Managing Technology


Recent Managing Technology Articles

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

How to Survive the End of Inflation

By Eric Kriss |  Jan 1, 1993

Recognizing a deflationary or no-growth economy and planning your way through it.  Read more

Braille Sign Translation

By Robert A. Mamis |  Dec 1, 1992

Some suggestions on helping your office to read and output braille documents.  Read more

Shrinking Disk

By Robert A. Mamis |  Dec 1, 1992

Hewlett-Packard now makes the world's smallest hard disk drive.  Read more

A Mouse for Fast Typists

By Robert A. Mamis |  Dec 1, 1992

Company creates a software package that allows fast typists to use the keyboard instead of a mouse.  Read more

Unclogging Network Arteries

By Alessandra Bianchi |  Dec 1, 1992

Woman CEO teams up with high-tech giant to market her new ATM system, an alternative to LAN.  Read more

Off-Loading Equipment-Leasing Headaches

By Bruce G. Posner |  Dec 1, 1992

A CEO finds that equipment-leasing has some clear advantages.  Read more

Behind the Scenes

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Oct 1, 1992

An inside look at the companies creating jobs and wealth in a recessionary economy.  Read more

Built on Speed

By Edward O. Welles |  Oct 1, 1992

Profile of Kingston Technology, the #1 Inc. 500 company.  Read more

How to Launch an Inc. 500 Company

By John Case |  Oct 1, 1992

Various strategic ideas used to launch successful Inc. 500 companies.  Read more

Supercomputer Surge

By Teri Lammers |  Oct 1, 1992

Start-up focuses on the supercomputer market.  Read more

Financing Big-Ticket Software

By Bruce G. Posner |  Sep 1, 1992

Large software vendors are now arranging leases on their own products.  Read more

The Ethics of Bootstrapping

By Patrick Cook |  Sep 1, 1992

Founder of Intuit discusses the pressure to cut ethical corners when a company's survival is at stake.  Read more

Antivirus Hardware

By Robert A. Mamis |  Sep 1, 1992

Hardware that attempts to prevent unauthorized computer use and virus contamination.  Read more

The Best Places in America to Own a Business

By John Case |  Aug 1, 1992

Inc. report on the best locations to own a business.  Read more

Software for Partnerships

By Bruce G. Posner |  Aug 1, 1992

Software guides you through the mechanics of producing offering materials and limited-partnership agreements.  Read more

It May Pay to Lease Your Desktops

By Robert A. Mamis |  Jul 1, 1992

A look at long-term computer leasing deals offered by six mail-order houses.  Read more

The Scanner: Next Peripheral?

By Robert A. Mamis |  Jun 1, 1992

Reasonably priced, quality scanners offered by Hewlett-Packard.  Read more