Proprietary Information
Proprietary information, also known as a trade secret, is information a company wishes to keep confidential. Proprietary information can include secret fo... Read story
Knowledge Management
Psychic Depreciation
A prediction that small companies will soon face a scarcity of intellectual capital. Read story
Red Hat, Alfresco Unveil Collaboration Solution for SMBs
Red Hat Exchange (RHX), a division of Red Hat, (NYSE:RHT) has teamed up with open-source enterprise content management company Alfresco Software to offer ... Read story
IBM Releases New IDS Software Edition
IDS 11.5 features enhanced reliability and transaction performance. Read story
IBM Unveils Business Content Services Solution
The tool helps analyze content created and shared by workgroups. Read story
Get Smart
Should your company be doing knowledge management? Many companies are profiting from combining business processes with technology to create a collective corp... Read story
Find It. Use It.
It's a good bet your company possesses intellectual property it isn't exploiting. Here's how to identify those assets and turn them into new business. Read story
The Business Portal
In my last column I talked about the importance of vertical portals (vortals) in creating... Read story
Tech Grants for Small Firms
Nov. 17, 2006 -- The state of Kentucky has begun accepting applications for participation in a program that matches federal Small Busines... Read story
Proprietary Information: Nondisclosure Agreements
A strong nondisclosure agreement is especially critical to Silicon Valley businesses and other fast-growth companies. An employer must insist that all its... Read story
Small Businesses Awarded NASA Contracts
Nov. 21, 2006 -- NASA has selected 287 proposals from small businesses nationwide for federal research and development contracts worth $2... Read story
Tech R&D Conference for Small Firms
March 6, 2007 -- The National Small Business Innovation Research and the Small Business Technology Transfer are co-hosting a conference o... Read story
Low-Tech Smarts
Knowledge management isn't just for big companies anymore. Want a smarter company? Too bad you can't invest some serious dough in ... Read story
Measuring Returns on IT Investments: Some Tools and Techniques
Laptop computers could make a sales force more productive, but they also cost more than desktop PCs. Should a company buy laptops for its salespeople? Sof... Read story
IBM Upgrades InfoSphere Portfolio
The tool is designed to help clients use real-time data from across their businesses. Read story
NASA Awards Small Business Contracts
The space agency is providing $38 million to boost innovation at smaller tech firms. Read story
Trade Secrets, By James Pooley. Osborne/mcgraw-hill, 630 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, Ca 94710; 145 Pp., $19.95.
A lawyer in the field explains to employers and employees how to protect proprietary data. An appendix spells out typical agreement forms, letters to dep... Read story
Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program
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Firms Gird for Brain Drain
A survey finds small businesses are better prepared than big corporations to handle a wave of retiring baby boomers. Read story
Search
"The greatest business book ever," and more. Read story
Management Information Systems, By Donald W. Kroeber. Macmillan, 866 Third Ave., New York, Ny 10022; 266 Pp., $17.95.
As computers get more sophisticated, so does figuring out how to harness data processing. A specialist in information systems describes, with the aid of 8... Read story
Is Your Company a TMO?
Companies structured to manage talent well will have an edge in an ever-changing business landscape. Read story
Keep Information Under Wraps
If you're making money, then someone out there wants your company's information, notes Alison Stein Wellner in the June 2003 Inc. article, "Spy v... Read story
Managing Information Security
Protecting proprietary information is becoming evermore important, so many companies are looking beyond technology -- and their technology managers. Read story
Proximex, NEC to Offer Real-Time Security
The new application uses existing physical security systems to speed incident response times. Read story
Future Shocks
How market fragmentation is causing small companies to suffer. Read story
Accentuate the Negative
Knowledge management, the art of mastering the information that lies within your company's walls, involves more than discovering what you know; it's what you... Read story
How Two R&D Programs Can Work For Small Companies
The National Science Foundation's Small Business Innovation Research program (SBIR) and the Defense Department's Small Business Advanced Technology progra... Read story
The Never-ending Controversy
Why the Pentagon will keep spending $7,600 for a coffee maker. Read story
How Two R&D Programs Can Work For Small Companies
The National Science Foundation's Small Business Innovation Research program (SBIR) and the Defense Department's Small Business Advanced Technology progra... Read story
Managing in the New Economy
An economist who studies America's business environment talks to the editors about management and planning. Read story
The Other Pin Drops
Robert Putnam, former dean of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, talks about the Internet and our sense of community. Read story
Administration Committed to Innovation
Congress passes legislation to reauthorize the SBIR and STTR programs. Read story
Tech for Recruiting: Planning Comes First
The U.S. economy recorded its tenth straight month of net job growth in June. As rep... Read story
Small Business Administration
Related Terms: 8(a) Program ; Read story
What The Nsf Thinks Of Its Own R
The only agency in the federal government required by law to include small businesses specifically in its R&D funding wishes it didn't have to. ... Read story
What The NSF Thinks Of Its Own R&D Program
The only agency in the federal government required by law to include small businesses specifically in its R&D funding wishes it didn't have to. To t... Read story
Take This Job and Love it
Reviews of eight business books, including three books from CEOs on the angst and joys of building a company, three books on open-book management, and two bo... Read story
Search
Spot that opportunity: the definitive guide to finding promising new markets, and more. Read story
How to Stop Intellectual Property Theft in China
America's most innovative industries are being robbed every day on the floors of Chinese factories. Here's how to make it stop. Read story
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