One base at a time

Article Abstract:

Companies that successfully incorporate state-of-the-art information technology on a consistent basis usually make a conscious effort to target appropriate technologies and then monitor their usefulness, employing staff especially for this purpose. Unfortunately, this process is usually accidental for most companies - the result of one ambitious manager, in one department, identifying a need and then taking a risk. A successful assimilation strategy examines a product's maturity, strategic relevance and success rate.

Management, Industrial research, Information technology

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Looking back from 1997

Article Abstract:

Fictional ComtempAmerica's rise to the U.S.'s 10th largest multiline insurance company illustrates that information technology not only plays a large part in its industry-giant status but also places the firm in a position to expect a rosy future. The firm uses the technologies of object-oriented data bases, multimedia, fuzzy logic and neural networks.

Usage, Computer networks, Computers, Digital computers, Insurance industry, Neural networks, Information management, Fuzzy logic, Multimedia technology, Multimedia systems, Fuzzy systems, Object-oriented databases, Object oriented databases

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