Stories From The Issue Of » December 19, 2005
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  • Everyone Wants One
    Demand for BlackBerrys and similar devices is growing even faster than anticipated. But as mobile E-mail booms, so do the challenges.


Change Agents
Scott Kveton? Blake Caldwell? Here are some people you probably don't know who will shape IT in the coming year.


Overrated, Underrated
The tech industry is filled with overhyped technologies and underappreciated ideas. Great concepts like electronic medical records have to build traction. Conventional wisdom, like there's an IT skills shortage, sometimes turns out not to be true. It's not always clear how these things are going to pan out in the long run. In that spirit, InformationWeek offers the most overblown and underestimated technologies, ideas, and trends of the past 12 months.

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