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Computer Techniques May Cut Lag Time: Manager Search Goes On-Line

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Computerized data bases on money managers are being made available to pension fund executives. Money manager data made available through microcomputers will make it easier for pension funds to select money managers. Without the aid of a computerized search, the money manager selection process can go on for months. The firms Berg Fiduciary Consultants and Effron Enterprises are behind the Plan Sponsor Network. The Sentinel Pension Institute has also started a computerized manager screening service which will only be offered to its 100 Fortune 500 clients. The Plan Sponsor Network will be available to any pension fund who desires the service. The service will save time and the work of going through money manager questionnaires.

Pension funds, Computer Services, Money Management, Money Mangager

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Computer Break-Ins: To Catch a Thief

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Microcomputers with two-way communication are much easier to break into than mainframe computers. There is more of a possibility of an employee of a corporation breaking into a computer than an outsider. A business competitor would be very interested in the information stored in a microcomputer treasury workstation. Microcomputer security is considered inadequate. The computer languages now in use, MS-DOS and International Business Machine's PC-DOS, were constructed to encourage open access. The second generation of software languages will have to limit access to data stored in the computers.

Computer crimes, Computer Systems, Security, Computer Crime, Computer Languages

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Workstation Technology Dominates Conference

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Treasury management workstations are a topic of discussion at the National Corporate Cash Management Association's annual conference. Philip Morris Incorporated's cash management system is profiled. The system integrates cash management and accounting software. Other seminars and demonstrations regarding treasury workstations are discussed briefly. An executive of Hershey Foods Corporation will demonstrate how to discriminate the merits of microcomputer-based treasury workstations. Microcomputer and mainframe workstation computer technology are compared.

Accounting, Technology, Workstations

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