Computers were originally intended to crunch numbers, store and retrieve data at high speeds, and create accounting reports. New software and even new computers have changed the use of computers in today′s business. The growth of a technology called artificial intelligence (AI) attempts to...

Covers the history, recent developments and technology gaps that affect facsimile (fax) software development – one of the most exciting and technologically challenging developments in computer software today. Hopes to prepare readers to accept and understand the fax software (and modem)...

Software, to be useful to executives, must be flexible, easy‐to‐use and enable executives to digest vast amounts of information in a way that diminishes their computer inhibitions. Describes the characteristics and technical aspects of executive information systems (EISs), a class of...

Microcomputers, with the right software, provide a powerful tool for managers to accumulate, sort and analyse information. The necessity for managers to understand and use microcomputers is discussed and, more importantly, managers need to realise that the “right” software used with a...