PAST ISSUES: February 2007

Editor's Note:  Shaping the tools that shape us
Technology. The word has been around for quite a while, but every year -- actually every day -- the meaning of it becomes more expansive and complex.

Cover Story:  Adapting to changing marketplace
On Notre Dame Avenue in Manchester, there is a building that holds the answer to an interesting trivia question: Where was the first credit union formed?

Cover Story:  Six degrees of Seacoast technology diversity
In 1999, John Morgridge, the chairman of Cisco Systems, came to the annual Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce dinner. Morgridge led one of the reddest of red-hot companies making the information age charge and he gave a stock, dot.com cheerleading speech.

Cover Story:  Netting the benefits
Nonprofits can develop long-term relationships with supporters by communicating attractive, user-friendly information over the Web, according to the executive director of the New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits.

Entrepreneur Watch:  The PixelMEDIA paradigm
If you ask Thomas Obrey, co-founder and chief operating officer of PixelMEDIA, about the biggest hurdles that keep small- and medium-sized companies from using Web sites as active business tools, he said a change of attitude helps.

Featured Article:  Living IT
David P. Hodgdon, the chief executive officer and founder of Portsmouth Computer Group IT, puts his degree from the Whittemore School of Business and Economics to work every day.

Politics:  New communication tools can impede public access
It is rapidly becoming a cyber world.
More and more business, personal and governmental transactions are taking place -- and data is being shared -- via electronic means with no paper trail.

Last Word:  Are you 'Hardwired for Success?'
Forget your "12 Angry Men," "Ocean's 12," "Cheaper by the Dozen" or your numerous 12-step self-help programs. It's time to pay homage to the 12 "executive skills" when it comes to being a smarter, effective, stronger and more communicative business leader.