Month: March 2002

Allfirst Financial: Out of Control

Baltimore’s Mount Washington neighborhood is not a likely locale for an international banking scandal. But the narrow streets of this hilly upper-middle class enclave were

Enron: Security Woes, Too?

Protecting a company from external computer hackers is not a job for the faint of heart. Even when the attacks are routine, it’s tough, and

Why Andersen Cracked in IT Suit

Arthur Andersen is not just struggling with fallout of its auditing work at Enron, Global Crossing and Qwest Communications. Its information technology consulting also led

Containing the Pain of Scope Creep

Cost overruns. Delays. Infighting. Most problems in the development lifecycle can be traced back to scope creep—including project failure. Scope creep is a natural part

How ADP Gets Tough with IBM

In the basement of Automatic Data Processing’s labs in Roseland, N.J., server farms pound on IBM’s WebSphere application server. Even on weekends, when VP of

By the Numbers: March 2002

Security Attacks Rise, Breaches Kept at Bay Who’s Attacking? Infrastructure: From Whom to Buy? Fancy Isn’t Frivolous: HTML vs. Text E-mail Web Services Wait Storage