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This Week In InformationWeek Online: August 9, 1999

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COVER STORY: Reinvest Or Restructure? 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. XML's Legacy The Extensible Markup Language is becoming the preferred way to make legacy data available to users via the Internet Behind The Numbers: Presenting Your Bills On The Web
Help Is On The Way CA's Software Monitor Touts Performance Boost Wells Fargo Provides Procurement Wireless Finances Nike Sues Over Job Switch	Easy Data Integration Baan's New Focus Switches Protect Performance Brio Integrates Tools With Sqribe Software XML's Legacy

SOFTWARE	INTRANETS/INTERNET	IT MANAGEMENT
Automated Chartmaker Internet Supplier Links	Online Ordering Personal Business InternetView: XML For The Masses	Payroll Helpers Easier Job Searches Foreign Aid For IT
HARDWARE	NETWORKING	CAREER
IBM Serves Linux Secure Synchronization	Gigabit Connections Over Copper Wiring Network Policies Ease Management	Women Make Gains In Top Management
LABS	FINANCIAL	EMERGING ENTERPRISES
Star Of The Office Desktop TechView: Big Iron Meets Big Irony	Taking Stock: True Hosting, True Enigma	Quick Traffic Analysis Net Services Bundle
OPINION	BEHIND THE NEWS	AUTHORITIES
Editor's Note: Legacy Systems: Golden Oldies Government Monitoring: Thanks, But No Thanks A Closer Look: Y2K Has Wide Range Of Possibilites Benchmarks: Applications To The Nines Out Of The Box: Value Behind The Bluster	Behind The Numbers: Presenting Your Bills On The Web IT Confidential Behind The News	Internet Zone: Can Linux Make It On The Desktop? APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT ERP: Keep It Simple
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