Much has been written about how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) will transform finance in corporate America. Less has been written about the needed transformation in IT to support SOX and improve corporate governance. And even less has been written on how technology -- in particular, e-business software tools -- can assist enterprises in improving the quality and timeliness of data.

Much has been written about how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) will transform finance in corporate America. Less has been written about the needed transformation in IT to support SOX and improve corporate governance. And even less has been written on how technology -- in particular, e-business software tools -- can assist enterprises in improving the quality and timeliness of data.

Collaboration

In organizations, poor interaction -- principally in the form of large meetings -- is displacing rich one-on-one and team interaction during the workday.

Even as we're in the midst of the rapid growth of Wi-Fi and 2.5G and 3G wireless data networking, we're already hearing about "the next big thing" in broadband and wireless networking: WiMAX and IEEE 802.20.

Even as we're in the midst of the rapid growth of Wi-Fi and 2.5G and 3G wireless data networking, we're already hearing about "the next big thing" in broadband and wireless networking: WiMAX and IEEE 802.20.

A developing theme across agile project management discussions is the criticality of dealing with reality -- discovering the truth about code, customer, competition, control, or calendar, and acting on it quickly. The reasons are obvious and can be summed up as speed and relevance. This is the essence of agility.

Many businesses embrace the notion that the Internet can be a source of real competitive advantage, but it is the rare business indeed that can effectively handle the complexities the Internet has introduced. While the most forward-looking companies are able to manage these opportunities and threats in order to create flexible, scalable Web-enabled architectures, other companies are not.

Many businesses embrace the notion that the Internet can be a source of real competitive advantage, but it is the rare business indeed that can effectively handle the complexities the Internet has introduced. While the most forward-looking companies are able to manage these opportunities and threats in order to create flexible, scalable Web-enabled architectures, other companies are not.

I believe that productivity is very important. Productivity means doing more for less. Productivity means lower costs to consumers, which, in turn, frees consumers to spend the money they save on new products and services. That leads to economic growth.

I believe that productivity is very important. Productivity means doing more for less. Productivity means lower costs to consumers, which, in turn, frees consumers to spend the money they save on new products and services. That leads to economic growth.

I believe that productivity is very important. Productivity means doing more for less. Productivity means lower costs to consumers, which, in turn, frees consumers to spend the money they save on new products and services. That leads to economic growth.

Packaged analytic applications have generated considerable corporate interest for the past few years, because they offer an integrated approach to data warehousing and business intelligence (BI). Their appeal is that instead of starting a data warehousing or BI application from scratch, organizations can purchase a semi-built application and customize it.

Many people believe that metrics is a barrier that Agile has to solve before it will be widely adopted. Yet many teams using Agile processes collect metrics; XP is fanatic in its collection of and management to velocity. Individual organizations have devised numerous metrics to satisfy themselves and their management that they are under control.