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Bob Evans

Editor-in-Chief, InformationWeek

Electronic Business: Another Transition
Perhaps it's fitting that the chronological transition from 1997 to 1998 is being accompanied by another transition, one whose impact goes far beyond the world of IT: the shift from traditional ways of doing business to the head-spinning and sometimes gut-wrenching world of electronic business.

James I. Cash Jr.

The James E. Robison professor of business administration at Harvard University.

He can be contacted at jcash@hbs.edu

Management Agenda: Are You Ready For ITA?
The International Technology Agreement could dramatically speed up the spread of IT products around the world.

Stephen Manes

Stephen Manes is half of "Digital Duo," a new program about personal technology that will air on public TV stations nationwide this month. Check local listings for details.

smanes@compuserve.com

Desktop Agenda: Absolutely, Positively Dismal
Federal Express may pride itself on its computing savvy, but the company's consumer software simply doesn't deliver.

Lawrence Magid

Author of The Little PC Book (Peachpit Press).

You can reach him at magid@latimes.com or visit his Web site .

Management Agenda: Free Browser-At What Price?
A frightening prospect: Microsoft, by taking control of the browser, could determine who sees what on the Internet.

Cheryl Currid

Cheryl Currid is president of Currid & Co., a technology consulting firm in Houston.

cheryl@currid.com

Desktop Agenda: Part The Purchasing Curtain
There are ways to expedite PC acquisitions for employees, but it takes power sharing and faith in online ordering.

John Tibbetts and Barbara Bernstein

Partners in Kinexis, a San Francisco consulting firm.

kserver@kinexis.com

Application De velopment: OS Shrugged; The Update
Our modern-day story of the genius that they tried to stop -- but couldn't (with apologies to novelist Ayn Rand).

Herbert W. Lovelace

Chief information officer at a multibillion-dollar international company. Herb practices his day job under an alias, and frequently changes the names of colleagues mentioned in these columns in order to protect the guilty.

He can be reached at secret@cmp.com . He promises to provide real answers (with whimsical comments) to your E-mailed questions in Ask The Secret CIO .

Secret CIO: Simple Secrets Of Success
I've come up with a few key points to keeping a CIO job. I'd be interested in hearing some of your hints, too.

Bernd Harzog

An Atlanta consultant specializing in software vendor product and marketing strategy.

He can be reached at berndh@mindspring.com .

Between The Lines: What Not To Look For In '98
Everyone is all caught up in what's going to happen in the coming year. What won't happen is just as notable.

Judith S. Hurwitz

Judith S. Hurwitz is founder, CEO, and chairman of Hurwitz Group Inc., a management consulting and software research firm that specializes in distributed computing technology. She can be reached at jhurwitz@hurwitz.com .

Enterprise Development: Invest In Electronic Business
E-business applications could well be the next industrial revolution for business. But move cautiously before committing.

Simon C. Watkins

Simon C. Watkins, Ph.D., is an associate professor and the director of the Center for Biologic Imaging at the University of Pittsburgh. He can be reached via his Web site at sbic6.sbic.pitt.edu .

Storage Update: Organize Those Image Files
Here are a few solutions to help keep the number of storage formats as small and simple as possible.

In My Humble Opinion

In My Humble Opinion is an occasional column expressing the opinions of InformationWeek readers. Submissions of 600 words can be sent to imho@cmp.com . Only writers being considered for publication will be contacted.

IMHO: At The Crossroads Of IT
Suppliers and buyers must work together to develop a common infrastructure for global informat ion access.

Joseph DeFeo is the former CIO of Barclay's Bank, he is currently president and CEO of the Open Group in Cambridge, Mass., an independent consortium that develops and sets IT specifications. He can be contacted at j.defeo@opengroup.org .