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What are they?Computer networks that manage themselves; sometimes described as “self-managed” or “self-healing.” The term derives from the vertebrate nervous system, which controls involuntary functions like breathing and digestion. Who came up with them?Everyone, and no one. Researchers have been investigating autonomic computing for years. Compaq, Intel and Cisco, for
If you worked in Sigma-Aldrich’s customer service group three or four years ago, you performed some ugly gyrations to fill the orders of online shoppers. Like a lot of companies, Sigma-Aldrich—a supplier of chemicals to research laboratories—put up an electronic- commerce site in late 1998. At the time, the company
As the vice president of information systems for Toyota’s North American manufacturing operations, Jim Bolte spends his days figuring out how technology can be used to streamline operations—and thus manage costs—at a mass-production business that turns out more than a million new cars each year. In an interview with Baseline,
Schering-Plough, a $9.8 billion drugmaker best known for its Claritin allergy pills, is a chronic violator of Food and Drug Administration rules on making medicines. The company just paid $250 million to cover half of a $500 million settlement with the FDA. But it still has a lot of work
E-Markets Get Busy Signs of a World-Class Technology Group Home Security Software Piracy: Tracking the Thieves Customer Focus For a detailed view of this month’s statistics, download the PDF file.
The most recent fiscal three-month period just ended will be the second, third, fourth or even ninth consecutive money-losing quarter for some software vendors. Gartner Inc., the Stamford, Conn., research and consulting house, now estimates that 50% of today’s software companies won’t even be around by the end of 2004.
Mike MeinzDirector, Information TechnologyGeneral MillsMinneapolis, Minn.www.generalmills.com Manager’s Profile: A 35-year veteran of General Mills, he started as a computer operator working with punch cards and paper tape. He now fashions the overall architecture of the company’s corporate computing system. Project Particulars: Using software bundled into existing Microsoft Windows NT servers,
One of the defining moments of my career occurred when I was 26, shortly after I left IBM to join Harrah’s. I had 10 months to get the technology ready for the grand opening of Harrah’s new casino in Atlantic City. Opening a new casino is never easy. You’re going
Outrage and disbelief were the first reactions last month to news that FBI agents, in the weeks before Sept. 11, had been unable to search bureau computers for a word string as simple as “flight schools.” That revelation by Coleen Rowley, the whistle-blowing special agent who testified before Congress, shocked
Betting your business on a start-up, as EFS Network has done, is a tough decision for many customers given the number of vendors that have disappeared or been acquired over the last two years. One protection that customers are seeking is to insist that vendors put their source code in