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 THE BUILDERS:
CEO Visions: Thinking Big
The 16 technology-company CEOs interviewed for our Visions package agree on one matter: They're all looking forward to an improved business environment this year. But that's where most of the consensus ends. On issues from global initiatives to offshore outsourcing to emerging technologies, the CEOs, from the industry's leading vendors, embody many different ideas and have different priorities. But the end-game is the same: An improved bottom line and a strong customer base.
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In
Search Of Flexibility
SAP CEO Henning Kagermann looks beyond the mega-application deployment
Gates'
Grand Vision
A seamless computing environment would help businesses move ahead
with innovative projects, says Microsoft chairman Bill Gates
Optimistic
Outlook
VeriSign CEO Stratton Sclavos keeps information flowing and business
growing
Technology
To The Rescue
IT will help solve the biggest problems at home and abroad, HP's
Carly Fiorina says
A
Glass-Half-Full Kind Of Guy
Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff sees endless opportunity in the
global market
Keeping
Up With Clients
BearingPoint CEO Rand Blazer educates himself on his customers to
help them grow their businesses
Differentiation
Is Key
Optimizing how apps are used is where we need to focus, Mercury
CEO Amnon Landan says
Global Thinking
Technology has the power to change the world, Cisco CEO John Chambers says
Dell
Takes A Broad View
Michael Dell will lead the charge on expanding Dell beyond its heritage
as a PC vendor
Skeptical
Visionary
Companies should hone their ability to react, not predict, Sun Microsystems' Scott McNealy
says
Voice
Of Experience
Information Builders co-founder Gerald Cohen has seen the ups and
downs of business and technology
The IP Opportunity
Real-time communication has a bigger business role, according to Polycom CEO Robert Hagerty
Change
Agent
Intel CEO Craig Barrett recognizes his company's influence in an
evolving world
Mission:
Transformation
Unisys CEO Larry Weinbach changed the company into a service provider
Staying
Focused
There's no room for error in enterprise software today, PeopleSoft
Inc. CEO Craig Conway says
EMC's
Metamorphosis
CEO Joe Tucci used the recession to refocus his company
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 THE
BUYERS:
Business-Technologist
Visions: Measuring Up
On the following pages, 11 top executives from leading companies spanning industries from financial services to consumer goods lay down their goals for the coming year. A healthy dose of optimism fuels their thinking, along with an increasingly demanding view of what business technology should deliver.
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The
Hands-On Approach
Vanguard CEO John Brennan always sweats the details
Quality Control
While other companies decentralize, Tiffany CIO Robert Davidson keeps a tight rein on IT
The
Golden Age Of IT
P&G looks to business technology for new ways to do business, CIO
Stephen David says
Prescription
For Change
Owens & Minor president and COO Craig Smith is helping medicine
catch up with technology
Redefining What You Are
Management is key to transformation at FedEx, CEO Fred Smith says
Getting
Health Care Right
Improving care and cutting costs will bring IT into every area of
health care, says Jody Davids, CIO of Cardinal Health
Hilton
CIO Ready For Upturn
Tim Harvey leads IT investments meant to wow guests and improve operations
Time To Break Old Habits
HIP CEO Anthony Watson believes technology can make health care more efficient
No Whining Here
Gallo CIO Kent Kushar is confident technology can help ease price pressure
All About The Technology
PNC Bank uses IT to stay close to customers, says CIO Timothy Shack
Answers That Matter
Eli Lilly sees IT as a business tool to make its research, customer service, and sales stronger, according to CEO Sidney Taurel
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Taking
Stock: Visions Of The Year Ahead
Technology and business continue to work hand in hand.
Secret
CIO: Our CEO Has A Vision For The Future
Picking a direction is easy; getting there successfully is another
story.
SmartAdvice:
How To Motivate And Build A Strong Team
Focus on satisfying fundamental needs first, such as workload relief
and compensation, then move on to higher-level motivators such as
empowerment, creative work, and advancement opportunities, The
Advisory Council says. Also, consider waiting to adopt RFID until
the technology's standards are ready, and check out which skill sets
will be most in demand this year.
Other
Voices: In Portfolio Management, Apps Alone Won't Bring Order To Chaos
Tools deal in quantifiable information; they don't possess the human
virtues of discipline, creative thinking, or, most important, decision-making.
Business Technology: Diverse Views On Outsourcing
Time to share some thoughts from readers on offshore outsourcing, with a bit of outside commentary tossed in as well.
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