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Sept. 21, 2004
-- CASE STUDY: AFLAC: Duck Soup
-- COMMENTARY: How to Interpret Mumbo Jumbo
-- COMMENTARY: 'Short-Term Value' Helps the Long Haul
-- COMMENTARY: How to Interpret Mumbo Jumbo
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CASE STUDY: AFLAC: Duck Soup
AFLAC's technology staff could not ensure projects would get
completed on time and on budget. So it started sniffing out
dubious initiatives, before they began.
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COMMENTARY: How to Interpret Mumbo Jumbo
It's a game we all must play. the answers could save your
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COMMENTARY: 'Short-Term Value' Helps the Long Haul
This CIO learned early on why it's important to break big
projects into small pieces-and move fast.
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COMMENTARY: How to Interpret Mumbo Jumbo
Dell servers are an easy-to-manage and inexpensive standard,
customers say. Some, though, wish the company offered more
power in its boxes.
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