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This article reports on the 1990 edition of the All-in-One media directory and PC diskettes package published by the Gebbie Press of New Paltz, New York. This completely revised edition contains the names, addresses, phone numbers, circulation and FAX numbers of 1700 daily newspapers, 7500 weeklies, 7300 radio stations, 1650 television stations, 250 consumer magazines, 3100 business/trade publications subdivided into 116 categories, 320 farm publications, news syndicates, network headquarters and television/cable services. The paper format sells for $73 prepaid and $80 if billed. The three radio/TV newspapers and magazines diskettes sell for $90 with payment, $105 without.

The article reports on the implementation of an optical wireless technology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan, New York City. The cancer center operates without paper or medical charts, so all data and voice connections need a backup pathway. The center installed equipment from LightPointe Inc. as a backup link between two buildings. Optical wireless is reliable, higher-speed, and cost-effective than the alternatives. And the information technology staff used rooms with windows instead of doing a more complicated rooftop installation.

This article focuses on the shift of information-technology services firm Infinity Consulting Group from a premise-based Nortel telephone system to an outsourced Internet protocol (IP) telephone system by M5 Networks in 2004. With his organization located near the convention site at Madison Square Garden, Infinity CEO Lou Forino needed a solution that could keep operations intact for his 25 employees and especially for the global clients who rely on the firm as a strategic partner for consulting and integration services. Infinity employees were able to accomplish this feat through remote-usage capability, which allowed employees to set up and use telephones from any location with broadband Internet access. They then were able to interact with the external world just as if they were in the office, using features such as four-digit dialing between extensions, call transfer and personalized automatic attendants. Even when Infinity employees are not forced out of their usual accommodations, they still have the increased flexibility that an IP telephone system provides. For instance, each staff member received a direct inward-dial number, allowing callers to reach them without going through a main switchboard. Employees can set up conference calls, place calls on hold for others to pick up, transfer calls to one another and forward calls to cellular telephones.