Month: July 2003

Dillard’s: The Big Fix

Jerry Blaker, a senior consultant in IBM’s Houston supply-chain practice, felt like he’d gotten off on the wrong floor when he took up his post

Mohegan Sun: Play for Keeps

Sue Vanwiggeren is 76 but looks two decades younger with her black hair and sharp white suit. For the past year, she has taken the

Primer: LAMP

What is it? Shorthand for Linux-Apache-MySQL-and (your choice of) Perl, Python or PHP. In effect, it’s a “stack” of basic business software that is freely

The Hidden Costs of Owning Software

When it comes to evaluating software purchases, the cost of the program itself is only the tip of the iceberg. Most budgets realistically account for

EMC: A Packaged Deal

EMC Corp.176 South St., Hopkinton, MA 01748(508) 435-1000 www.emc.com/products/software.jspTicker: EMCExchange: NYSEEmployees: 17,400 Mark S. LewisExecutive Vice President, Open Software OperationsOversees all storage management software products.

July 2003 Online Extras

24/7 SERVICES Home Cooking (Case Dissection Online Exclusive) In 1991, McDonald’s made its first foray into collecting daily sales data from stores through an electronic