Author: Larry Dignan

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

Money in the Middle

Terry Simmons, chief information officer for RSR Corp., doesn’t get a lot of visitors from Seattle at his office in Dallas. But it’s amazing how

Diagnosis: Disconnected

All the health crises since 2001–anthrax, West Nile, smallpox vaccinations and now SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)–are starting to blur together for Dr. Tom Safranek,

War With Iraq May Alter Budgets

Brian Garavuso, chief technology officer for Interstate Hotels and Resorts, is mulling his own war plans. The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and a weak economy

To Quantify or Qualify

In sports, the “intangibles” that certain athletes possess carry a lot of weight. Leadership and a good presence in the locker room are two oft-cited

Frugal Flyer

Paul Smith, director of information services for ATA Airlines, doesn’t particularly like the term “cheapskate” to describe the way he controls costs at the Indianapolis-based

DPI Scrambles After Credit-Card Theft

When Data Processors International (DPI) revealed in February that an “unauthorized outside party” ran off with more than five million Visa and MasterCard account numbers

Who Can You Trust?

Monitor-maker ViewSonic did not see this one coming. A network administrator it once employed was arrested last month for hacking into the monitor-maker’s network and