White Paper: the Personal Computer Grows Up

Article Abstract:

Off-the-shelf packages, technological advances and lower costs have caused the proliferation of personal computers (PCs) in the office. PCs can be desktop or portable with fixed or custom configurations. The effectiveness of management applications are harder to measure than office productivity. Word processors and telecommunications are taking on some of the PC's characteristics and the PC industry is replying with technology such as graphics, touch-sensitive screens and the very important networks. Optimum networks will depend on management using standardized software and hardware. Good training, vendor support and properly designed data bases are imperative. Security and obsolescence are solvable problems. PCs for larger operations will evolve into multifunction workstations.

Standard, Standardization, Technology, Growth (Physiology), Office automation systems, Integrated Office Systems, Networks, Personal Computers, System Selection, Growth, Software Packages, Integrated Systems, Trends, Outlook, Competition, Management Applications, User Assistance, Appraisal

---

Paper Management Requires Flexibility and Ease of Storage

Article Abstract:

Businesses will have to find better ways to cope with the growing amount of paper in offices. Systems must be adaptable to other products and changing technology. Users should evaluate their needs and find good people in the field. New technologies can not provide all the answers. Storage and good office layout are essential. Productivity, cost, maintenance and quality are all factors in equipment purchase, especially in filing, micrographics, electronic mail, microcomputers, and networking will all become prevalent, although sales have been hampered by the poor economy.

Email, Cost benefit analysis, Industrial productivity, Electronic filing, E-Mail, Storage Equipment, Files, Records, Micrographics, Productivity, Efficiency

---

Personal Stereo a Puzzle

Article Abstract:

Retailers feel the most unpredictable product for them is the personal stereo. Due to this, the market is broadening its offerings with such products as stereo headphones and tape players. It is felt that the competitive nature of this market will require manufacturers to be price competitive and to refine features of their products.

Consumer electronics, Wholesale trade, Stereo systems, Retailing, Price, Tape Recorders, Wholesale Dealer/Distributor

Similar abstracts:

• Abstracts: Hand-Held Personal Computers Have More Uses and More Functions. Japan Shipped Personal Computers Worth 231.35 Billion in Fiscal 1982
• Abstracts: Peripheral Memories, Like Personal Computers, Come Down in Size, Go Up in Performance
• Abstracts: Systems in Action: Computer and the Arts. Lotus Acquires Software Arts. Systems in Action: Using an In-Depth Analysis of Telephone Traffic, an Atlanta Bank Improved Its Service
• Abstracts: Billion-Byte Computer Memory Uses Laser-Beam Technology To Record and Read Permanent Data. part 2 Apple Puts More Juice in Macintosh's Memory
• Abstracts: In-House Computer Crime. The Computer Slump - What's Really behind It?

This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.