Monthly Archives: April 2005
Philadelphia: Muni Wi-Fis Worst-Case Scenario
Back in the days of the first OPEC-inspired energy crisis, an editorial cartoonist by the name of Jules Pfeiffer drew then-president Richard Nixon cutting...
Virtue Leads to Excellence
Simulations are notorious for what they leave out, at least as much as theyre valued for what they include. Knowing what can be safely...
Ingram Micro to Lay Off 550, Move Jobs Overseas
Distributor Ingram Micro Inc. said Monday it is laying off 550 employees and outsourcing most of those positions overseas in a move to increase...
Home Depot Self-Checkout Boosts Sales, Satisfaction
When Home Depot chief executive Robert Nardelli met with Wall Street analysts in January, he said the best way to judge the companys technology...
Southwest Airlines: High Tech, Low Costs
Gary KellySouthwest AirlinesJET JOCKEYTITLE: Vice chairman of the board and CEOTENURE: 8 months on current job; 19 years at companyEDUCATION: B.B.A. in accounting from...
The Rebirth of a Dead E-Commerce Site
Back in May 1999, near the height of the dot-com insanity, one of a host of media darlings was an underwear sales dot-com called...
HIPAA Security Compliance Deadline Draws Near
Health care payers and providers have two weeks until security rules protecting electronic health information kick in. Accordingly, trade and government groups have released...
Brazil: The Next Windows vs. Linux Battleground?
Can a cheap, stripped-down version of Windows derail the momentum of open-source software? Microsoft Corp. is hoping it can.
Microsoft is poised to introduce its...
Teradata Continues BI, Data-Warehousing Strategy
Relational database vendor Teradata, the cornerstone of success for former NCR Corp. CEO Mark Hurd, is moving on in the wake of its leaders...
Microsoft Releases Server SP1
Two years after releasing Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Corp. has finally given customers the first update to the operating system, Service Pack 1.The Redmond,...