1.25.05 | New York, NY | A new book documents Herman Miller's successful use of design to solve business problems and lead the creative process. Herman Miller: The Purpose of Design (published by Rizzoli International and available now through booksellers) details how the company's focus on design in problem solving has successfully guided it through decades of growth and change. Author John Berry, a 16-year employee of Herman Miller through the mid-1990s, credits the company's ability to create breakthrough products to its skill in asking the right questions and identifying the right problems to solve.

9.9.04 | SAN JOSE, CA | Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has announced the world's first mobile phone to sport a tiny hard drive. With the built-in 1-inch, 1.5-gigabyte hard disk, the SPH-V5400 could store about 15 times more data than conventional handsets -- everything from digital music files and photos to video, Samsung said.

Clestra Hauserman, a well-respected name in the relocatable wall (interior architecture) industry, is back in the U.S. Market with a full range of innovative acoustically-rated and fire-rated partitions.

I.B.M. plans to introduce an e-mail server next week that is designed for medium-size businesses, to increase its sales among smaller companies. Called I.B.M. Lotus Domino Messaging Express, the e-mail software is the latest in an Express-labeled line of products meant to increase I.B.M.'s sales among smaller companies.  The e-mail package, which also includes a group scheduling and discussion forum database, will be priced at $48 a user when customers drop a competitive e-mail product in favor of Lotus Domino Messaging. New purchases cost $96 a user.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/10/technology/10ibm.html