Continuity is important as the IT crew overhauls its infrastructure to get the insurer's 26,000 U.S. employees on common workstations as well as on Lotus Notes to streamline support and facilitate companywide communication, Fusco says. Inc. Yet fear of mergers and acquisitions doesn't strike an ominous chord with other IS staffers at financial institutions. Year 2000 and the current installation of an enterprisewide database administration system are primary issues at the 33,000-employee bank. The Chase Manhattan Corp. Although 69,000-employee Chase has seen two recent transactions on the mergers and acquisitions front, neither resulted in IS layoffs. Some IS staffers at financial institutions are even making inroads into the executive suite - a situation that would have been unheard of a few years ago.
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