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The Consumerization of Corporate IT

by Jim Ginsburgh and Eduardo Alvarez

Allowing employees access to online IT services, such as e-mail, desktop applications, and file storage, could save corporations money and improve productivity.

Watching over the Web

by Thomas Künstner, Manuel Kohnstamm, and Stephan Luiten

For broadband service providers — and the Internet in general — “digital confidence” pays off.

Dov Frohman Leads the Hard Way

by Paula Margulies

The management author and former CEO of Intel Israel on the need to do the unexpected and attempt the impossible.

Toyota’s IT Transformation

by Barbra Cooper with Karen Nocket

The information systems group at Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. has moved from an "order-taker" role to "next-generation demand management” in an effort to meet overall corporate needs.

Five Gates to Innovation

Corning Inc.’s process for developing inventive products actually works, a claim that few companies can make.

The New Golden Age

The history of investment and technology suggests that economic recovery is closer than you think, with a new silicon-based global elite at the helm.

The Evolution of Technology

To economist W. Brian Arthur, the value of innovation depends on harnessing the natural progression of shared knowledge.

Broadband Drives Economic Growth

The Promise (and Perils) of Open Collaboration

Companies like IBM and P&G have prospered by opening their borders, but there are cautionary lessons from the quality movement of the 1980s.

Does Health Care Have an Electronic Future?

The Obama administration’s focus on digital patient records to minimize medical errors and improve efficiency has promise, but will face significant obstacles.

Debugging the Supply Chain

Ten-year-old Cricket Communications found that even the oft overlooked supply chain can be a lucrative target for innovation.

Why Cloud Computing Is Gaining Strength in the IT Marketplace

Web-based computing services are already saving money for many large enterprises. It’s time to jump on the bandwagon.

Esther Dyson: The Thought Leader Interview

A long-standing champion of high-tech innovation foresees a fundamental shift toward more transparent institutions and a more relationship-driven economy.

How LexisNexis Is Winning on the Web

CEO Andrew Prozes on why his company needed to transform itself to survive in the highly competitive online data and content marketplace.

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