Monthly Archives: January 2001
Grand Plan
Nearly 20 years ago, MTV was the height of cool, with its weird images of rock stars wearing shredded leotards and polka-dot dresses. Its...
Market Outlook
Entertainment companies are retrenching when it comes to the Internet and digital content, but everyone is trying to figure out what they need to...
Balancing the Daily Woes of a Dot-com CIO
If there is one question that i get asked most consistently, it is "As a dot-com CTO, what is your most difficult challenge?" Choosing...
Breaking The Online Music Mold
Many people using the Internet to search for music do not fit the image of the Napster-happy college student — and Ted Boucher could...
Lucent Restructures, Cuts Jobs
Analysts said Lucent Technologies took the right steps to stem losses after the networking giant announced plans to cut 16,000 jobs and slash spending...
Training Spans the World
Imagine youre stuck with 1,200 legacy system experts, scattered all over the world. Granted, theyve been your enterprises backbone, developing legacy systems for finance,...
Almost Famous
Before we had even played our first concert, in the winter of 1995, my band, Headboard, had a Web site. Back then, music on...
E-Marketplaces Slow To Launch
With plenty of fanfare, big industry players introduced online marketplaces for everything from planes and automobiles to hotel rooms last year. But months later,...
Novell: Big Spender?
Novell Inc., often the subject of acquisition rumors, has itself embarked on a new and aggressive acquisition strategy, which it says will strengthen its...
Making Waves
As manager at a radio station, Ken Freedman gets plenty of feedback from listeners. Last year, he got a smattering of comments from people...