CenterBeam
Inc. Magazine, 7/02: Subscription computing was going to end IT torture.
Like lots of ideas hatched in 1999, this one now sounds too good to be true. Imagine paying a monthly bill for, and never giving a second thought to, your computer network, just as you do for your electricity. "Subscription computing" promised to deliver big-company IT on a small-company budget. So why is a service tailor-made for entrepreneurs now marketed only to corporate types?
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Dell
eWeek, 7/16/02: Dell Offers Twist on PC Management
By Paula Musich
Armed with new services and tools, Dell Computer Corp. set out on Monday to get its customers to take better care of their hardware.
The Round Rock, Texas, computer maker announced a new remote monitoring service, offered through the Dell Premier Enterprise Support agreements, that gives customers the option to have hardware alerts or operating system alerts sent directly to Dell for assistance. The alerts are sent to Dell at the same time the customer receives them in the hopes of speeding responses to failures.
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Intel
The New York Times, 7/16/02: Gray Outlook From Intel; Bluer Skies at Motorola
By BARNABY J. FEDER
Intel, the world's largest microchip manufacturer, said yesterday that it had encountered few signs of economic recovery in the second quarter and that it expected weaker than normal seasonal improvement in demand the rest of the year.
As a result, Intel said, it plans cost-cutting measures, including a cut in capital spending and the elimination of about 4,000 jobs, almost 5 percent of its work force. It has cut about 5,000 jobs in the last year.
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EDS
Press Release, 7/16/02: EDS Grows Faster, but IBM Global Services Holds No. 1 in TBR's PSBQ Benchmark Scoring
Top performers in IT services have an increasing focus on outsourcing amid shrinking budgets for IT projects and consulting
Ranked No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 by Technology Business Research's Professional Services Business Quarterly competitive benchmark, IBM Global Services, Electronic Data Systems and Accenture are still the best-positioned IT services companies. Despite a challenging quarter and new leadership, IGS maintains the leading position among its peers with a huge backlog of $108 billion, 1Q02 revenue of $8.23 billion and a pre-tax income of $1.1 billion.
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IT Management
CIO, 7/15/02: A Buyer’s Guide to IT Value Methodologies
WHEN A COMPANY BUYS a new fleet of delivery trucks, it can predict with reasonable accuracy how much more revenue it will generate by delivering more goods more quickly to more customers. That can make it easier to justify the investment. It's rare, however, to find a CIO who can produce similar numbers for IT investments.
"As recently as two years ago, companies made IT investments to reduce cost, enhance productivity or solve specific business challenges," says Thomas Pisello, president and CEO of Alinean, an Orlando, Fla.-based valuation consultancy. "Now with today's economic climate, CIOs are under a lot of pressure to justify that budget and put a measure on value that may not be obvious."
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Booz Allen
Information Week, 7/16/02: Former CIA Director Joins IT Consulting Firm
James Woolsey will head a team that will help companies protect themselves from potential threats and vulnerabilities.
By Eric Chabrow
Add the name James Woolsey to the roster of some 1,000 former intelligence and military officers working at Booz Allen Hamilton. The management and IT consulting firm has hired the former CIA director as a VP in its Global Strategic Security practice. Among other prominent ex-spies working at Booz Allen: Michael McConnell, former director of the super-secret National Security Agency, and Rich Wilhelm, senior policy adviser on terrorism and intelligence to former Vice President Al Gore.
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