======================================================================== CTO SOURCE http://www.infoworld.com ======================================================================== Tuesday, November 16, 2004
TOP STORIES ======================================================================== * The top 100 IT projects of 2004 * 2004 InfoWorld 100 * UPS reinvents package flow * Mary Kay rejuvenates its supply chain * Nationwide builds premium grid * Avnet broadens partner channel * BP monitors the rails ADVERTISEMENT -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Running IT Like a Business -- Free Information Kit Everyone wants more effective IT operations and more predictable service quality, yet budgets keep shrinking. Get a free information kit on a new generation of service delivery management solutions that can help you improve internal customer satisfaction...slash costs by 30 percent...communicate the value of IT with service catalogs. Discover how to align service delivery with business needs. Download white papers, on-demand webinar, research notes, case studies, and more. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9F800C:2B910B2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- The top 100 IT projects of 2004 ======================================================================== Posted November 15, 2004, 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time >From railcars that talk to total IT makeovers, this year's InfoWorld 100 contains an array of projects in which IT managers made the most of their resources For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9F8009:2B910B2 2004 InfoWorld 100 ======================================================================== Posted November 12, 2004, 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time To avoid the budget ax, IT departments have made strides in demystifying the black magic of realistic ROI. By the same token, to figure out where the money is going, the business side has endeavored to learn enough to be dangerous about information technology. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9F8004:2B910B2 UPS reinvents package flow ======================================================================== Posted November 12, 2004, 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time UPS likes to do things big way. Last year, the company garnered a place in the InfoWorld 100 with a wireless project that will ultimately replace 55,000 scanning devices. This year, the company takes the coveted top slot, thanks to a nine-year, $600 million package flow initiative that as of October 2004 has successfully transformed 250 of the company's 1,500 package centers. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9F8005:2B910B2 Mary Kay rejuvenates its supply chain ======================================================================== Posted November 12, 2004, 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time Talk about an extreme makeover. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9F8002:2B910B2 Nationwide builds premium grid ======================================================================== Posted November 12, 2004, 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time In most applications, the power of modern processors has almost eliminated concerns about computational performance. But according to Srinivas Koushik, enterprise CTO of Nationwide, financial companies don't have it quite so easy. "Insurance and financial services companies -- one thing they have a lot of is data," Koushik says. "We're constantly mining for information." For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9F8001:2B910B2 Avnet broadens partner channel ======================================================================== Posted November 12, 2004, 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time In facing up to costly inefficiencies in its supply chain, Avnet, among the larger distributors of electronic components and embedded systems, saw both a challenge and an opportunity. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9F8003:2B910B2 BP monitors the rails ======================================================================== Posted November 12, 2004, 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time For any company that ships products by rail, RFID is old hat. For the past 15 years, to generate data points for routing and scheduling, the railroad industry has used electronic tags that trigger CLMs (Car Location Messages) every time a car passes a scan point. 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