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November 20, 2000

Top Stories:
COVER STORY: E-Procurement: Problems Behind The Promise Companies find the applications limited, integration troublesome, and managing catalogs difficult. Is it worth it? Watch Out, Silicon Valley The Midwest has everything it needs to be an important technology center, say six business and technology leaders who call Chicago home
New Schools Of Thought Microsoft Isn't Ready To Write Off The Desktop Ballmer: Why Give Up The PC? Insurer Goes For Unisys' High-End Windows Machine Fujitsu Company To Target Unix Server Customers	Citigroup And Oracle Strike Marketplace Deal Notebook Makers Prepare For A Wireless World Net Security Companies Tackle Single Sign-On Access Oracle Aims To Bring Data Warehousing To Net Speed USinternetworking Gets A Big Financial Boost

BUSINESS APPLICATIONS	CUSTOMER ECONOMY	INFRASTRUCTURE
ASP Aggregators: Beyond Unifying Apps	Swissair Takes Customer Data Airborne Haystack Tries A New Way To Play	Sendmail And IBM Package E-Mail Backup-And-Recovery Startup Capitalizes On Size Voice Over IP Builds Momentum
PERVASIVE COMPUTING	APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT	CAREER
Wireless Data Transactions Get Safer Palm Brings Wireless Web Access To All Its PDAs	New Life For Peer-To-Peer Computing	MSPs Seek Partners And Widen Scope ClosedLoop Shoots For Accurate Financial Forecasts
INNOVATION	TECH ANALYZER	FINANCIAL
Technology To Go Authoring The Future Instant E-Commerce	Net Markets Gather B-To-B Momentum Partners Share Responsibility For Marketplace Security	HP, PricewaterhouseCoopers End Deal ICG Files For Bankruptcy Cisco To Buy Chipmaker 3Com Buys Nortel¹s Alteon NIC Unit J.D. Edwards Buys Stake In Atlas Taking Stock:PeopleSoft Puts ERP Online
OPINION	AUTHORITIES	BEHIND THE NEWS
Editor's Note: E-Procurement Requires Patience Business/IT: The Blabbermouth Brigade Secret CIO: Ready, Fire, Aim Letters: Ask The Secret CIO	Matter Of Fact: The Unexpected Outcome FRONTEND FrontEnd Follow The Money Bizmodel.com What's Hot	Behind The Numbers: Companies Emerge As Online Teachers Behind The News IT Confidential
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