March 2002
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• Cover story:
Disaster zone
• Process puzzles
• Cutting edge?
• The cost of integration
• Enforced divorce
• Final mission for agents
Disaster zone
The terrorist attacks on New York and Washington have changed the dynamics of IT business continuity. How are organisations responding? more...
Process puzzles
Business process management can enable organisations to build flexible, responsive systems at speed, say its proponents. more...
Cutting edge?
How do 'blade servers' work, and can they offer a scalable and manageable alternative to the way organisations currently buy server power? more...
The cost of integration
With application integration projects high on the CIO agenda, what are the cost benefits, if any, of the process? more...
The non-stop IT department is a multi-dimensional challenge, says Kenny MacIver. more...
INSIDER -- updates and downloads
Highlights, facts and inside stories from the frontiers of the information economy.
Skill gap widens in IT industry
When in doubt, haggle, says report on spend management
Forrester analysts: working too hard
Pistols at dawn
Infoconomy index: turning point
LETTERS
Feedback, opinion, amplification, clarification, corrections. More...
PERSPECTIVE -- technology, strategy and financial analysis
MANAGEMENT
Source material
The issue of ownership is the biggest point of contention for many intent on using open source software. more...
The Information Age interview
Q&A with Peter Skilton, RAC's head of strategic technology. more...
E-marketwatch
A monthly look at the burgeoning e-marketplace sector.
New entrants, new services, new content
Integration is the new business model
ANALYSIS
Enforced divorce
Organisations are banning their auditors from providing them with consulting services. more...
Final mission for agents
Can agent technology find the catalyst that will establish its intrinsic business value? more...
REPORT CARD -- company analysis
A round up of the strategic and business issues facing key suppliers in the information technology industry.
IBM Global Services
Cognos
Chordiant
Persistence Software
Plumtree
PROSPECTUS -- companies to watch
A guide to the products and strategies of some of the youngest and fastest growing companies in the global technology industry.
Apama
MessageLabs
Pindar
Covasoft
FINANCIAL REPORT -- financial results
Highlights and comment relating to the quarterly results of the main suppliers of information technology.
Business intelligence
Application integration
Software storage vendors
HP
Fujitsu
UNDER OFFER -- mergers and acquisitions
The important deals in the global IT industry in recent weeks, and emerging consolidation trends.
Business intelligence
Legato
INFORMATION UNIT -- industry trends
Information Unit tracks the key trends affecting the global information economy and analyses the evolution of technology in corporations worldwide.
PC shipments
IT management
Handheld computers
Security
Email
Web services
Data management
BOOKS
Reviews of the latest technology business books
The Company of the Future
Roam
X-engineering the Corporation
