November 2003 Online Extras

An assortment of articles, presentations and content exclusive to Baseline online.

Proprietary Payback
Tool: Evaluating Time to Payback
To analyze lines of code and development costs and get the most bang for your buck from proprietary software, download this Microsoft Excel calculator.


Demand-Planning Details
Calculating Costs of a Demand-Planning System
Want to forecast the future? Download this Microsoft Excel planner to see how much a demand-planning system costs and the infrastructure involved.

New Balance: Shoe Fits
New Balance had nearly faded into irrelevance six years ago. Then, accurately forecasting demand for its shoes became a sport for the entire company and its retailing partners. Now it's making up ground quickly, in its footrace with Nike.

Controlling the Air Waves
Wireless local-area networks are notoriously insecure. But that's not stopping companies from cobbling together technologies. < ZIFFARTICLE id="111440" title="Controlling the Air Waves">Read about it.

Be sure to check out our Dossiers on three wireless network security specialists:
• Cisco ("Taking a Leap"),
• Bluesocket ("Easy, Effective, Expensive"), and
• Wavelink Corp. ("Getting By With Less").

Calculating Costs (p.104)
Tool: Evaluating Time to Payback
To analyze lines of code and development costs and get the most bang for your buck from proprietary software, download this Microsoft Excel Calculator.


Primer (p.106)
Primer: Federated Identity Management
Federated identity management allows companies with different technologies to share applications.


Managing Risks (p.108)
Battling That Pesky Weight Problem
Sometimes it's hard to know exactly where the pain in your information technology comes from.