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Like a society matron who appears at the grand opera in last year's gown, companies outsourcing their information systems in the late '80s or early '90s were thought to be […]

Explains that Japan's edge in chipmaking tools, memory chips, and emerging technologies is boosting U.S. microcomputer and laptop computer sales. Stepping aligner equipment for manufacturing semiconductors; Information displays; CD-ROM drives; Optical disk drives; Laser printer mechanisms.

Discusses the problems plaguing International Business Machines Corp. Efforts of Chairman John F. Akers to bring IBM out of the four-year earnings dive it went into just after he was handed the controls; Information that profits for IBM's third quarter would fall short of even pessimistic estimates; View that IBM is too dependent on mainframes and hurt by technical glitches. INSET: Big blues (problems)..

Focuses on the growth plans of computer company, International Business Machines Corp. as of 1989. Success realized during the 1980s; Decline in the rate of growth in the 1990s; Reorganization and extensive cost-cutting schemes adopted; Estimated gross profits and revenues by the end of the year. INSET: IBM'S ROAD MAP TO THE FUTURE.

The article reports that computer makers have added the image processing capability to computer models. Image processing is a method that allows pictures, graphs, illustrations and other images to be captured, stored, changed, merged, sent, received and displayed. According to computer developers, this capability will cut the time used in perusing paper documents and will lower industrial costs.

The article examines the declining performance and problems encountered by Digital Equipment Corp. in Maynard, Massachusetts. Though sales have been increasing, the company has been facing problems of slimming profit margins and slowing profit growth. However, founder Kenneth H. Olsen has remained optimistic with its Vax computers.

The article focuses on the automation of software development in the U.S. It is claimed that several finished programs get tossed out because by the time they are ready, they are already outdated. To deal with the situation, most software come under the umbrella of computer-aided software engineering. Such technology helps automate the job of writing computer programs in such a way that computer-aided design has lent a boost to product development. INSETS: 'RESOURCE HOGS,' SAYS A SOFTWARE COWBOY;FOR THIS DESIGNER IT CUTS THE DRUDGERY.

The article discusses the plan of a management reorganization of International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) by chairman John F. Akers in the computer industry in the U.S. Under his plan, general managers are delegated with a certain responsibility, which is to bring an entrepreneurial spirit to their lines of business. Furthermore, he also teamed up with computer designer Stephen Chen to get IBM into the latest computer trends. An overview of Akers' plan and its impact to IBM is offered.

The article discusses the conditions of the computer industry in the U.S. Analysts from InfoCorp. points that the growth in the sales of computers, which began to decrease in the late 1984, will bounce back in 1986. They note that the drop in demand was due to the fundamental shift in the way businesses buy and use computers. Meanwhile, majority of the estimated computer budgets for most companies are being spent on networks of departmental minicomputers and microcomputers.

Discusses how the Internet will change the computer industry. Tracing the evolution of the computer network; World Wide Net software; Effect on entrepreneurs and businesses; Number of persons connected to it; Protocols or interactions that govern interactions between computers; Long-distance voice-messaging through VocalTec; Electronic commerce; Video conferencing; Mixing text, photos, drawings and voice.

Focuses on the role of Internet in business enterprises in the United States. Ease in use and access to Internet; Internet as a medium for electronic commerce; Development of Commerce-Net, an Internet marketplace for electronics goods and services; Use of Internet into interactive television.

Focuses on the effect of information technology on business and society. Information access as a function of the economy; Virtualization; Comparison of classic libraries and electronic disk farms; Letter-writing; Impact of computers; Virtual realities; Virtual corporations; Predictions.

Discusses whether object-oriented programming will transform the computer industry. Discussion on object-oriented programming as a technique added to conventional software; Arguments pertaining to plans for object-oriented programming; Discussion on the usages and benefits of object-oriented programming; Arguments pertaining to a survey conducted by International Data Corp.; Discussion on the future of the programming. INSET: What is an object?.

John W. Verity reported and edited for 23 years at Electronic News, Datamation and Business Week. Since 1997, he has been freelancing from his Brooklyn, New York, home. 'Smart' mobile [...]

John W Verity reported and edited for 23 years at Electronic News, Datamation and Business Week. Since 1997, he has been freelancing from his Brooklyn, New York, home. No one [...]

Who says the Internet's business capabilities are limited to retail? Once again, the Web is thoroughly reinventing a vitally important aspect of business. First, it was simply a marketing medium. [...]

POST HASTE If you've got a printer and Internet access, you've got postage. Can't get to the post office before it closes? Tired of waiting in long lines to buy [...]

Making e-commerce as free as free can be One of the first lessons of life is that there's no such thing as free. Yet the Internet always seems to be [...]

Forget the hassles of licensing software. Feel free to play with the programming. And hey, there's no purchase cost. Charging customers no money for a major product may not seem [...]

The article reports on specialized services companies that translate ideas into products. When 3Com Corp. wanted to have a low-priced workstation of its own, the company turned to Tidewater Associates Inc., one of West Coast's many specialized services companies. These support firms translate ideas into hardware, build custom software, lay out microchips and circuit boards and design sleek packaging.

Driven by strengthening user interest in office systems and workstations, the personal computer continues to gain importance at the expense of the traditional minicomputer. More than ever, new applications are [...]

MINIS, MICROS, AND MATURITY These are slow times for the well-matured minicomputer industry. Growth of shipments during the year ending June 1987 is not projected to reach even 8%, according [...]

MACHINE POLITICS Charges of vote fraud and sloppy technology cloud the role of computers in electoral politics. It's time to vote again, but look out--your vote may not get counted [...]

At each stage of the computer industry's history, there has existed a single computer interface that was technically and economically more important to users and their suppliers than any other. [...]

Minicomputer shipments during the year ending June 1986 will be up just 13.3% over the previous year in terms of dollar volume, according to the 1985-86 DATA-MATION/Cowen & Co. mini/micro [...]