Baseline articles from January 2005

Baseline archives from January 2005

Future Shock?(PeopleSoft Inc. customers expect from Oracle Corp.)
January 14, 2005... John Webster has been dealing for the last four years with the same handful of managers at PeopleSoft, as he irons out kinks in customer relationship software. The PeopleSoft program manager at Dakota State University doesn't want that to...

Falling Flat?(Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd., SAP (UK) Ltd., contract)
January 14, 2005... Nearly a year ago, Coca-Cola Enterprises touted an uncommon deal with SAP to co-develop the most elaborate system to date for taking bottles and cans of soda from factories to stores, with minimal reliance on distributors. Today, the...

A Tidal Wave of Problems.(nonprofit organzations services for the tsunami disaster)
January 17, 2005... United Parcel Service can't land its 747s and 757s near the Indonesia and Sri Lanka tsunami disaster areas because its planes are too large for the runways. Gifts In Kind International coordinates aid requests from charities in an Excel...

Commentary: CEOs Mum on IT Importance.(chief executive officers)
January 25, 2005... "It may well turn out that the F.B.I.'s biggest problem was its desire to be innovative - to build a new wheel rather than use an old one within easy reach. When it comes to developing software today, innovation should be a last resort, not a...

January 2005 Online Extras.(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... BASELINE ONLINE Calculating Costs of Installing a Workflow Management System Control workflow before it controls you. Download our interactive tool to cost out your own project. Roadblock: Reluctance What good is the best process in the...

Commentary: P&G, Gillette could make IT waves.
January 28, 2005... Procter & Gamble's $57 billion purchase of Gillette will make some interesting information technology waves in the months to come, but two stand out--radio frequency identification tagging and managing the systems integration. Sure, Warren...

Calculator: Estimated I.T. Spending for Banks.(Brief Article)
January 31, 2005... How much cost cutting should JP Morgan Chase do? Banks include their technology expenses in their audited financial statements. In the case of JP Morgan Chase, theses expenses grew from $2.18 billion in 1999 to $2.84 billion in 2003. ...