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Kmart: SCM Gone Wrong

Baselinemag January 24, 2002 1:01 am

By the 530th day, the turnaround that Chuck Conaway announced on Aug. 10, 2000, was finished. On that day, Kmart filed for bankruptcy protection. Now, Kmart CEO Conaway and newly named Kmart Chairman James Adamson will begin a new turnaround effort, washing the No. 3 discount retailer’s balance sheet of

Commentary: Blame Enough to Go Around at Kmart

Edward Cone January 23, 2002 3:01 pm

The profound failure of Kmart’s ever-vacillating technology strategy was both a cause and a symptom of the problems that drove the retailer to bankruptcy. On the cause side, Kmart has been unable to build the systems that would get its supply chain in shape to compete with Wal-Mart and Target,

Calculating Costs of Implementing an Electronic Medical Data Network

Regina Kwon January 16, 2002 1:01 am

This chart and timeline show the total costs of implementing a networkto exchange medical claims data electronically, from the perspective of a health care provider. The example is based on a midsize hospital that must integrate connectivity, routingand data-translation software with its legacy infrastructure and that must be able to

Editorial Mission

Baselinemag January 7, 2002 7:01 pm

Baseline, published by QuinStreet, is dedicated to helping business and technology managers and executives work together to achieve their business and IT goals, improve the ROI on their technology investments, and, ultimately, have a positive impact on business performance and the bottom line. The website provides a community in which

Vitria Technology: A Company in Transition

Matthew Rothenberg January 2, 2002 1:01 am

Vitria made its mark selling integration software to high-flying telecom companies, but that industry focus came back to haunt it. As telecom returned to earth, Vitria had to refashion itself—looking to integration services for more of its revenues. And Yibo Dong, integration engineer for Sigma Networks, an optical-network service provider,

Gotcha! Securing Records on a Network

Baselinemag January 2, 2002 1:01 am

Did you know that: Just because it’s in your data center doesn’t mean it’s safe“Nearly every corporate Web site that’s ever been hacked was in a data center,” says security consultant James Foster of Guardent. “And every credit card record ever compromised was in a data center.” While data centers

Voice of Experience: Brian Bell, Dow Chemical

Sean Gallagher January 2, 2002 1:01 am

Brian BellDow ChemicalLead Architecture Specialist for IntegrationMidland, Mich. Manager’s Profile: Bell’s 20 years at Dow Chemical include assignments in process automation and site computer operations. He has a computer science degree from the University of British Columbia. What He Needs to Integrate: SAP R/2 and hundreds of mainframe applications, including