Running a big company these days seems a bit like running full speed into a brick wall: not much of a problem until your nose meets the mortar.

Will the real Jeff Papows please stand up? / By John Dodge

Can a less-than-perfect Papows continue to carry out his duties overseeing a $1.4 billion software division of IBM?

OFF THE CUFF/ Stephanie Neil
No smooth sailing for CIOs in the Internet economy
With so much change occurring so quickly, how can CIOs of slow-moving corporations keep up? They can start by being prepared.

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Bill Machrone: At your presentation, is the sound as good as the picture?

PC at Work
Peter Coffee: Ask OMAR to show you a new 3-D world

Networthy
Michael Surkan: Owning up to responsibility for NT crashes

Wide Angle
Michael Caton: Don't buy premium desktops, despite vendors' claims

E-volution
Scot Petersen: Procurement buy-in a big win for vendors, IT

Ins & Outsourcing
Erica Schroeder: Outlook on outsourcing: It's the people, stupid