On our recent trip to IBM's New Almaden Research Center we met up with Shivakumar Vaithyanathan, manager of unstructured information mining in the search and analytics group. He gave us a demo of how his research leads to putting ...READ»
Forget all the fuss and try online backup. Regardless of what happens or wherever you would need to recover it, your data is just safe and sound at a minimal priceREAD»
The Blackberry used to be the email weapon of choice for its instantaneous "push" email capability. Now Google is bringing that same rapid delivery to iPhone and Windows Mobile devices with its Gmail service, putting Blackberry's ...READ»
Kaizen (改善, Japanese for "continuous improvement") is a very interesting concept. I attempt to apply Kaizen to product development at Maysoft. For me, this means going over each product feature and looking for areas for ...READ»
Someone asked me why I don't hire cheaper help for our support staff for my company, http://www.maysoft.com/. You see, we only hire experienced Lotus Notes administrators or excellent Lotus Notes developers in our customer ...READ»
The hunt for an eBay scammer. Jay Nelson ripped off buyers on eBay and Yahoo until the Feds put him behind bars. We catch up with him in prison, where he'll be until 2007.READ»
Research In Motion is the low-profile company behind one of the most high-profile success stories of the digital economy -- the BlackBerry wireless email device.READ»
Ray Ozzie's latest creation is "intended for people who want to get together and jam -- to interact and improvise with each other." Here's his take on how we will work in the future.READ»
Zoë Baird and her colleagues at the Markle Foundation have embraced a daring approach to the risk-averse world of philanthropy. The results have been remarkable -- and controversial.READ»
Welcome to the world of stealth startups, where hype gives way to passon for anonymity. But does it make sense to keep secrets in an age of instant communication? Mum's the word.READ»
It's tough. It's fast. It's free. It's Linux -- the most hyped operating system since OS/2. Tech heads love it, but does Linux really mean business? There's only one person who can answer that question: you.READ»
Context Integration is a fast-growing company with lots of bright ideas -- and a Web-based knowledge network to test, track, capture, and share those ideas.READ»
You've got the best hardware and the slickest software. But you can't get all of it to flow together. Here's how to get in sync -- and to keep your work from getting sunk!READ»
The new world of business is under construction -- and DPR Construction Inc. is building it. This company "Exists to Build Great Things." That means building things faster, smarter, and better than the competition. Does DPR deliver? Just ask its clients.READ»
For the second year in a row, we invited some of the smartest people we know to consider four of the toughest questions around. Fast Company celebrates its third anniversary with the ultimate business round table.READ»
Visit a fast-paced company where employees submit expenses, establish lines of credit for customers, and conduct salary reviews online -- and write their own software programs to do each task.READ»
David Duffield of PeopleSoft Inc. shows how powerful computers, linked to a world-wide network, can generate productivity - and let loose the human spirit.READ»
Even when you're out to get something done - not to do someone in - you have to play politics. Fast Company's five-point campaign manual will help you play to win.READ»
