Articles by Lynn Ward

Back in the IT good old days -- just three or four years ago -- money was plentiful, nearly all projects wereapproved, expanding bandwidth and the Internet made all things possible, and confidence in the economy ran high. What happened next has been described by Harvard University lecturer and author David Collis as the perfect IT storm -- the con...

Back in the IT good old days -- just three or four years ago -- money was plentiful, nearly all projects wereapproved, expanding bandwidth and the Internet made all things possible, and confidence in the economy ran high. What happened next has been described by Harvard University lecturer and author David Collis as the perfect IT storm -- the con...

Most CIOs at some point have asked: Should I outsource this IT project? The answer can be surprisingly complex, depending on the reasons for considering such a move According to Gartner principal analyst Bruce Caldwell, savings achieved through outsourcing can be significant -- in the 20 to 30 percent range. After all, outsourcing companies must pe...

Although Ruben Studdard has officially won the American Idol title, edging out Clay Aiken by a razor-thin margin, the search for America's e-business idol is still under way -- and industry observers seem as split over the contenders as the voting public was over the contestants on the top-rated TV talent show. We asked a few industry analysts to ...

At the peak of the business-to-business boom, which coincided with the dot-com glory days, there were more than 2,000 B2B exchanges, according to eMarketer senior analyst Steve Butler. However, most of those fledgling enterprises did not survive the subsequent bust. In fact, insiders are predicting that when the shakeout is over, only about 180 wi...

Back in early 2000, mobile commerce seemed to have sky-high potential. A global surveyfound that 61 percent of respondents imagined they soon would be using wireless devicesas universal payment tools, and the analysts who compiled the survey predicted that overall revenue generated by m-commerce would total US$100 billion in 2003 "The hype came in ...

In this tight economy, data managers no longer have ablank check when it comes to managing their company'senterprise storage, yet data needs continue to expand. How can enterprises do more with less? More to the point, how can companies walk that fine line between spending too much or too little? There is no one-size-fits-all formula to achieve eq...

On the road to launching a new e-business Web site, all companies budget for obvious costs -- planning, designing, registering and hosting the site -- but if you are not careful, hidden expenses could overwhelm you on the journey. Would-be e-commerce site owners can avoid a lot of surprises by doing just a little bit of homework. Of course, resear...