Erik Sherman

Illustration by David Haliski “Sell the sizzle, not the steak,” is advice often heard from marketing experts. Vendors offering eXtensible Markup Language (XML)-enabled applications have taken such advice to heart by touting benefits of the data standard that they say ease application integration and create more efficient communication between enterprises. And some companies are finding […]

It was the fourth of May 2000, and e-mails saying ILOVEYOU were arriving at the Green Bay, Wis., headquarters of Schneider National Inc., as they were elsewhere around the world. But Schneider’s response to the virus in the days spent recovering was different from that of other organizations. “We acted extremely early and aggressively,” says […]

Maybe the financial deities have frowned on your current employer, causing a layoff. Although spared, you are certain you could be next–so it’s time to find another job. Luckily, being in a booming market with hot skills, getting another position will take less time than saying, “I’m outta here!” Or perhaps you need to staff […]

Security technology may have come far–moving from firewalls to repel hackers to systems that enable sophisticated e-commerce and remote access applications. But company strategies have a ways to go if the results of Datamation’s 1999 Product of the Year survey are any gauge. The winner of the contest for security products released in 1999 was […]

St. Joseph’s Hospital needed an edge. The 524-bed teaching hospital based in Marshfield, Wisc., vies with major health care centers in four neighboring cities for patients. While the fact that 70% of St. Joseph’s patients drive more than 30 miles to reach the hospital was encouraging, it wasn’t enough to guarantee continued success. So to […]