Author: Larry Barrett

Girding The Grid

Innovation may be the life-blood of technology, but once the electrons stop flowing even the best information system goes limp. About 50 million electricity customers

Fishing for Assets

Financial advisers at the Merrill Lynch office in San Jose, Calif., cringe just before 1 p.m. local time, and it has nothing to do with

Roadblock: Technical Aversion

THE OBSTACLEMcDonald’s culture for years had been based on a very simple mantra: the burgers and fries had to be consistent and they had to

Taxed to the Max

In 1998, Congress gave the Internal Revenue Service 10 years to overhaul its information systems and reduce the $4.2 billion the government spends each year

ERP: Bulletproof No More

Chuck Moore is too busy ironing out the installation of an upgrade to his company’s human resources software to worry about network security. That’s what

Enron: Shock to a System

Enron entered bankruptcy proceedings more than 15 months ago, but the headaches remain for former partners and employees. Last month, Texas’ El Paso Electric said

Mark of a Pro

Two days before Thanksgiving, the Cherokee County (Georgia) Sheriff’s Department recovered the body of Roberto Alvarez from the bottom of a four-acre pond at Towne