Profile of Laurie Sullivan

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Articles by Laurie Sullivan
posted in September 2005

FEMA's Foul-up

9/30/2005
Report says agency's computer systems failed to track supplies during last year's hurricane season.
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Eight People Charged With 'Star Wars' Piracy

9/27/2005
They're accused of taking Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith from a post-production facility and posting it to the Internet.
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RFID Standards Advance

9/26/2005

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Wal-Mart: Lessons Of The Storm

9/26/2005

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New Standard Advances Value Of RFID

9/22/2005
EPCglobal's royalty-free Application Level Events standard defines the process to collect, manage, and route data that Electronic Product Code technology generates in the supply chain.
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CIOs Say Customer Data-Sharing Is Ongoing Struggle

9/21/2005
Gill Hoffman, senior VP and CIO at Maritz Inc., told InformationWeek conference attendees that the company recently hired someone to set up customer-data-sharing processes.
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Oracle Buys G-Log, Its 10th Acquisition In A Year

9/20/2005
Oracle bought G-Log for its logistics software, an area where it sees strong market growth, says Oracle VP Fred Studer.
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Wal-Mart CIO: Hurricane Charlie Paved Way For Katrina Response

9/19/2005
Wal-Mart applied lessons learned from past disasters for its reaction to Hurricane Katrina. But it still needed to improvise.
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You Can't Plan For Everything

9/19/2005

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RFID's Impact On The Supply Chain Is A Waiting Game

9/16/2005
Companies are eager to move beyond the basics to improve processes.
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New RFID Chips And Services Are On The Way

9/14/2005
AT&T and Cisco are among those planning new products and services for RFID.
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Mercury Makes Web Analysis And Wireless Testing Acquisitions

9/12/2005
BeatBox tracks Web user behavior, and Intuwave m-Test helps automate testing of wireless services on smart phones.
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UPS Working To Restore Networks Felled By Katrina

9/12/2005
Data that UPS employees and customers use to track package status and deliveries depends on communication networks. More than 1 million packages have been delivered using alternate data-transmission methods.
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Hurricane Katrina Could Affect RFID Tag Supply

9/12/2005
Air Products and Chemicals has shut down its New Orleans facility that produces hydrogen used in manufacturing silicon wafers. That could affect RFID tag supplies.
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Suppliers Find Logistics Payoff In Katrina Aftermath

9/9/2005

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Two Settle RFID Patent Fight, But Issues Still Simmer

9/9/2005

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Symbol Ships Improved RFID Chip, Reconciles With Intermec

9/7/2005
Symbol says its new RFID chip inlay improves upon the older design but maintains it wasn't to blame for the alleged high rates of faulty chips on printer rolls reported by some companies.
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GM Introduces 'Hummer'-Branded Laptop Computers

9/2/2005
The Hummer unit of GM is putting its label on a line of semirugged PCs that operate on the go as a portable PC or plug into a dashboard connection in the vehicle.
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Wal-Mart Donates $15 Million To Katrina Victims

9/1/2005
The chain will give away essential items to Katrina victims, including clothing, diapers, baby wipes, food, formula, toothbrushes, bedding, and water.
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Manhattan Closes Evant Deal

9/1/2005
Both companies make supply-chain management software. Evant customers include Staples and O'Reilly Automotive.
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