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Big Ideas, Small Budgets


The industries with the stingiest tech budgets still manage to innovate with technology. Here's how the mining, plastics, and construction industries do it.



Check out these cutting-edge capabilities from three IT Scrooges.

Data About Mining
How a Canadian professor makes uncertainty about the future pay off.
Better Chemistry Through Software
Plastics companies use analysis tools to turn polymers into steel.
Construction Firm Does What It Does Best With IT Infrastructure: Build It On Its Own
Writing custom applications for procurement or customer service might not seem so impressive, unless most of your industry is stuck on spreadsheets.

This article, the second in a three-part series, is just one element of a special CMP Technology multimedia package on business innovation. For links to related stories from Intelligent Enterprise, Network Computing, and Optimize and additional editorial content, including podcasts and videos, go to businessinnovation.cmp.com/iwk.

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