Author: Larry Barrett

After WorldCom, Who’ll Be Your ISP?

You’ve already heard the news. WorldCom has filed for bankruptcy protection amid questionable accounting practices. Verizon spin-off Genuity teeters precipitously after Verizon announced it wouldn’t

Update: New CIO for Tyson

Jeri Dunn, formerly the vice president and CIO of Nestle USA, has left the world’s largest food manufacturer to become the first senior vice president

Poultry Production, Past and Present

The fact that chicken production and consumption has increased nine-fold in the past 40 years while the average cost per pound to produce chickens—factoring in

Measuring Up: Tech Stocks

16.34 — 40-year average of S&P index’s price-to-earnings ratio. Yet, the top 5 tech companies are now trading at nearly twice that number. Over the

What New CIOs Should Know

When a company faces a crisis, CIOs often get replaced. Whether facing bankruptcy or simply a large-scale defection of top technology talent, company leaders must