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When Bad Things Happen to Good Projects

If all projects were the same, life would be easy. Whoever ran one project could be handed the next, with success virtually ensured. In reality, projects vary widely, as do

EMC: No Longer Alone on Top

No Longer Alone on Top EMC Corp. was once one of the darlings of high technology, a leader in the seemingly mundane area of data storage whose outsize profits in

Hitachi Data Systems: Late But Coming On Strong

Late, but Coming on Strong Hitachi Data Systems is gunning for EMC Corp. Although Hitachi entered the market for storage area networks after EMC had become dominant, the subsidiary of

POSCO: The Next Big Steel

At the turn of the 20th century, steel magnate Andrew Carnegie made an observation that would portend the difficulties U.S. Steel would face at the turn of the 21st. “Pittsburgh,”

Leaving Room for Data to Arrive

Four years ago, Jim Wicker had a computing mess on his hands. An acquisition binge by his company, Dynamex—a Dallas-based provider of same-day delivery services—had left Wicker managing an information

U.S. Steel Tries Tech Alchemy

U.S. Steel Base CaseHeadquarters: 600 Grant St., Pittsburgh, PA. 15219Phone: (412) 433-1121Business: Integrated steel manufacturerFinancials: $6.38 billion total revenue; $218 million net loss (fiscal 2001)CIO: Gene Trudell, managing director of

U.S. Steel: Why the Red Ink?

For all the talk (and reality) of bankruptcy in the steel industry, U.S. Steel is widely lauded for its technology and efficiency. Which simply begs the question: Why is it

Enterprise Servers: HP’s Alpha Division

The Omega of Alpha It was Digital Equipment Corp.’s baby, which went through midlife at Compaq and now will die at Hewlett-Packard. Such is the life of the proprietary Alpha

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