Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-01-10
RCD Firms
Here Are
Optimistic

Comments from four leading
research and development firms
in Montgomery County were
forthcoming this week for the
SentinePs Progress Section
from the following:
DOCUMENTATION
INCORPORATED
From Eugene Miller, President
"The Washington Metropoli-
tan area is attracting more and
more scientific/technical COM
panies and talent that are, in one
way or another, intimately ac-
quainted with the problem of
the management of information.
"The largest source of free
world information is, of course.
right here-our federal govern
ment-and the flow of facts and
figures becomes a bigger deluge
every day.
Therefore, the easy available
ity of professional know-how to
guide federal agencies on the
dissemination, storage and re-
trieval of information Is abso-
lutely vital.
"As a pioneer and leader In
the information retrieval indus
try, Recommendation Incorpor-
ated is extremely optimistic
about business prospects in
1868, based largely on this
mushrooming need by govern
ment-and industry-for devel-
opment Of more advanced tech
niques that make better use of
information handling in their
day-to-day operations"
OPERATIONS RESEARCH
4NS0ANA UNA ELL
From DIR. Emory Cook, President
"The use of operations re-
search techniques today is a
natural result of the enormous
Increase in the complexities of
operating government and in
dustry. The Washington Metro
politan area is the obvious focal
point for its growth and Oper-
ations Research Incorporated
can see no lessening of this
trend in the near future.
"ORI enters 1863 in a strong
corporate and financial position
after concluding a very success
full year in which sales in opera.
tons research and other man.
agement services exceeded 81
million for the first time. We
look forward to our 10th ami
versary, moving into our new
building and a continuing
growth in business during the
next IL months"
WASHINGTON TECHNOLOG-
ICAL ASSOCIATES, INC.
From H. NJ. Briggs, President
Gas we enter our 18th year,
Washington Neurological Asso.
ciates is looking forward to an
excellent growth year in 1868
from both a sales and profit
standpoint. The market for our
products and services-particu.
larly the space and national de.
tense efforts-promises steady
growth during the year so that
we see an increase in sales of
approximately $3.50 in the next
II months"
ERNEST E. BLANCHE
& ASSOCIATES, INC.
From DIR. Ernest e. Blanche,
President
Research and development in
the field of high-speed comput-
ers was sponsored during World
War II by the Federal Govern
ment only. Now, almost 20
years later, practically all Re-
search and Development involv-
ing computer hardware Is con-
Quoted by manufacturers of
equipment.
In 1868, there will be increas-
ed use of intermediate" cleo
tronic computers, especially the
type such as the IBM 14O1, in
scientific problems which are
not complex enough or take
enough computer time to justi-
ny the use of the giant cleo
tronic brains" which have
enormous internal storage ca
pacity and speed.
This year more and more en-
cheering and research firms
will convert drawings, research
publications and other data to
microfilm mounted on punch
cards to cut storage problems,
permit the rapid retrieval of in