IT Management
Harvard Business Review, 11/1/02: Six IT Decisions Your IT People Shouldn't Make
Senior managers often feel frustration--even exasperation--toward information technology and their IT departments. The managers complain that they don't see much business value from the high-priced systems they install, but they don't understand the technology well enough to manage it in detail. So they often leave IT people to make, by default, choices that affect the company's business strategy. The frequent result? Too many projects, a demoralized IT unit, and disappointing returns on IT investments. What distinguishes companies that generate substantial value from their IT investments from those that don't? The leadership of senior managers in making six key IT decisions. The first three relate to strategy: How much should we spend on IT? Which business processes should receive our IT dollars? Which IT capabilities need to be companywide? The second three relate to execution: How good do our IT services really need to be? Which security and privacy risks will we accept? Whom do we blame if an IT initiative fails?
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Mobile
Internet.Com, 11/7/02: Intel Readies its 802.11 Gambit
By Michael Singer
SAN FRANCISCO -- When Intel (Quote, Company Info) rolls out its wireless-specific processor (named Banias) in the first part of next year, it will mark a milestone in its long-term strategy to get people to think mobile.
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Meredith Rose Roberts
Congratulations to Keith Roberts & Family
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8 Mile
San Francisco Chronicle, 11/8/02: Rapper Eminem succeeds in 'Rocky'-like tale about his own rise to fame
This is Eminem as hero and Horatio Alger. Are you ready for that, America?
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