Daintry Duffy

Many companies invest in the seemingly simple project of building a corporate intranet only to have their efforts met with lukewarm success or abject failure.

Enron Corp. launched its online energy marketplace in November 1999. The simplicity and the lack of red tape and paperwork of EnronOnline has rocketed the company to success.

John Orcutt, CEO of Mountain View, Calif.-based Actional Corp., an integration architecture provider, explains the best ways to achieve the seamless integration of e-business initiatives

This is a man who hates rules. "I prefer guidelines," states the 70-year-old technology pioneer. Shugart led a team of IBM Corp. engineers in the development of the first floppy, an 8-inch, plastic coated disk that revolutionized the data storage market when it was introduced in 1971.

When the company stock drops 20 points in an afternoon, a shoot! or a darn! doesn't convey...

Before the annual budget meeting with the CEO, even the most levelheaded IT executive may be tempted...