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Inventory’s Everything, Everything Is Inventory

Thirty years ago, when I started out in The Walt Disney Co.’s inventory-control department, it didn’t seem like technology at all. We were still using 13-column work sheets and ledger

Invisible VS. Intrusive: Guess Which Wins

It’s accepted fact that Wal-Mart Stores blew past Kmart and other discounters largely because pickup-truck driver Sam Walton pioneered the use of technology to improve his “supply chain.” Based on

Outsourcing Overseers Needed

Amid all the commotion about onshore, offshore and nearshore offshoring, you may want to become a “CRO” next. It’s a position that will be needed inside an organization, no matter

Quiz: How Big Is Your Thirst for SODA?

1. Our organization is starting to make extensive use of Web services. TRUE FALSE 1. 2. 2. We recognize the need for greater discipline in application development. TRUE FALSE 1.

How Relief Agencies Hook Up From the Field

For humanitarian organizations such as Catholic Relief Services and CARE that bring food, medical care and other assistance to places like Africa, good communications network improve their ability to coordinate

Dossier: Proxim Corp.

By any measure, 2003 was a breakout year for many wireless-communications companies. For Proxim, it was a year of trying to put the pieces back together. Proxim replaced its chief

Gotcha! Lightning Strikes

Even for organizations back in the U.S., the environment can be hazardous. In 2000, Suncoast Schools Federal Credit Union’s data center took a direct hit from lightning. A bolt to

United Nations: On a Mission

The U.N. mission in Sierra Leone has equipment at various sites around the country to support its peacekeeping operation. Here’s a look at some of the technologies deployed to the

Roadblock: Who’s In Charge?

The Obstacle With information-processing and networking equipment converging at a quickening pace, deciding whether a technology should be handled by a computer department or a communications unit is a sticking

UNAMSIL: Base Case

Headquarters: Mammy Yoko Hotel, Freetown, Sierra LeoneMission: The U.N. helped bring an end to this West African nation’s civil war in 2002, and U.N. personnel are now charged with keeping

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