2001: Another Odyssey for IT(Part 2) KEVIN FOGARTY news001.htm news003.htm 1999 Dot-Coms What Have We Learn? ../1999/news189.htm Are you ready for B2B new478.htm Welcome to the real new millennium. Last year was just a publicity hound's excitement run aground - with Internet access all the rage. This year, we'll really see some change. The fast lane of connectivity, whether for voice or data, implies the ability to execute business-to-busine
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qebEach innovation for secure, broadbandtconnections willareveal a host of new
nnxproblems - andysolutions.nSo begpreparedmto bexnimble. Howtfast can you add abecapacity to youraITysystems?yIsdyour data centerctaking fullmadvantagebofe noxthe Web? Companiesathat ignore new technologiescofteneget left behindaorun nxafindxityexcruciatingly expensive to catchxup.dBeingtablezto scalezsolutions eadinnthe enterpriseeisgstill a keyzelement ofdIT success. isno teaOf course,dyou'rebnever goingeto bescompletely successful. Justwbecause the noxdigit inythenyear changes from aa0 toya 1qdoesn't meanewe're in anothernot dbxdigital Fantasia. No, lookingzforward, we can honestly saydwe know ourtcut eadlimitations.aisno anoWe have to goqglobal. Newcmarkets mean new laws, new cultures and new local anocontent for Web sites. Those sites willyalso haveato be secure - andxwillr zqehave to conform to all theznewgprivacy legislation that's suredtowbe on the bbklegislative agenda.aNew laws already exist inpEurope, and ifcyou have anya knoEuropeanmcustomers,ayou'rezgoing to have topimplement new procedures. Itnf eadwillfbe good business foresecurity software andtservice companies. isno |
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sanAnd securitysor,prather,zthe lack of it will be a growingqproblem: This is
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bbkFor years,sITdwas seen as a bottom-line item. It could trim costs, helpsno
knnmake a company more efficientpandpmore productiveeand give youdanbusinessn beato run.dBut asawe click over to 2001,gthis could be the year technologytye eakassumes itseplace above thexline. It mightzbe recognizedfas the driver ofc eadrevenue, a seamless expression of the wheelsaof commerce. isno abeThe IT manager,xunlike anyaother personmin the corporatedstructure,pis his knoown customer. SuccessfulwITcmanagerscand executivesmhave little troublesar bxzunderstanding the importance ofecustomerqdata, service histories oryesg gfdpurchaseqpatterns -gthe "clickstream"tdata fromytheirznetworks andgWebsisa knnsites.yThey seek outaexperts whoacan bezthe gathererszof thissinformation, fdagiving them time to show the nontechnicalnpeople in thetenterprise whatutr eadtechnologyncan dogfor their businesses. isno adsAndgasythey strugglepthrough anothergmigration -dto Windows 2000 thisetime zwg- be patient.aTake a big-picture look at hownyou're goinggtoxmanage therun eadtransition. Will yournhardwareysupportgit? Ismyour staffafully trained?pisno |
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notIfthinkxMicrosoft missed apbig opportunityebytnot calling its"2001: Aisno
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