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CIO September 15, 2005 Christopher Koch	Integration's New Strategy Old concepts and new technologies have recently converged to generate a new strategy to improve IT responsiveness while reducing integration costs. It's the integration layer, and it may put an end to all those complaints about IT's slowness and inflexibility.
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Salon.com November 21, 2002 Farhad Manjoo	The Homeland Security merger mess A Harvard analyst says government consolidation won't improve the fight against terrorism quickly, and maybe not at all. The reason: Most big corporate mergers fail.
InternetNews August 5, 2005 Drew Robb	Symantec-Veritas Deal Proves Timely Panned at first, the merger of security and storage giants turned out to be well-timed. The combined stock is now on the upswing.
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CIO August 15, 2002 Todd Datz	Strategic Alignment Your business processes can't enable superior customer service or an efficient supply chain without integrated systems. The four companies profiled here demonstrate the benefits of a strategic perspective and long-term commitment to integration.
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Bank Systems & Technology October 28, 2004 Cynthia Ramsaran	The Technology Elite: Banking's Most Effective CIOs What separates the CIO from the rest of a financial institution's technology group is the need for the CIO to strike the right balance between managerial responsibilities and technology skills.
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