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MANUFACTURING
"At first glance, eMachineShop.com sounds like a relic from the dotcom days of the late '90s. But unlike so many of the dotcom failures, this website actually makes something tangible."
CIO Magazine, November 15, 2004,
"Trendlines: Machine Shop Dreams"
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INFORMATION SYSTEMS
"Behind the hype, BPM is a marketing buzzword for various software applications that are useful if you have a business process that needs improvement. But for a BPM product to be useful to you, rather than a waste of time and money, it's important to choose the right project and the appropriate software."
CIO Magazine, November 15, 2004,
"BPM: A New Glue Or The Old Soft Shoe?"
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"We figured the vendors could be trusted to give us the straight scoop on their products and services.
Boy, were we wrong."
CIO Magazine, December 1, 2004,
"Peer-to-Peer: IT Buyer Beware"
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"It goes against human nature to always expect the worst. But with IT projects, pessimism - otherwise known as contingency planning - is the only way to keep small technology problems from becoming full-blown business disasters. Too bad no one can bring themselves to do enough of it."
CIO Magazine, December 1, 2004,
"Contingency Planning: When Bad Things Happen to Good Projects"
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"The IT job market has been in the doldrums for so long that it seemed a permanent condition. Things are starting to change, . . ."
CIO Magazine, February 1, 2005,
"Trendlines: IT Hiring Perks Up"
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"With a quickly changing technology market and a shift toward more outsourcing and multiple vendors, CIOs are often uncertain whether they are getting the best deals from vendors."
CIO Magazine, February 1, 2005,
"A New Way To Manage Vendors"
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"If you truly want to be bold in 2005 and beyond, the surest way to do that is to spend more, not less, on your most bold and business-transforming initiatives."
CIO Magazine, February 1, 2005,
"From The Publisher: Bold Is Beautiful"
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HEALTH CARE
"Each disruption affected every doctor on the system; they could not gain access to their patients' medical records, and at times clinics were forced to turn patients away untreated. The IS department faced heat on all sides."
CIO Magazine, February 1, 2005,
"Leadership: Glaser Faces the Music"
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HR/PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
"Nothing boosts morale or heightens concentration quite like the public firing of an individual who everyone knows is a persistent obstacle to discipline, collaboration, quality and ethics . . ."
CIO Magazine, February 15, 2005,
"Staff Management: Ready, Aim, Fire!"
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