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Managing Partner Accenture www.accenture.com Elevator Pitch Tolan heads Accentures $2 billion, 9,000-person outsourcing unit. She preaches a gospel of creative and hard thinking to get the best value out of a clients business. She is convincing CEOs to embrace Accentures “transformational outsourcing” strategy. A.K.A. An “unabashed capitalist in search of shareholder value.” Top Challenge “Energizing […]

Autodesk Buzzing Autodesk, the worlds biggest provider of software for designing structures, signed a deal to acquire Buzzsaw.com, a privately held company that operates an online marketplace for the building industry. Autodesk formerly held a 40 percent interest in Buzzsaw, and now picks up the remaining 60 percent for about $15 million. Autodesk assumes all […]

The Department of Commerce is taking proposals to open the U.S. little-used country code domain name — dot-us — to broad registration, along the lines of such global domain names as dot-com or dot-net. But its plans have come under fire from groups that say a valuable public resource is being given away unnecessarily at […]

Peeking through the internet economys storm clouds are two distinct rays of sunshine for I-managers: Internet and IT budgets are up slightly and vendors are falling over themselves to discount products and services. Gartner last week released early results of its annual IT survey, which showed 56 percent of its 600-company sample are planning to […]

Try, Try Again Although most newspapers have tried in vain to charge for their online editions, the Albuquerque (N.M.) Journal recently decided to buck the trend. Subscribers to the print edition get free access to the daily paper online. Nonsubscribers must pay $60 per year for the online edition, and everyone pays to get to […]

Russian Code Jockey Busted Dmitry Sklyarov had just given a speech the day before at the Def Con 9 security conference in Las Vegas last week and was packing his bags for a return to Russia when FBI officials came in and arrested him. Sklyarov is a developer with Moscow-based ElcomSoft, which sells software designed […]

As a travel segment on windsurfing in Aruba appears on USA Networks new Travel Channel, consumers will immediately be able to buy the featured air, hotel and recreation package, either by phone or on the Internet. Its the world of online travel as envisioned by Barry Diller, CEO of USA Networks, which bought a controlling […]

The number of bathrooms and bedrooms are important. The age of the appliances, roof and water heater is also key. But, in an effort to boost broadband deployment into U.S. homes, the Consumer Electronics Association, Intel and others also hope buyers, builders and realtors will start to consider technology amenities when describing the perfect homes. […]

High-speed access — the missing link between pent-up demand and a wealth of entertainment services — is expected to reach critical mass by years end, opening the turnpike to a new media marketplace worth $200 billion per year. After years of watching the slow but steady growth of broadband networks, entertainment giants such as Sony, […]

Retailers pay attention to anything that reduces the time it takes to give customers what they want, take their money and replenish stock. Wireless communication and data processing systems are getting lots of attention, from consumer-goods manufacturers to distribution fleets to store floors—and even sidewalk sales. “Wireless is on the forefront of the minds of […]