Month: June 2005

Don’t Become Awash in Useless Metrics

Every month, my predecessor distributed a 30-page report to each executive and manager about the information-technology infrastructure at Rohm and Haas. He fed everyone a

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

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

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

3Com: Battling the Behemoth

Usually, 3Com ends up locking horns with just one massive moose of a competitor (hint: Its name begins with C and ends with O). When

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

Sears, CSC Launch Word War

Sears Holdings Corp. and Computer Sciences Corp. are at war over two words: “cause” vs. “convenience.” This is no mere dictionary debate. Millions of dollars