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Laid/off workers market their skills en masse. The promise of great efficiencies keeps buyers and suppliers plugging away. Co/CIOs will consolidate and redeploy resources; new products planned for fall. Ryder System is putting IT at the center of its plans to change how companies manage logistics. Is the CFO a tech/savvy numbers cruncher or a fiscally savvy technology manager? It's something you need to know. A laserlike focus on customers is key to the changing role of the chief marketing officer. Power companies ready a transaction clearinghouse for energy companies. Initiative will match freight with more than 1,000 fleet customers and carriers. The Class of 2001 is finding out--sometimes painfully--that there are no guarantees in the work world. New offerings help companies handle increasing complexity and cost of storing data . Agile's Electronic project Management speeds business cycles and allows dynamic changes. As IT becomes even more integral to success, companies are rethinking how the organization looks, functions, and interacts with the rest of the business. Management service providers help companies make sure their networks are up and running. Group offers network, storage, and systems management for midsize businesses. The IT talent shortage in the United States is driving more companies to use overseas developers. Economists agree that technology boosts productivity and is a significant factor in the expanding economy. Is more IT always good--and how long will the benefits last? A growing number of companies are turning to ESPs to handle the headaches of networking. Trapezo saved time setting up Web site by using Intira to manage its infrastructure. ZyLab's suite can be a good basis for companies that want to use existing knowledge better. Carrier will combine consulting, hosting, and software, but details are missing. Three deals, worth $1.2 billion, prompt a question: Is it time to let carriers manage your international network? And that is...Dave Bent, Master Builder Dave Bent is building Visteon into an E-business to be reckoned with. What's behind one of the most-misunderstood IT strategies. IT chiefs who don't make business goals their top priority are sure to fail. Procter & Gamble is looking to IT to change its entrenched culture--and vice versa. New software for managing networks meets the unique needs of small, midsize companies. Outsourcing to temporary CIOs can make project management easier. Portera introduces project-management software, buys online directory service. State inks deal with services vendors. Provider to offer E-mail, messaging services to ISPs and business customers. Should IT execs continue to pour money into their legacy systems or scrap time-tested infrastructures in favor of more open platforms? The answer is rarely cut and dry--but more often than not, these managers decide that there's life in the old systems yet. PM Boulevard offers interaction, advice. Unysis to create online training. Investment bank outsources hiring of contract staff to Computer Horizons. Electronic business is driving change throughout the enterprise--and forcing IT managers to take a leadership role in making business decisions. Some projects have become so important that companies are looking for new ways to measure their return on investment--or are dispensing with ROI studies completely. |
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