Computer Industry Report articles from February 1994

Computer Industry Report archives from February 1994

Object alternatives may lead to first real challenge to Microsoft's ten-year industry dominance. (Microsoft Corp.) (Industry Overview)
February 11, 1994... The software industry, among the most complex and fastest-growing sectors of the worldwide economy, is on the cusp of another period of rapid transition. Competition in desktop operating systems, network/server operating systems, and applications...

Object technologies: waiting for MIS. (management information systems)
February 11, 1994... Most of the current demand for object technology is centered in technical applications; e.g., CAD/CAM and workgroup applications like office automation. The dominant users are ISVs themselves, and they have chosen C++ as a language, primarily...

The worldwide packaged software market: balancing maturity and vitality. (Industry Overview)
February 11, 1994... The worldwide packaged software industry has held up fairly well during the enduring world-wide economic softness. But overall, software industry performance registers only modest success when compared to years past. Software has fallen victim to...

Client/server applications await development tools.
February 11, 1994... Client/server applications are increasingly viewed as valuable assets for sharing and managing vital information and as a means to competitive advantage. The technology is considered a key enabler for enhancing end-user data access across the...

Crosscurrents of change redistribute IT revenues in 1993, create new rules for 1994. (information technology)
February 25, 1994... Five forces, some internal to the IT industry, some external, have led to a radical, if in certain respects temporary, redistribution of revenue among its vendors, to U.S. companies rather than European or Japanese vendors, and to major U.S....