Month: October 2003

By the Numbers: October 2003

Tight Pocketbooks Find Room for E-Business As information technology budgets shrink, e-business initiatives continue to gain a bigger piece of the pie, according to an

Sonic Automotive: Roadside Aid

When Chief Information Officer David Boatman arrived at Sonic Automotive four years ago, the company was motoring ahead like it was on the acquisition Autobahn.

Niku: The Old-Timer Is New Again

When managing projects with specialized software was still a fairly new idea, New York-based ABT was widely acknowledged as a leader in the fledgling field.

Changepoint: Same Script, Different Theater

Aptly named Changepoint has certainly adapted—to stock-market hiccups and software-market shifts. The firm shelved its 2000 public offering, but had roughly $40 million in venture

Pacific Edge: Mom-And-Pop No More

Pacific Edge is no longer run on a day-to-day basis by its married co-founders, but longtime customers say it hasn’t lost its personal touch. The

Noveon: The Box Stops Here

Noveon needed to boost its returns, fast. So the billion-dollar specialty chemicals company loaded up on low-cost standard computers. By Tom Steinert-Threlkeld The Task: Create

Does Honesty Pay Off?

For Bob Travatello, the benefit of complying with Sarbanes-Oxley is calculated in prison time: “The ROI is keeping my CEO and CFO out of jail.”

Talk a Language They Understand

There are two kinds of executives: The business-savvy manager who uses technology and the technologist. Before long, the latter will become extinct. “The day of