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As chief information officer for the state of Arizona, Chris Cummiskey directs computer operations for 114 agencies ranging from the Acupuncture Board of Examiners to the Weights and Measures Department.

The question has been debated for centuries: if a tree falls in the woods and no one hears it, does it make a sound? Conventional wisdom says yes, but that no one will notice. The axiom could be applied to podcasting.

Trust has always been the cornerstone of a successful business relationship. But in a global marketplace, your business partners may include a myriad of companies spread across the globe, linked by information gateways.

Hurricane Katrina delivered an excruciating lesson on "information integration in action, not theory," according to Steve Cooper, chief information officer at the American Red Cross.

Like a physical supply chain, an information supply chain (ISC) is comprised of the organizations that connect with each other to produce a desired end -- product or service -- for a user.

Thin client technology and the Java card have enabled business to create a data-centric world with a mobile workforce. The creative possibilities in this environment are boundless, but freedom from the office comes with increased risk.

Convenience and cost-savings are powerful incentives for companies to use technology as a way of convening meetings, and they do so knowing that an electronically-mediated session will be different from a face-to-face meeting.

Until now, the data collected by companies about their customers and their business processes was relatively cumbersome to use.

In the wake of spectacular corporate collapses, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act established new rules on a scale not seen since those meant to ameliorate the economic calamities of the 1930s. But three experts at the W. P.

The U.S. Department of Commerce reports that 2005 U.S. e-commerce sales rose to $86.3 billion -- 25 percent over 2004 sales. Yet e-commerce represents only around 2 percent of U.S. retail sales.