PSR Reviews - Historical Archive - 1995 and earlier
PSR Reviews - Historical Archive 1995 and earlier- Janco Associates has acquired the rights to all issues of PSR Reviews, a bimonthly newsletter that the CEO of Janco wrote and published between March 1991 and October 2000.
Many of these articles have been updated to reflect current technology. They are provided here for you personal use only. Any re-publication can only be done if it includes our copyright and a link the the article or home page of this site. No ads or links other than those in the article can be placed with the expressed written permission of Janco Associates.
PSR Reviews Archive of Articles
PSR Reviews - Volume V - 1995
PSR published the following Newsletters and Janco has acquired the rights to all of these articles
- 1995 is the Year of Revolution In The Work Place
- Career Paths - Responsibility Of Individual Or Organization?
- Create An Electronic Store Front - Improve Marketing Performance And Reduce Costs
- Internet is Like the Wild West - It Is Run By Cowboys
- Many Information Systems Functions Do Not Have Adequate Metrics Implemented
- Operating Systems Are The Bane Of The Information Highway
- Protecting Internet Domain Names Is An Issue That Is Now More Complex
- PSR Finds An Easy Way To Measure Quality of EIS and DSS
- Telecommuting is Cost Effective For Many Small to Medium Sized Firms
- Total Compensation Falls for Chief Information Officers
- What Are You Doing Right Now To Put Your Job At Risk?
- Will the OSHA Ergonomics Act Be Implemented?
- Forecast of Southern California Job Market January 1995
- Forecast of Southern California Job Market March 1995
- Forecast of Southern California Job Market May 1995
- Forecast of Southern California Job Market July 1995
- Forecast of Southern California Job Market September 1995
- Forecast of Southern California Job Market November 1995
PSR Reviews - Volume IV - 1994
Janco has the rights to the following newsletters
- 1994 - a Vacation Compared to 1993
- CD-ROM Is Only a Transitory Storage Technology
- Disaster Recovery for the Home Computer
- Downsizing Exposes Many to Employee Discrimination Suits
- How to Transform a Business Culture - an Art Form
- IBM and DEC Are No Longer the Safe Path to Follow
- Lessons Learned as Disaster Strikes LA. . . Again!!!
- MIS Salaries Stay Flat -- Again!!!
- Myths of Client Server Architecture Are Impacting Many
- Organizations Feel No Responsibility for Existing Employees
- Technology Explosion Causes Critical Skill Shortages
- True Cost of Client Server Are Hidden From Management's View
- Violence In The Work Place Is a Major Liability In Many Firms
- Forecast of Southern California Job Market January 1994
- Forecast of Southern California Job Market March 1994
- Forecast of Southern California Job Market May 1994
- Forecast of Southern California Job Market July 1994
- Forecast of Southern California Job Market September 1994
- Forecast of Southern California Job Market November 1994
PSR Reviews - Volume III - 1993
PSR published the following Newsletters and Janco has acquired the rights to all of these articles
- Client Server Applications Design Turns Many IS Organizations Into Dinosaurs
- Compensation Goes Up By 5% to $280,000 for MIS Executives
- Compensation Pool for MIS Executives Slides
- Customer Service is Non-Existent for Many Vendors
- DEC Continues to Build Buggy Wips
- DEC User Saves Over $900,000 Plus Finds Overpayment
- Organize to Compete and Survive as a Chief Information Officer
- Best Practices Include Shiftw in Focus of IS
- How Will the Family Leave Bill Impact Your Mission Critical Projects
- IBM's Restructuring Will Drive Many Companies Out of Business
- IRS Continues to Hunt for Additional Tax Revenue and to Eliminate Contractors in Many Organizations
- Predictions for 1993 and Beyond
- Report Design and Presentation of Data is Not All Art
- Requirements to Support a Virtual Office Cost Between $3,500 to $4,500 per Employee
- Virtual Office Concept Reduces Overhead Cost by Over 25%
- Washington is Out of Touch With the Needs of IT and is About to Make George Orwell's World Real
- Forecast of Southern California Job Market January 1993
- Forecast of Southern California Job Market March 1993
- Forecast of Southern California Job Market May 1993
- Forecast of Southern California Job Market July 1993
- Forecast of Southern California Job Market September 1993
- Forecast of Southern California Job Market November 1993
PSR Reviews - Volume II - 1992
In 1992 Positive Support Review published the following Newsletters and Janco has acquired the rights to all of these articles
- Balanced Performance Is The Road to Success
- CIOs Focus on Winning Technologies Early
- CIOs Hang on In Management of Company MIS Function
- Competing through Technology
- Cost of Voice and Data Communications Support Functions Is Increasing
- Improving User Satisfaction is Easier Than it Sounds
- Limited Salary Increase Over the Last 12 Months
- Mainframe software pricing will accelerate the decline of mainframe computers
- Measurement of MIS Made Simple
- New Discrimination Legislation Is Now The Law - What Risks Do You Face?
- Paper Books and Documentation Are Anchors
- Risk Assessment is a skill that many mid-level managers need to develop
- Some JD Edwards Implementation Are Set To Fail From The Start
- Successful Groups are Results Driven
- Your Customer Service Level Can Be Improved
- We Moved
- What does it take to be paid $200,000 as a MIS Executive?
- Will 1992 beat 1991?
- Forecast of Southern California Job Market January 1992
- Forecast of Southern California Job Market March 1992
- Forecast of Southern California Job Market May 1992
- Forecast of Southern California Job Market July 1992
- Forecast of Southern California Job Market September 1992
- Forecast of Southern California Job Market November 1992
PSR Reviews - Volume I - 1991
Janco has acquired the rights to all of these articles from PSR
- Are Your Business Units Pulling To Get Control of Systems
- Audit Reduces Unnecessary Expenditures
- Big Brother is Watching -- George Orwell Lives
- Costs Too High for Application Maintenance Support
- Economy has turned the corner - the sky is not falling anymore
- Insourcing a New Concept
- Modeling Packages
- Outsourcing: Future or Fad?
- Paying too Much for Computer Hardware
- Personal Computers - Your Most Under managed Asset
- Programmer Productivity is Industry Focus
- Quick Check Reduces Voice and Data Expense
- Quick Guide to Show the Value You Provide Your Firm
- Quick Results from Mission Critical Project Management
- Reduce Head Count by Outsourcing
- Resource Management
- Salaries Stay Flat For MIS -- First Time in Over Ten Years
- Strategic Planning a Driving Force in Cost Reduction
- Soft Climate Diffuses IS Focus
- Some JD Edwards Implementation Are Set To Fail From The Start
- SPA is Watching You
- Surviving In Today's Competitive Market
- Ten Years -- PCs Not Integrated
- Today Business Focus On Cost Reduction And Productivity Improvements
- Forecast of Southern California Job Market March 1991
- Forecast of Southern California Job Market May 1991
- Forecast of Southern California Job Market July 1991
- Forecast of Southern California Job Market September 1991
- Forecast of Southern California Job Market November 1991