Software no longer merely supports business; increasingly it is part of it.

Software no longer merely supports business; increasingly it is part of it.

Some organizations have good experiences with outsourcing, and some have disastrous ones. While there are all sorts of reasons why outsourcing deals go south, there are a few steps you can take early on to improve the likelihood of a successful outsourcing experience.

Sooner or later, every IT organization experiences the unpleasant phenomenon of the "doomed" project. For obvious reasons, it's better to find out about these sooner rather than later, because it's better to kill the project before too many careers have been ruined and too much money has been wasted. Unfortunately, it's not always easy to tell whether the project has developed a fatal case of gangrene, and organizational politics often prevent a frank and open discussion of the situation.

Sooner or later, every IT organization experiences the unpleasant phenomenon of the "doomed" project.

Sooner or later, every IT organization experiences the unpleasant phenomenon of the "doomed" project.

Summertime is traditionally the period when I catch up with the trade magazines and computer journals that pile up in the office while I'm gone. While skimming through several back issues of *Information Week*, I came across an article discussing the top business issues of today's CEOs. Interestingly, IT and management of corporate data was at the top of the list, followed by "impact of new technology," and business reengineering.

Summertime is traditionally the period when I catch up with the trade magazines and computer journals that pile up in the office while I'm gone. While skimming through several back issues of *Information Week*, I came across an article discussing the top business issues of today's CEOs. Interestingly, IT and management of corporate data was at the top of the list, followed by "impact of new technology," and business reengineering.

Summertime is traditionally the period when I catch up with the trade magazines and computer journals that pile up in the office while I'm gone.

Summertime is traditionally the period when I catch up with the trade magazines and computer journals that pile up in the office while I'm gone.

An astonishing 85% of companies recently surveyed admit that they have underestimated their year-2000 costs; only 3% responded that their Y2000 costs are "on target."

You've heard the phrase; you know what it means. You agree that it's a bad idea, and so does your boss, as well as his or her boss. Yet the practice continues to flourish, especially in large organizations -- and particularly on large, complex, highly visible, mission- critical IT projects.

You've heard the phrase; you know what it means. You agree that it's a bad idea, and so does your boss, as well as his or her boss.

You've heard the phrase; you know what it means. You agree that it's a bad idea, and so does your boss, as well as his or her boss.