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Anarchy seems to be an apt description of the prevailing corporate climate when it comes to backing up data residing on PC hard disks. From DOS and software utilities used […]

Big Projects Require Micro-Mainframe Links In El Segundo, Calif., the Electro-Optical Data Systems Group (EDSG) at Hughes Aircraft Co. is working under contract to the United States Air Force to [...]

Graphics Hardware Fiercely competitive and growing rapidly, the graphics-hardware arena has seen some of the most striking advancements in microcomputing technology. Where four-color pie charts dazzled users of the early [...]

COMMUNICATIONS BOARDS For Leonard Marler, the success of the state of California's newly configured data-communications system can be summed up on one word: efficiency. The backbone of the new system, [...]

The Mass-Storage Boom As the line separating the computing power of microcomputers and minicomputers grows steadily finer, the mass-storage industry appears to be reaping the most benefit. Microcomputer memory continues [...]

MAKING TECHNOLOGY WORK As the microcomputer industry matures, people involved in it are finding that simply acquiring technology cannot solve every corporate computing problem that arises. Rather, finding new and […]

Lifting Statistical Clouds from Financial Forecasting Programs Help Business Professionals, Who May Not Be Well-Versed in Statistics, Plan for Their Companies While business professionals who plan for the future must […]

In the processing-intensive, number-crunching environments of computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) and high-end project-management systems, performance is an essential consideration when it comes to system configurations and upgrades. Accelerator boards, for […]

Users want packages they can easily tailor to their own spec ifications The heyday of the generic spreadsheet and database may be passing. In a market that is simultaneously growing […]

By Susan Janus As computer-assisted project management moves into the 1990s, users of project-management software can look forward to significant improvements in ease of use and accessibility. At the heart […]

LapLink Mac III Eases Sharing of PC, Mac Files When PCs and Macs coexist in environments that lack sophisticated networking, sharing files between different applications running on different machines can […]

Computer Support Corp. ARTS & LETTERS GRAPHICS EDITOR 2.02 Arts & Letters offers a CAD-like interface with X and Y coordinates on a grid that automatically records the position of […]

Micrografx Inc. MICROGRAFX DESIGNER 2.0 Sporting one of the most CAD-like interfaces of the packages reviewed here, Micrografx Designer is widely touted for its technical-illustration capabilities. With a full complement […]

ILLUSTRATOR 88 1.9 The autotracing function of the Macintosh version of Illustrator is virtually identical to that of the PC version. However, Illustrator 88 has several key features not included […]

Word Processing, Publishing Fields Merging As a growing number of major software companies scramble to climb aboard the PC desktop-publishing bandwagon, an increasing number of word-processing programs are incorporating publishing [...]

Startups Take the Lead in '386-Inspired Market For those with a pioneering spirit, the new generation of powerful and fast 80386-based machines is opening up new frontiers of opportunity. The [...]

Office Printer Buyers Face Burgeoning Choices Choosing an office printer used to be a fairly simple task. There were far fewer options, requirements were not as varied and complex, and [...]

CADD Level 1 Nets Mixed Reviews Corporate users of Generic Software Inc.'s computer-aided drafting and design package, CADD Level 1, are unanimous in their appreciation of the power and features […]

CASE Tools Aid in Complex Software Design In MIS/DP departments across the country, the ever-increasing demand for more complex and higher-quality applications software has reached crisis proportions. Pressures for more […]

Due to the introduction of more powerful 80386-based computers, graphics software vendors expect a tremendous surge of growth in the PC graphics market beginning in 1988. The hardware platform delivered […]

THE YEAR OF COLOR? Many respected analysts hailed 1985 as 'The Year of Color,' envisioning throngs of PC users rushing to buy color hard-copy devices. Drab office documents and severe-looking […]

CGT When it comes to overall system performance, advancements made in processing speed and data-transfer rate can often be sabotaged by slow disk access. As a result, there is growing […]

PC users have often heard rallying cries to new technology, only to see very little evidence of a real commercial product. But in the optical-disk field this year, expectations are […]

With the introduction last month of its Personal System/2 microcomputers, IBM has finally bestowed its blessing upon the 3 1/2-inch microdiskette, officially recognizing the small but stalwart floppy in the […]

Proper planning can contain database sprawl, leaving managers room to handle other company concerns Coping with database sprawl and maintaining an open door to future expansion needs are the two […]

CAD users who require quick examination of Autodesk Inc.'s AutoCAD drawings and an efficient means of managing AutoCAD drawing files have had to look beyond the bulky code and primitive […]

Corel Systems Corp. COREL DRAW 1.1 Widely recognized for its type-handling abilities, Corel Draw also deserves kudos for sporting one of the best-designed interfaces of all the packages reviewed draw […]

Microsystems Engineering Corp. MASS-11 DRAW 6.0 Mass-11 Draw is a powerful, DOS-based drawing tool aimed squarely at technical illustrators. The drawing space is a detailed grid, and the product offers […]

Aldus Corp. ALDUS FREEHAND 2.02 A well-designed, intuitive interface is the hallmark of Mac software, and FreeHand is no exception. It presents users with a large and uncluttered drawing space. […]

Adobe Systems Inc. ILLUSTRATOR 1.0 Despite its reputation for sluggish performance, and heavy hardware and memory demands--acceptable performance requires a 386 machine, and Adobe recommends 2M bytes of expanded memory--the […]

By Susan Janus At the dawn of the 1990s, users of sophisticated illustration software are looking forward to a host of advancements that will gradually elevate the software from the […]