There are always more things to get done in a business than there are hours in a day. Weeding through the spam to deal with the real e-mail, answer the phones, handle the daily backup and the monthly finances and the billing and receivables and status reports -- and somewhere in there is the task of getting your product out the door.

Back in December 2003, I wrote an article discussing how Intel Corporation and SAS Institute had teamed up in order to advance the application of mobile BI technology (see the 2 December 2003 Business Intelligence Advisor, " SAS, Intel, and Mobile Business Intelligence").

Back in December 2003, I wrote an article discussing how Intel Corporation and SAS Institute had teamed up in order to advance the application of mobile BI technology (see the 2 December 2003 Business Intelligence Advisor, " SAS, Intel, and Mobile Business Intelligence").

Back in December 2003, I wrote an article discussing how Intel Corporation and SAS Institute had teamed up in order to advance the application of mobile BI technology (see the 2 December 2003 Business Intelligence Advisor, " SAS, Intel, and Mobile Business Intelligence").

Back in December 2003, I wrote an article discussing how Intel Corporation and SAS Institute had teamed up in order to advance the application of mobile BI technology (see the 2 December 2003 Business Intelligence Advisor, " SAS, Intel, and Mobile Business Intelligence").

In the process of reviewing the Oracle bid to buy PeopleSoft, it's come out that in late 2003, Microsoft and SAP spent several weeks discussing the possibility of a merger. And last week it was announced that Sun and Fujitsu would be entering into a partnership. All of these moves hint at future consolidation in the computer industry.

In the process of reviewing the Oracle bid to buy PeopleSoft, it's come out that in late 2003, Microsoft and SAP spent several weeks discussing the possibility of a merger. And last week it was announced that Sun and Fujitsu would be entering into a partnership. All of these moves hint at future consolidation in the computer industry.

In the process of reviewing the Oracle bid to buy PeopleSoft, it's come out that in late 2003, Microsoft and SAP spent several weeks discussing the possibility of a merger. And last week it was announced that Sun and Fujitsu would be entering into a partnership. All of these moves hint at future consolidation in the computer industry.

In the process of reviewing the Oracle bid to buy PeopleSoft, it's come out that in late 2003, Microsoft and SAP spent several weeks discussing the possibility of a merger. And last week it was announced that Sun and Fujitsu would be entering into a partnership. All of these moves hint at future consolidation in the computer industry.

In the process of reviewing the Oracle bid to buy PeopleSoft, it's come out that in late 2003, Microsoft and SAP spent several weeks discussing the possibility of a merger. And last week it was announced that Sun and Fujitsu would be entering into a partnership. All of these moves hint at future consolidation in the computer industry.

If you haven't read the 21 June 2004 issue of BusinessWeek, I recommend you grab a copy. It's the BusinessWeek annual issue on the top 100 InfoTech companies in the world, and the article I recommend is the lead for the InfoTech section entitled "Big Bang," by Stephen Baker and Heather Green.

If you haven't read the 21 June 2004 issue of BusinessWeek, I recommend you grab a copy. It's the BusinessWeek annual issue on the top 100 InfoTech companies in the world, and the article I recommend is the lead for the InfoTech section entitled "Big Bang," by Stephen Baker and Heather Green.