Who’s In Charge Of IT?

Managing IT is as much about business as it is about technology, and the drive to E-business is attracting a variety of managers with a variety of skills – many of them outside traditional IT.

Innovators And Influencers 2001

This profile of new economy innovators and influencers includes: Vani Kola, RightWorks founder; Andreas Schmidt, president and CEO of Bertelsmann AG’s eCommerce Group; Stanford economist A. Michael Spence; Jayshree Ullal, general manager and VP of Cisco Systems’ switching group; Nancy Li, CEO iCan-ASP Inc. CA; Carolyn Osborne, founder of GoBeyond LLC; Rusty Braziel, founder and chairman of Altranet Technologies; David Neeleman, CEO of JetBlue … [ Read more ]

Vendors As VCs: Money And Influence

As the biggest technology vendors increasingly act as venture capitalists, what are they getting in return?

A New Approach To Integration

E-commerce requires companies to integrate processes at many levels with multiple partners.

The Power Of Peer-To-Peer

Napster-style computing is going corporate. What’s in it for business? In addition to being good for swapping soundtracks, peer-to-peer networking is a way to harness the dormant processing power in desktop PCs.

Advertisers Seek More Bang For Their Web Bucks

Article heading states “Agencies develop sophisticated ways to gauge an ad’s success at brand building, driving sales” but in fact it seems to conclude more that that is the goal than the reality. Along the way, it presents some interesting online ad issues however.

Antidote For Information Overload

Online software lets smaller businesses cope with floods of information (vendors discussed include: Correlate Technologies, HotOffice Technologies, iHarvest, NetDocuments, and Webforia).

Undue Influence?

IT bristles as Washington tries to define its role in regulating the Internet and the technology industry

Leaders Among Leaders

IT has traditionally been a mna’s world, especially in the upper echelons of management. But women who’ve made it to the top ranks of technology managers say there’s never been a better time for women to succeed in IT. Article discusses this issue by profiling 10 prominent women in IT.

Keeping An ‘I’ On The Competition

Internet resources have changed the landscape for competitive-intelligence professionals

E-Business Communication Gets Personal

InformationWeek research shows the move toward personalizing customer communications. See their charts for more specific details

The Changing Face Of IT

As IT becomes even more integral to success, companies are rethinking how the organization looks, functions, and interacts with the rest of the business.

Growing Pains – ASPs

ASPs and their customers still face challenges with pricing, performance, and training.

The Internet’s True Benefit

Michael Hammer (of re-engineering fame) argues that the Net’s real payoff is in its enabling of business collaboration.

E-mail Marketing Smartens Up

article talks about advantages of email marketing and the implications of its growing popularity.

Wireless Everything

Businesses are harnessing the technology to spur sales and give workers an edge