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Joel Dreyfuss, Editor-in-Chief, InformationWeek . He can be reached at jdreyfuss@cmp.com

Digital Rebuilding
Our cover story this week focuses on the massive task that Digital CEO Robert Palmer has taken on in his effort to bring the company back from the brink.

Jame s I. Cash Jr. , the James E. Robison professor of business administration and chairman of the MBA program at Harvard Business School. He can be reached at jcash@hbs.harvard.edu

Management Agenda: Spend Now, Save Tomorrow
Using object reuse technology will be costly and require an IS culture shift, but the benefits will prove worth the effort.

Stephen Manes, co-author of the biography Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented An Industry (Touchstone/Simon and Schuster). He can be reached at 2784258@mcimail.com

Desktop Agenda: You Make A Grown Man Cry
What will Microsoft do for an encore after Windows 95? Meet the 'UnHappy' interface of Bob 96.

Lawrence Magid, author of Cruising Online: Larry Magid's Guide To The New Digital Highways (Random House). He can be reached on the Intern et at magid@latimes.com

Desktop Agenda: Consolidating Media Power
Megadeals are a disturbing trend for established media and online services.

Mark Stahlman is president of New Media Associates, a media research and financial services firm in New York. He welcomes your comments at newmedia@mcimail.com � 1995, NewMedia Associates

The Big Picture: Time To Newt-ralize The Net
There's a movement afoot to crown Newt Gingrich 'digital king'.

Cheryl Currid , president of Houston-based Currid & Co., a technology consulting firm. You can contact her via electronic mail at currid@radiomail.net

Desktop Agenda: The Win95 Support Problem
IS managers must hurry and decide how to handle support for Windows 95.

Tom Davenport , professor and director of the information systems management program at the University of Texas at Austin. He can be reached at tdav@notes.bus.utexas.edu

Management Agenda: Learning From The TV Set
Wondering how to manage information? Watch TV!

John Tibbetts and Barbara Bernstein are partners in Kinexis, a San Francisco consulting firm. They can be reached via the Internet at kserver@kinexis.com

Applications: Architecture Without Texture
Hewlett-Packard supports 'just enough' architecture, but how much is enough?

William Schaff is chief investment officer at Bay Isle Financial Corp. in San Francisco. Bay Isle maintains the InformationWeek 100 index.

Financials: Networking Stand-In
Users wait for ATM technology to mature, go with frame relay for now.

Richard Raysman and Jeffrey D. Neuburger , attorneys at the New York firm of Brown Raysman & Millstein..

Final Word: Online Services: Could You Be Found Liable?
Defamation lawsuits raise troubling issues for providers and users of online info and services.

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