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Some months back, Omni published a survey, 'Visions of the Afterdeath,' polling readers about their own beliefs regarding the subject. The survey was part of a larger project conducted for [...]

Middle age women can derive many health benefits from exercising regularly. Women who don't exercise regularly should begin to do so. Women can begin to get back in shape by going to a spa, or by finding a friend to exercise with.

Consumer services staff can only supply high-level customer service if they themselves have the backing of effective IT systems, focused training and good organisation structures. The 21 winners of the consumer services section of the 1993 CIO-100 customer service awards know that their survival depends on how expensive, easy, fast and agreeable their interactions with clients are. This means that their CIOs must cooperate closely with marketing, sales, and customer service colleagues in selecting the right technologies. The winners, their philosophies and their use of IT are detailed.

'It's not a system; it's a mess,' Arnold S. Relman, M.D., editor in chief emeritus of the New England Journal of Medicine, says of health care in America. It would [...]

'The Sci-Fi Channel will be bigger than Star Trek,' foretold Gene Roddenberry, creator of the Trekker series, advisory board member of the nascent cable television network and all-around science-fiction guru. [...]

The information systems hiring forecast for 1997 is decidedly ambiguous. Unlike 1996, when a frantic cry went out for all available IS talent, caution is in the air. Companies will […]

" One of our managers wants sales numbers for a particular customer for a product," says John Vitale, director of internal consulting in the information systems department at Rich Products […]

With employers still clamoring to find enough workers, smart companies have made great leaps in recruiting information technology staff from nontraditional areas. This can mean bringing a recently graduated music […]

The latest mantra in business today: Marketing is everything. Therefore, information technology has become an integral part of any smart company's marketing strategy, and vice versa. So says Regis McKenna, […]

DEFINITION Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a standard for connecting peripherals to a computer. Most PCs produced in the past year or so come equipped with USB ports. These are […]

With the Dow looking like an arrhythmic EKG, the banking industry held hostage to global crises and insurers reeling from mergers and acquisitions, is this any time for an IT […]

The once straight-and-narrow career path to information technology pre-eminence has taken some unprecedented detours lately. And it's being trammeled by a few unorthodox IT job seekers. Some of those jobs […]

The labor shortage may actually be good news for racial diversity in IS. Recruiters are offering impressive salaries and $2,000 signing bonuses to much of the senior class at Howard […]

In some people's minds, northern New England - Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont - is quintessential America: small villages with picket fences, town greens with gazebos, and white church steeples […]

Data management is a fact of life and the heart of any organization that wants to survive in the global arena. Despite this rather obvious fact, many information systems professionals […]

Something strange in your intranet? Who you gonna call? If you're lucky, one of these guys. If there's a ghost in your machine, they'll bust it. They're the trade's roughest […]

More than 200 different viruses cause the common cold, making the discovery of a cure a complicated process. Recommended treatments include rest, single-drug medications and herbal teas. Myths about catching and treating a cold are discussed.

Evidence of a new and undetectable HIV infection was revealed at the 1992 International AIDS Conference. The patients have a low T cell count, test negative for HIV and have one or more of the diseases associated with AIDS. More than one agent may be causing the condition.

Evidence links low-fat, high-fiber diet to a reduced risk for breast cancer. A low level of alcohol intake and vigorous exercise are other preventive measures.

From anchovies and olives to boxes and ovens, Domino's Pizza Inc. has its work cut out for it, delivering pies from 4,500 stores serviced by 18 regional distribution centers nationwide. […]

Now that Y2K is (hopefully) taken care of, information technology projects that were on hold are fast coming to the fore. Areas like e-commerce and converging technologies are going to […]

Universal Serial Bus (USB) is similar to a serial port. It's a standard that supports a port on the back of your PC, where you plug in peripherals like your […]

Have your eye on project management as the next logical career move? For a glimpse at what you can expect, take a look at a day in Scott Farr's life […]

With all of these new methods of IT recruiting being practiced, IT job seekers need to be aware of how they can best be discovered. Following are ways to make […]

Companies put new twists on old ways to lure talent on a budget Around the nation, human resources and information technology managers are agonizing over the enormous, ever-escalating amount of […]

Menagh is a freelance writer in Maple Corner, Vt. Schoolkids see computer professionals as 'geeks' and 'nerds' and a real turnoff as career models. But a new effort hopes to […]

Amacom, New York, 1998; $14.95 As his title punctuation suggests, Birkel is a cheerleader. He's one of those zealously optimistic types who aims to transfer some of his gung-ho, can-do […]

When James Griffin, 53, retired two years ago from his job as supervisor of computer operators at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he didn't intend to spend […]

Six-Figure Consulting By Dr. Gary Scott Goodman Amacom, New York; 179 pages; $17.95 (paperback) Gary Scott Goodman offers an impressive-looking biography: Fortune 1,000 consultant, telemarketing wiz, best-selling author, academic. The […]

From chief information officers to recruiters to consultants, the word on the street is that Windows NT is fast becoming the lingua franca for business. And information systems pros who […]

Stretching At Your Computer or Desk By Bob Anderson Shelter Publications, Bolinas, Calif.; 102 pages; $9.95 (paperback) Anderson is a leading authority on stretching. This tidy little book addresses the […]

You're a brash, ambitious information systems professional always on the lookout for new opportunities. (Hey, these days, who isn't?) A call comes in. It's the human resources department from your […]