterns and alerting it to anomalies.  Read more

The Optical Disk: Big Files on Small Budgets

By Robert A. Mamis |  May 1, 1993

Optical-storage and -retrieval systems are now affordable for small businesses.  Read more

PC Buyers' Lament

By Robert A. Mamis |  Apr 1, 1993

About 90% of purchasers of new desktop computers regret they didn't opt for more functionality.  Read more

Filing from 50,000 Feet

By Phaedra Hise |  Apr 1, 1993

Airlines are adding modem and fax hookups, battery chargers, and digitized telephones to in-flight services.  Read more

Infomania

By John Kerr |  Apr 1, 1993

Results from an Inc. poll of readers' use of technology.  Read more

Free Software

By Robert A. Mamis |  Mar 1, 1993

Company sells list of software programs available free from the government.  Read more

Riding the High-Tech Highway

By Edward O. Welles |  Mar 1, 1993

Company overturns trucking industry conventional wisdom by using computers to pinpoint profitable loads.  Read more

You-Do-It Video

By Robert A. Mamis |  Feb 1, 1993

A new computer system enables small companies to produce their own promotional or training videos.  Read more

The Paperless Dentist's Office

By Alessandra Bianchi |  Feb 1, 1993

San Antonio start-up develops software to replace traditional dental-records-keeping system.  Read more

Getting Clients To Bankroll Products

By Bruce G. Posner |  Jan 1, 1993

The Root Group convinces a client company to finance the development of a new product.  Read more

Travel Pointers in a Laptop

By Robert A. Mamis |  Jan 1, 1993

Software provides business travelers with digitized maps of 30 U.S. cities.  Read more

It's Time to Manage Time Waste

By Robert A. Mamis |  Jan 1, 1993

Study shows how office PC users waste time due to technological constraints such as waiting for printouts.  Read more