Author: Larry Dignan

IT Execs Distrust Software Mergers

Toyota’s Mike Elsesser is a big believer in best-of-breed software. Elsesser, Toyota’s national technology manager of enterprise data management, says his software infrastructure features Oracle,

Outsmarting Outsourcers

When it comes to technology outsourcing deals, Kellwood Chief Information Officer Don Riley has seen just about everything. Kellwood, a St. Louis apparel and textile

Spin Unspun: July 2003

“Our board of directors rejected the Oracle bid citing a wide range of reasons, including the concern of the likelihood of antitrust scrutiny.”—PeopleSoft CEO Craig

Lowe’s Big Plan

One right turn, two lefts and three miles away from the Secaucus Home Depot, mothers are pushing baby strollers along airy, bright aisles at a

Data Depot

It’s a rainy day at the Home Depot in Secaucus, N.J. Contractors are milling about. Pigeons feed from an open bag of Wagner’s Four Season

PeopleSoft: Dominant or Distracted?

Arlyn Richards doesn’t want a spate of proposed enterprise software mergers to become an implementation headache for him. Richards, manager of information systems at Gallatin

Past-Forward: BMW Glitches Redux

When SAP AG executives outlined the company’s “best-of-suite” strategy, they neglected one part that would interest cash-strapped technology executives: its open-source database (“SAP’s Silent Database,”

The War on Spending

Recent attacks in the West Bank, Riyadh and Casablanca may mean the war on terrorism is far from over. But despite those ominous rumblings, technology