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2. Industry static for 1991 as world economy cools

Author

Jenkins, Avery L.

Subjects
MIS, Sales analysis, Future of computing, Financial analysis software, Preview of coming year, Financial analysis -- Computer programs, Forecasting, Sales, Management information systems, Technological forecasting
Abstract

INDUSTRY STATIC FOR 1991 AS WORLD ECONOMY COOLS Most MIS managers are viewing their 1991 budgets with the mixture of fear and apprehension. After all, much of the world is […]

Published
1991

3. TP monitors deliver more users for less cost

Author

Jenkins, Avery L. and Ballou, Melinda-Carol

Subjects
Relational database, MIS, Cost benefit analysis, Online transaction processing, Cost benefit analysis, Online transaction processing, Relational databases, Management information systems
Abstract

TP MONITORS DELIVER MORE USERS FOR LESS COST Although relational databases have become critical elements of most organizations, the cost of deploying this technology tends to escalate dramatically as more […]

Published
1990

4. Warehouse woes

Author

Jenkins, Avery L.

Subjects
MIS, Business Planning, DBMS, Industry trend, Management information systems -- Planning
Published
1995

5. Get connected

Author

Jenkins, Avery

Subjects
Connectivity, Data Communications, MIS, Management information systems -- Planning
Published
1994

6. Database tools keep DBMS performance on course

Author

Jenkins, Avery L.

Subjects
DBMS, User need, DBMS utility, MIS, Desktop utility, End user, Database management systems, End users, Add-in/on software, Management information systems
Abstract

The RMS file may still be alive and well at most DEC sites, but increasingly, the database management system forms the core of an organization's information system strategy. Relational database […]

Published
1992

7. Forecasting system changes at DEC sites

Author

Jenkins, Avery L.

Subjects
Minicomputer, MIS, DEC VAX (Minicomputer) -- Usage, Minicomputers -- Usage, Forecasting -- Usage, Management information systems -- Usage
Abstract

There was a time when capacity planning for a system just took a little common sense. Lots of activity on one of your disks? Buy a faster subsystem. Response time […]

Published
1992

8. Scaling new heights in consolidation accounting

Author

Jenkins, Avery L.

Subjects
MIS, Accounting, Management information systems
Abstract

The difficult choice facing MIS managers these days is not whether they should decentralize their accounting operations, but which platforms they should employ to achieve their distributed computing goal. With […]

Published
1991

9. RDBMS forms the basis of financial control tower

Author

Jenkins, Avery and Donohue, James F.

Subjects
Integrated accounting software, MIS, Accounting -- Computer programs, Management information systems
Abstract

RDBMS FORMS THE BASIS OF FINANCIAL CONTROL TOWER Combining accounting software with the information stored in distributed relational databases can provide an organization with a tremendous financial boon. By creating […]

Published
1990

10. Finding the path to the best data delivery platform

Author

Jenkins, Avery

Subjects
DBMS, DBMS utility, MIS, Software quality, Cost benefit analysis, Software, Cost benefit analysis, Database management systems, Management information systems
Abstract

FINDING THE PATH TO THE BEST DATA DELIVERY PLATFORM Choosing a database management system is one of those purchasing moves that consultants gently call a 'career decision.' To put it […]

Published
1989

11. Gathering storm over client/server computing

Author

Jenkins, Avery L.

Subjects
MIS, Client/server architecture, Future of computing, Preview of coming year, Client/server architecture, Forecasting, Management information systems, Technological forecasting
Abstract

GATHERING STORM OVER CLIENT/SERVER COMPUTING Today the aggregate MIPS scattered across desk tops in most organizations are equal to and sometimes greater than the total MIPS stashed away at the […]

Published
1989

12. Why networks fail

Author

Jenkins, Avery

Subjects
Network Management, Budgeting, Preventive Maintenance, Personnel Management, Management of EDP, MIS, Virus, Computer viruses -- Prevention, Computer networks -- Management, Office politics -- Management, Management information systems -- Usage
Published
1989

13. Desktop DBMS wildfire

Author

Jenkins, Avery

Subjects
Technology Information, Technology overview, DBMS, MIS, Database management systems -- Design and construction
Published
1995

14. Overhaul success

Author

Jenkins, Avery L.

Subjects
Training of Employees, Management of EDP, MIS, Strategic Planning, EDP Personnel, Client/server architecture, Management information systems -- Management, Data processing personnel -- Training, Client/server architecture -- Training
Published
1994

15. Vigorous spending fuels health-care MIS budgets

Author

Jenkins, Avery L.

Subjects
MIS, Future of computing, Financial analysis software, Preview of coming year, Financial analysis -- Computer programs, Forecasting, Management information systems, Technological forecasting
Abstract

While many other industries slouch through a business slowdown that is the fiscal equivalent of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, the health care industry is booming. And that translates into more work […]

Published
1992

16. Looming crisis has banks thinking lean and mean

Author

Jenkins, Avery L.

Subjects
MIS, Future of computing, Financial analysis software, Preview of coming year, Financial analysis -- Computer programs, Forecasting, Management information systems, Technological forecasting
Abstract

Although the storm swirling around financial institutions seems to have subsided for the time being, the clouds have not yet disappeared over the horizon. Some analysts predict that the coming […]

Published
1992

17. Marketing company saves with fiber

Author

Jenkins, Avery L.

Subjects
MIS, Fiber optics, Cost benefit analysis, Ethernet, FDDI, Ethernet, Coaxial cables, Cost benefit analysis, Fiber Distributed Data Interface Standard, Fiber optics, Management information systems, Fiction
Abstract

Marketing company saves with fiber A year ago the fictitious high-powered market research company of Knowitt Awl Associates decided to expand into the areas of public relations and advertising. The […]

Published
1990

18. In the market for micros

Author

Jenkins, Avery

Subjects
MIS, Purchases, Microcomputer, Equipment Acquisition, Companies, Hardware Selection, Business Planning, Trends, Compatible Hardware
Published
1987

19. Chargeback; when PCs enter the picture how does MIS charge for service?

Author

Jenkins, Avery

Subjects
PowerPC-based system, Company business management, SPARC-based system, MIS, MIPS-based system, 486-based system, Home computer market, K6-based system, 680X0-based system, Electronic data processing departments -- Management, Microcomputers -- Management, Management information systems -- Management
Abstract

When the mainframe was the only game in town, chargebacks funded the serives of many corporations' data-processing services. The big computers provided a company-wide centralized service, and chargebacks allocated the […]

Published
1984

20. Firms need data-protection policies

Author

Jenkins, Avery

Subjects
MIS, Data security issue, Network access, Data security -- Usage -- Safety and security measures -- Methods, Electronic data processing departments -- Safety and security measures -- Usage -- Methods, Database administration -- Safety and security measures -- Usage -- Methods, Access control (Computers) -- Methods -- Safety and security measures -- Usage, Management information systems -- Safety and security measures -- Usage
Abstract

Protecting corporate data on the PC is as mundane a task as sweeping the floor, but it can be as important as protecting the costly company mainframe. As PCs find […]

Published
1984

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