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The article offers information on various food establishment in the U.S. who uses radio frequency identification systems in their operations including the table tracker of Mighty Fine Burgers, Fries & Shakes in Texas and burger company Five Guys Enterprises who uses temperature monitoring solution.

Looks at evaluations by consumers of several integrated software products. What integrated software products offer; ClarisWorks 4.0 (Windows 95); MS Works 4.0 (Windows); PerfectWorks 2.1 (Windows); ClarisWorks 4.0 (Mac); GreatWorks 2.0 (Mac); MS Works 4.0 (Mac); Positive and negative features of the products; Price information; Minimum system requirements; Other related information. INSET: Meet October's testers.

The article provides information on configuration management databases (CMDB). The author defines CMDB as a repository of system configuration profiles and information about how they relate to one another and the business processes they support. It is a database that contain information about the hardware components, software versions and settings of an organization. It supports configuration management activities like auditing and verification, which are central to how information technology departments support systems.

The article deals with the use of server virtualization in several U.S. administrative agencies. Virtualization is capable of dividing a physical server into isolated virtual environments, so organizations and agencies can run multiple applications or operating systems without worrying that a crash on one virtual technology will have an impact on another or that data will be able to migrate between yahoo messengers and applications. Even if virtualization is not mainstream yet, some government agencies are already purchasing such technology.

Reports on a study on the enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications of 305 large and midsize companies in the U.S. by Peerstone Research. Applications integrated with ERP; Holding of a formal return on investment evaluation of ERP applications.

Reports on the deployment of customer relationship management software in the U.S. Integration of the enterprise-software systems and industry-specific processes; Features of the software; Expansion of the client base.

Introduces computer products. Logitech's ScanMan EasyTouch hand scanner; Avery's LabelPro for Windows computer program; Software Publishing Corp.'s Harvard Graphics computer software; Microsoft's Scenes software; Macintosh IntelliDraw 2.0 software; Tandy and Casio's Zoomer pen-based notebook computer.

Reports that Tableau Software Inc. officially launches at the end of March 2005, promising companies the first desktop software to unite visualization technology with relational databases. Uses to get a graphical representation of their database query results; More intuitive understanding of trends affecting the business; Pat Hanrahan as co-founder and chief technology officer.

Reports on the partnership between Siebel Systems Inc. and International Business Machines Corp. to offer the Siebel CRM on Demand subscription service in the U.S. Design of the service; Features of the service; Terms of the partnership.

Reports on the business penetration of SAP in the small and midsized businesses. Launch of enterprise software; Business partner of the firm.

Investigates whether businesses should change their processes to suit the requirements of the enterprise applications. Consideration of the change of software used by businesses; Midsize companies' upgrading to modern enterprise applications; Growth of companies.

Reports on Model N Inc.'s launching of the Revenue-Execution Software.

Reports on the deployment of workflow software in drive to make a profit in refurbishing computers by Costco Wholesale Corp. in Washington. Maintenance of data integrity; Improvement of the operational efficiency of the company; Plans of the company to increase its staff to handle all returned systems.

Reports on supply-chain execution software vendor Manhattan Associates Inc.'s enhancement of its offering with a labor-management rationalization feature. Capabilities of the application.

Reports on sourcing software developed by Tradec Inc. and Emptoris Inc. Tradec's partnerships with knowledge providers to add content and intelligence to direct-material sourcing software; Emptoris' partnership with Cap Gemini Ernst and Young U.S.

Discusses the difference between intrusion-prevention and intrusion-detection software. Familiarity of business technology executives with the answer; Relief offered by intrusion-prevention tools to companies in managing software patches; Challenge faced by information technology professionals in managing the patches.

Reports on FedEx Corp.'s plan of reinventing procurement practices through automating services procurement. Deployment of Elance Inc.'s Elance 3 procurement management application; Benefits of the software; Integration of Elance into FedEx's central procurement portal built on Ariba Inc. software.

Reports on the licenses offered by Partnerware Inc. for its Web services-based software and introducing professional services. Target market of the company.

Presents the MetaApp Framework, a patent-pending software from ISpheres Corp. Features; Benefits of the software to disaster-relief agencies.

Presents information on Cisco System's next-generation voice-over-IP products. Information on CallManager 3.0 software; IP phone offered by Cisco; Benefit of Cisco voice-over-IP phones according to Capital Credit Union.

Offers a look at Entercept, a software designed by ClickNet Software Corp. to automate security for vulnerable electronic business systems. Capabilities of the software; Features of the software; Basis for the design of the software.

Presents news briefs on information technology in the U.S. as of June 24, 2002. Cryptic messages intercepted by the National Security Agency before the terrorist attacks on September 10, 2001; Information on the eHealth Care Act proposed by U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.); Amount invested by IBM in its New York City offices to create a facility for demonstrating Linux to Wall Street; Information on the retail software Pricing4Profit from ProfitLogic.