Message-ID: <20363353.1075840545250.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 10:07:17 -0800 (PST) From: insider@newsletters.businessweek.com To: doug.gilbert-smith@enron.com Subject: IBM'S NEW BOSS Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: "BusinessWeek Online's Insider" @ENRON X-To: Gilbert-smith, Doug X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \ExMerge - Gilbert-smith, Doug\Inbox X-Origin: GILBERTSMITH-D X-FileName: doug gilbert smith 6-25-02.PST =20 Register/Subscribe Home =09[IMAGE] =09 Search THE SITE BW Magazine Daily Briefing e.biz Small Business B-Schools= ---------------- Past Issues -> Advanced Search -> [IMAGE] =09 [IMAGE] =09[IMAGE]=09FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 01, 2001 =09=09 CONTENTS Cover Stories Daily Briefing Investing Global Business Techn= ology Small Biz B-Schools Careers [IMAGE] =09[IMAGE]=09=09 [IMAGE] = [IMAGE] This Week [IMAGE]February 11Table of Contents COVER STORY = IBM'S NEW BOSS How do you follow an act like Lou Gerstner's? That's the $86= billion question for Sam Palmisano, who on March 1 becomes IBM's eighth CE= O. Despite a disappointing fourth quarter, the service-heavy model that Ger= stner built is the envy of techdom. Still, Palmisano, the operations whiz w= hom Gerstner has long depended on, faces daunting challenges. PCs, disk dri= ves, and chips are problems. Consulting is slowing. And some wonder whether= Palmisano has an overarching vision for IBM. **Available to subscribers = Available to all readers (Monday, February 4, 2002) SPECIAL REPORT: = **6 KEY QUESTIONS FOR A FRAGILE WORLD As the U.S. uses its power in new wa= ys, the tremors will be felt from Europe to Asia. Some key issues: What kin= d of superpower will America be? How will the global economy be affected? W= hat is Moscow's new role? Has Europe lost its clout? How does China play it= s hand? And will the Arab world ever change? 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