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Tis the Season to Counterfeit The holiday shopping rush means more sales for companies and more counterfeiters to combat. Read how easily products are faked, and get some guidelines on how to thwart crime. (Baseline) Bank of America: When Systems Dont Merge Bank of America hasn't completely unified the two core banking systems from its 1998 merger with NationsBank. Now it has to integrate FleetBoston's systems. Are they up for this huge challenge? (Baseline) Can Technology Outpace a California Wildfire? California uses a real-time system to rally resources to fight wildfires. Will it hook up with a national system? Will Amazon.coms Growth Strategy Work? For the first time in its eight-year history, Amazon.com posted a profitable quarter that wasn't driven by holiday shopping. But to keep growing, Amazon will need to wield more clout offline. Here's a look at its untested strategy to offer back-end online Ameritrade Merges Best of IT With Datek The online brokerage had to buy rival Datek in order to survive. But growth can kill, too, unless you merge systems carefully. (Baseline) New Balance: Forecasting for Market Leadership New Balance had nearly faded into irrelevance six years ago. Then, accurately forecasting demand with smarter applications like SRC Software and Agilisys became a sport for the entire company and its retailing partners. Now it's making up ground quickly, WD-40: Systems Transformation and Brand Expansion The lubricant maker used to have a Brand Forress. Sonic Automotive: Roadside Aid CIO David Boatman has to support 5,000 PCs at 139 dealerships in 15 states. Hot Topic: Small Companies, Big Returns Installing a wide-area communications network let workers and managers easily talk about the latest styles, keeping the hip retailer in a groove. Dallas Mavericks: Customer Management Technology is the sixth man for this basketball franchise. Sarbanes-Oxley: Does Honesty Pay Off? Conventional wisdom says there's no financial return in meeting the fraud-fighting requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Linux for the Long Haul Linux push continues for mission-critical applications. Curing Web App Performance Ills ProactiveNet 5.0 management tool is the right medicine at McKesson. BAT Looks to Web Services Tobacco giant taps CXO for dashboard view of data. Penguin Moves to Disney Disney and other animation studios draw on CodeWeavers' Wine expertise to run Photoshop on Linux. Fishing for Assets Merrill Lynch is investing up to $1 billion so it can reel in wealthier investors. Has it gone overboard? Auditing An Oracle Shareholders nearly deify Warren Buffett for the way he manages his diverse holding company, Berkshire Hathaway of Omaha. (Baseline) PADI Dives Into E-Synergy Suite helps group widen e-business capabilities. Hess CIO Richard Ross on Leveraging Linux Thinking Out Loud: Richard Ross says using Linux clusters to help find more oil, faster and for less money, can help Hess boost revenues. But Linux isn't ready, in his view, for use throughout the corporation at least not yet. Here's why. (CI Coleman Travels Lighter Leostream centrally manages camping giant's VMs.