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Office LAN 3.0 Gives Solid Performance SCOREBOARD WordPerfect Corp. WordPerfect Office LAN 3.0 1. Ease of learning and use 7 (1.10) 2. Quality of documentation 8 (1.03) 3. Price relative […]

PCs in Business: Do They Pay for Themselves? Theorists Seek Ways to Quantify Benefits of Office Automation; Studies Will Affect PC's Future A bevy of management consultants and computer-industry gurus [...]

alza CORPORATION PCs are replacing paper at research and development firm Alza Corp., a pharmaceutical research and development company based in Palo Alto, Calif., is truly approaching the paperless office. [...]

Office of the Future Just five years ago, 'they' were talking about the office of the future, and 'they' said it would be paperless. No more stacks of paper sitting [...]

Electronic Mail In the office of the future, electronic mail (E-mail) will be more than a link in the connectivity chain--it will be the metal from which that chain is [...]

What e'er was thought, but ne'er so well expressed, said the poet Coleridge about the difficulty of turning great ideas into reality. His words resonate strongly around the question of […]

alza CORPORATION PCs are replacing paper at research and development firm Alza Corp., a pharmaceutical research and development company based in Palo Alto, Calif., is truly approaching the paperless office. […]

As the capabilities and complexities of PC-based local area networks (LANs) expand, the development of prudent strategies to manage them becomes more and more vital. Corporate mainframes and minicomputers have […]

The combination of low-cost laser printers and high performance IBM-compatible personal computers has made possible a new time- and money-saving business concept: forms automation. And the ability to generate forms […]

'There ain't no such thing as a PC, thank you very much,' George Sekely is fond of saying. For Sekely, who oversees a staff of close to 500 as vice […]

Some companies think that the personal computer--the wonder tool of the '80s--is an instant solution to any corporate problem. This is not the case at Home Life Insurance Company, where […]

'Wanted: PC Coordinator. MIT's new media laboratory seeks qualified individual to implement installation and maintenance procedures for several types of PCs and find solutions to systems problems . . . […]

For a company that uses as few PCs as possible in-house, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maryland Inc. has a second strategy: a PC for every physician, hospital and […]

How many department stores will it take before Americans have had enought? The answer: We're getting close. According to recent pronouncements from economists and department store executives, overcrowded markets, high […]

INTRODUCING THE 'COMPUTER-PHONE' A voice-data terminal resembles a personal computer with a telephone attached to the CRT. But is it a computer, or a telephone, or a mixture of both? […]

In the 1950s, when secretaries called in sick, their harried bosses would cry, 'Get me a Kelly Girl.' But in 1985, people aren't asking for a Kelly Woman, or even […]

When Eugene Foster wants to figure out how to motivate or discipline one of his employees, he turns to his personal computer. Because his employee problems may be two-edged, Foster's […]

On March 14, when the Federal Trade Commission gave its final stamp of approval to the Chevron-Gulf merger--the largest in U.S. history--two big oil companies turned into a giant, catapulting […]

In the annals of American business, New York Life Insurance Co. (NYLIC) will go down as one of the companies in which the introduction of microcomputers was due to the […]

You no longer have to exit from your favorite spreadsheet or word-processing program to take notes on a phone conversation, search for a phone number, use a calculator or read […]

ERGONOMICS An executive removes his new PC from its box and discovers there's not enough space for it on his desk. He searches for electrical outlets for his computer and […]

One of the three microwave towers that forms the nucleus of GTE Sprint's national communications network is visible from the 30-odd low-slung buildings that make up the firm's sprawling headquarters […]

Over the next several years, the head office of Coats Patons plc will move away from its mainframe computers in favor of IBM PCs. An examination of this process shows […]

No Surprises: IBM Has Lion's Share of Office PC Market In 1984, IBM, Apple Computer, Tandy Corp., Compaq Computer Corp. and Hewlett-Packard emerged as the top manufacturers in the office […]

Kerthunk! ThwopThwopThwop... To most any auto-driving American, the sound of a flat tire is as familiar as Michael Jackson's voice on the car radio. And for 25 million drivers, the […]

When it comes to giving advice on investment portfolios, Chemical Bank tells its clients not to put all their eggs in one basket. Diversifying investments among stocks, bonds and short-term […]

'Spotlight' Day-to-Day Help For the Basic Tasks Of Middle Managers Various studies have shown that executives and middle managers have a relatively unglamorous life. What do they do all day? […]

Amid the junk mail that frequently lands on Gary C. Brannan's desk at Georgia-Pacific Corp. are notices of seminars that teach corporate executives how to cope with the microcomputer explosion. […]

By Steve Higgins IBM's decision to bank on third parties to deliver much of its OfficeVision/2 LAN software may be exactly what's needed to save the beleaguered network platform, industry […]

By Steve Higgins Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) plans to announce the first major upgrade to NewWave Office this week along with a new campaign to drum up support for the 1-1/2-year-old […]

By Steve Higgins Futurus Inc. next week will unveil a redesigned version of its Right Hand Man work-group productivity software that adds a new interface and fortifies the program's messaging […]

By Steve Higgins DALLAS -- The second interim release of IBM's OfficeVision (OV) LAN software will finally put some of OfficeVision's touted strengths in the hands of LAN users, but […]

By Steve Higgins A California systems integrator has begun quietly offering the first commercial application that binds standard Windows applications across OS/2 LAN Manager, giving users an integrated office-software solution […]

By Steve Higgins In the wake of what early testers call OfficeVision release 2's impaired performance, IBM is eyeing further delays of the crucial upgrade to its strategic network platform. […]

IBM Eyes Work-Flow Software To Spruce Up OfficeVision IBM plans to gird its lumbering OfficeVision network platform for battle by infusing it with an E-mail vendor's new work-flow automation technology, […]

Small Developer Lets DOS Users Tap into Work-Flow Automation New software from a San Francisco startup could accelerate the spread of 'work-flow automation' applications by enabling users to develop those […]

By Steve Higgins Enlarging the role of LAN-based scheduling software, Nordra Technologies Inc. recently began shipping a new "electronic pegboard" application designed to keep tabs on employees and company resources. […]

By Steve Higgins Action Technologies Inc. plans to enter the brave new world of work-flow automation this summer with a new application that plays the role of company clerk for […]

By Dennis Eskow The first PC hardware product to receive the blessing of a major microcomputer managers' group should be on the market later this year. PC managers and vendors […]

By Steve Higgins An interim release of OfficeVision software, announced two weeks ago by IBM, is designed to provide a bridge over troubled waters for users fazed by the delay […]

By Steve Higgins IBM is warning existing and potential OfficeVision users and third-party developers that they'll have to wait at least nine months longer than expected for crucial parts of […]