There are no major swap outs happening. When I started seven years ago, there really was no networking. We're built up to the point where we really don't need much. With no major projects on the horizon, the economy's ebbs and tides aren't playing much into Toth's plans. It's not like when people have to decide if they should buy a new car or a washing machine.
People eat whether the economy's good, bad or indifferent.
Actually, instead of going out, they'll have some steaks on the grill. Jed Proujansky, director of IS at Pioneer Management Systems, a third-party health care administrator in Holyoke, Mass., says his IS team is bucking the numbers and plans to play it safe for 2001. We're a Cadillac health plan, not a Chevy health plan. We cost a little bit more and that's one place where companies could cut expenses. Pioneer Management has been busy over the past few years building its internal Web applications and networking business partners into that in-house system.