Why Some Companies Retrain Workers, and Others Lay Them Off
Until the 1990s, retraining ruled at companies like IBM. Big Blue, which promised lifetime employment to its workforce, moved its employees every few year... Read story
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Typing Electric
By Thomas B. O'Reilly | Feb 1, 1983
We read with great interest "Remember This?" (October 1982). Contrary to the thrust of the article, Selectric dominance in the office-typewriter market is... Read story
The Other Side Of The Table
Mar 1, 1983
For a small company, working out the details of a business agreement with IBM Corp. is usually as one-sided as bidding for ball players with George Steinb... Read story
Comdex/fall '82: More Byte For The Buck
By Deborah Wise | Mar 1, 1983
The year's largest microcomputer show demonstrates that small businesspeople can get more capability in systems that are easier to use. Read story
In Search Of Excellence, By Thomas J. Peters And Robert H. Waterman Jr. Harper
May 1, 1983
A host of American companies are held as exemplary, in a readable attempt to define good -- and spotlight bad -- management practice. The cited models inc... Read story
Climbing To The Top Of The Charts
By Abby Solomon | Sep 1, 1983
Microcomputer software sales are heading for the stratosphere. But the most popular programs aren't necessarily the best. Read story
Micro Matter
Oct 1, 1983
OFF-THE-SHELF TRAINING Although computer manuals are finally becoming more intelligible, the emergence of alternatives to these murky texts was inev... Read story
Of Stings And States
By George Gendron | Oct 1, 1983
IBM Corp., as we all know, is a company that does a lot of things very well. One of the things that IBM does particularly well is keeping outsiders guessi... Read story
Alperts' Ethics
By Scott Bayle | Feb 1, 1984
Your article on the Tecmar/IBM sting ("Friday the 13th," October 1983) was not only revealing, but it was also encouraging. The consumer- and business-ele... Read story
Bread In Boards
By Joel Kotkin | Jun 1, 1984
While the personal computer business has developed into a battleground for the giants, with the likes of IBM Corp. and Apple Computer Inc. duking it out f... Read story
Increasing The Odds
By Ron Goldberg | Jul 1, 1984
In "The PC Crapshoot" (Your Money, April) you suggest three ways to approach personal-computer stocks: Get out or stay out; buy IBM; or look for companies... Read story
Ibm's Entrepreneurs
By Edward Nanas | Aug 1, 1984
"Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom" (April) may have left some of your readers confused as to the relationships at IBM Corp. among independent business units, ... Read story
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May 1, 1985
IBM Corp. is the biggest and most sucessful computer company, but it wasn't the first to enter the market. Electronic Control Corp., of Philadelphia, was... Read story
Manufacturing: Here, There, Or Everywhere?
By William D. McClure | Jun 1, 1985
Certainly, such entrepreneurial leaders as Jim Toreson should be congratulated for not being overcome by the seemingly magic spell of offshore production.... Read story
Getting It Together
By Jeffrey A. Miller | Aug 1, 1985
Our high-performance circuit boards are manufactured locally because they require specialized engineering and manufacturing attention. But we have chosen... Read story
Speaking Terms;
By Nell Margolis | May 1, 1986
USER-FRIENDLY THOUGH THEY might be, many computers aren't speaking to one another. Their incompartibility has been wreaking havoc in many offices, but th... Read story
Microcomputers;
By Robert A. Mamis | Nov 1, 1986
OVER RECENT YEARS, FRESH GENerations of microcomputers and their concomitant acronyms have been appearing with bewildering frequency, doubling and redoubl... Read story
Coping With Chaos
By Cary Lu | Sep 1, 1988
Advice on the microcomputer confusion, caused by the incompatibility of three different processing chips. Read story
The Innovation Upstarts
By Joel Kotkin | Jan 1, 1989
The growing diversity of computer consumers is attributed to the strength of small, focused microcomputer companies. Read story
The Littlest PC
By Cary Lu | Sep 1, 1989
Computer company has created a one-pound portable IBM compatible computer. Read story
David and Goliath Do a Deal
By PAUL B. BROWN | Feb 1, 1990
A small legal software company teams up with IBM to help sell its software package. Read story
Laser Quality From Low-Cost Printers
By Cary Lu | Jul 1, 1990
Software that makes your low-cost printer behave like a laser printer. Read story
Easy Access Computer Info
By Cary Lu | Aug 1, 1990
Microcomputer software that allows the user to access information easily and less expensively. Read story
Text-Search Software
By Cary Lu | Oct 1, 1990
Software which allows users to locate missing computer files. Read story
Disability Diskette
By Inc Staff | Nov 1, 1990
Information on the Americans with Disabilities Act available on floppy disks. Read story
Expanding Hard Disk Storage
By Cary Lu | Mar 1, 1991
Alternatives to buying a larger computer hard disk drive. Read story
Safe VDTs
By Robert A. Mamis | Jul 1, 1991
The truth about video display terminal hazards and products developed to alleviate VDT-emission fears. Read story
Software Compendiums
By Robert A. Mamis | Dec 1, 1991
Available guides containing detailed software reviews. Read story
Software to Ship By
By Robert A. Mamis | Mar 1, 1992
Affordable express-shipping-cost management software now available for personal computers. Read story
Curing Computer Viruses
By Robert A. Mamis | Apr 1, 1992
Preventing computer viruses with virus-checking software. Read story
PCs for Blind Users
By Robert A. Mamis | Sep 1, 1992
Inexpensive software programs enable blind workers to manipulate data. Read story
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 story
Life After Big Blue
By Alessandra Bianchi | Jan 1, 1994
IBM refugees start their own business. Read story
Used Parts for Those Old PCs
By Robert A. Mamis | Aug 1, 1994
Two companies buy and sell new and used computers and parts. Read story
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 story
Out of the Blue
By Tom Ehrenfeld | Jul 1, 1995
Several former IBM employees are featured in an attempt to see why past Big Blue employees often become entrepreneurs. Read story
Primed for Crime on the Internet
By Vladimir Edelman | Sep 15, 1995
A quick look at some of the danagers small businesses face once they go on-line. Read story
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