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To: Arrow Hd. who wrote (14311)	6/16/2002 10:40:05 PM
From: Gus	Respond to of 17183

You're welcome, AH. This post about IBM's leasing operations is quite informative too. Just one of many. Message 17566140 Goes quite nicely too with this series of articles at CNET. TECH CHIEFS DICTATE THE FUTURE They are part seer, part accountant, part code warrior--and all business. These are the top information technology officers at some of America's largest Fortune 100 companies (the list also includes the U.S. government, one of the largest technology consumers), the people charged with flying at 50,000 feet to spot important trends and oversee massive operations throughout countries around the world. Whether gamblers or penny-pinchers, collectively they must justify spending tens of billions of dollars on purchases that rarely show immediate returns on investment. As a testament to their importance, today's chief technology and information officers have risen from relative obscurity to the highest ranks of such multinationals as Citigroup, General Motors and Procter & Gamble. Their role has expanded in the public sector as well, taking a higher profile in the federal government--especially since the exposure of technological vulnerabilities on Sept. 11. i.i.com.com