Month: June 2005

Voice of Experience: Air Supply

David LauderdaleChief Technical OfficerWorldspanAtlanta, Ga.www.worldspan.comMANAGER’S PROFILE: In charge of data center and network operations for the 2,500-employee travel services company, which reported $944 million in

Base Technologies 10

ChoicePoint collects, processes and analyzes data using tools that run mostly on a combination of IBM mainframes and Hewlett-Packard and Sun servers. Application Product Supplier

Danaher Corp.: Leaner Machine

Tom Mathis had the job of taking a “lean” organization and making it even “leaner.” As vice president of supply chain management at Danaher Sensors

Kia Motors America: Lemon Aid

When Korean car manufacturer Kia Motors arrived on the North American automotive scene in 1995, it promised to make Japanese-quality vehicles at Korean prices. Buyers

Will a New Planning System Bust You?

An enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation is one of the costliest and most complex information-technology initiatives an organization can undertake. If done well and in

The Art of the Deal for Tech Execs

Dianah Neff is a chief information officer with a marketing degree from San Jose State. That’s good because Neff, CIO of the city of Philadelphia,

Data Security’s Hidden Problem: Us

Steven Calderon has been raked over the coals enough. You will discover this in John McCormick and Deborah Gage’s report, Choicepoint:Blur. Calderon was arrested in