The privacy concerns have already caused some technology managers to play down their interest in using the tags.

Today a balance is sought, and that applies to chief executives as well as to technology managers.

But there is no rejoicing among corporate technology managers.

Campuses usually lend themselves to these networks because they are self-contained, technology managers say.

The first of two test versions of the program will be made available to corporate technology managers on Aug. 3, the company said.

The selection is made each year by polling the 350,000 information- technology managers who subscribe to the trade publication.

He lowered his estimate to $1.26 billion, saying technology managers "seemed to come into the new year reluctant to spend."

The work is winning praise from some technology managers who had a front-row seat on the Atlanta problems.

The bigger it is, the more influence it will have on corporate technology managers.