Commentary

There has been so much media attention focused on the effects of outsourcing technology and offshore manufacturing that it’s finally shedding some light on the issue. Whatever the product, there is an effort to ship it outside America to cheaper labor. The effects of this...

The computer has replaced the kettle of molten steel as the representative symbol of a growing economy. The assembly line has given way to the cubicle farm. Instead of coke and iron ore, information is now our critical raw material. We transform data and information...

MADISON – South Korea is a nation deeply imbued with Confucian values, such as the belief that human bodies are inherited from ancestors and should never be tampered with. So there was understandable culture clash in Seoul last week when South Korean researchers announced they...

As the countdown to DEMO 2004 reaches its final week, I promised I'd share a little bit about what to expect in enterprise computing not just at DEMO, but in the week ahead....

CHICAGO – Early this year, the ongoing saga of the consolidating pharmaceutical industry began. For those of you who haven’t been following the news over the last two weeks, we’re talking about the “hostile” bid by French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Synthelabo to take over French-German pharmaceutical...

It’s been open season on CEOs lately but when luminaries like management god Peter Drucker start taking aim at top managers you know something real and serious is taking place. Here’s what Herr Doctor Drucker had to say about today’s CEO in the January 12,...

According to the hyperboleers, there is a B-movie style, winner-take-all battle of the monsters going on between the New Economy and the Old Economy. In round one, the New Economy stomped around the New York Stock Exchange, thumping its chest and proclaiming the death of...

The two weeks before any DEMO Conference are a calm before the storm. The plans are set, the program is in place. The next 13 days will be spent in quiet preparations by a group of outstanding companies about to bring exciting products to market....