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SAP’s Silent Database

When SAP AG executives went on a road show late last month to pitch investors in New York, London and Hong Kong, the company outlined its “best of suite” strategy,

Primer: The Virtual Database

What is it? A way to manage many different data sources as though they were all in one place. Sometimes called “virtual centralized database” or “federated database.” Who came up

Joseph Farrelly, CIO of Aventis Pharma

I’ve been industry-mobile throughout my career. All of my executive-level experience has come during periods of dynamic change, either as part of a new management team or as a new

The Right ROI Is “Return on Individual”

Information is what you gather, distribute and present. Information on the most critical business processes and assets your company has. So products can be sold and decisions made. Obvious, right?

Delta CEO Apologizes for Pay

Delta Air Lines CEO Leo Mullin apologized on Friday for his insensitivity to concerns about his pay package in light of the economic pressures on Delta’s employees. Delta will finish

Starbucks Brews Up Wireless Access

Artie Dohler is on the phone, animatedly trying to find out about an altercation involving a customer the previous night at closing time at one of his Starbucks stores in

How Jack Daniel’s Eases Bottlenecks

The Jack Daniel’s distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee, is a theme park wrapped around a production plant. The studiously rustic visitors center houses a small museum of whiskey-making artifacts, from antique

Amid Delisting Warning, i2 CEO Upbeat

DALLAS, Texas – Supply chain “improvement company” i2 Technologies has a “huge opportunity to be a $1 billion company,” its chairman and chief executive officer Sanjiv Sidhu said Tuesday, one

What Keeps Managers Awake at Night? Security

SAN FRANCISCO—Nervous executives took the stage at the RSA Security Conference here on Tuesday to fret about poor Internet security and its effect on their businesses. In a 40-minute discussion

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