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This Week In InformationWeekOnline: December 6, 1999

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*COVER STORY: InformationWeek's* Chief Of The Year Dave Bent is building Visteon into an E-business to be reckoned with Real-Time Reality Businesses are finding that pretty fast is now too slow. Streaming Media Goes Mainstream** A growing number of companies are using the technology to boost communications. InformationWeek Forum: In Search Of The Customer-Centric Enterprise Three top IT executives discuss the best ways for businesses get closer to customers
Global Outsourcing Grows SAP Spin-Off Aims To Boost Web-Site Performance High-Profile Players Enter ASP Market Business-To-Business Integration Picks Up Front-Office Applications By Way Of The Web Candle Unveils Web-Site Building And Management Suite	Sun Plans Improvements To High-End Systems AMD's Athlon Chips Win Praise, Not Business Buyers Microsoft Spells Out Its Interoperability Strategy Informix Makes E-Commerce Intelligence Push Networking Systems Open For E-Business

BUSINESS APPLICATIONS	E-BUSINESS	SERVICES
Calico's Offering Aids Exchanges Software Helps To Keep Sales Pitches Fresh Secant Upgrades Application Server With Java Support ERP Vendors Move Into The Integration Market Presentation Tool Dazzles In Form, Not Function	MasterCard To Offer Virtual Credit Blockbuster Outsources Order Processing And Fulfillment Internet Develops Its Own Tax Code Tools For Web Searches Get A New Focus	Voice Services Go Global PricewaterhouseCoopers Extends E-Business Push CA Expands Its Help-Desk Services Offerings
INFRASTRUCTURE	EMERGING ENTERPRISES	CAREER
Iomega's New Strategy Takes Off Axent Upgrade Network Vulnerability Software Eight-Way Servers Take Center Stage Network-Management Transformation	Not All Companies Weave Web Success	For Retired Colonel, Opposites Attract Automation Tools Map Careers For IT Professionals
LABS	FINANCIAL	BEHIND THE NEWS
Real-Time Communication TechWatch: ASPs: Right Call, Wrong Reason?	J.D. Edwards Earns Small 4Q Profit Taking Stock: Bluestone's Compelling Model	Behind The Numbers: Have You Seen My Web Page? Behind The News IT Confidential
OPINION	AUTHORITIES
Editor's Note: What It Takes To Be A Successful CIO Business/IT: Customer Focus: The Next Y2K Issue Face To Face: Change And Leadership Secret CIO: Are We A Cost Or An Opportunity?	Eye On IT: Change, Leadership, And Responsibility
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