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And Now For the Heavy Lifting

July 8, 2002
By David Joachim

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Welcome to version 1.0 of On Location, a series of documentary-style technology case studies from the editors of Network Computing. Our On Location series debuts with the inside story of Life Time Fitness, a $150 million health club operator overhauling its application infrastructure to help it grow fast.

On Location features will follow leading-edge IT projects from conception and planning through implementation and usage. We'll tell it like it is, reporting on the setbacks as well as the triumphs while providing detailed technical and organizational analysis that leverages our editors' real-world IT experience.

Ongoing coverage will include progress reports and updates, both in print and online. We're also planning lots of complementary interactive features, with participation from the IT and business principals at each company we profile. To find out how you can take part with questions, comments and suggestions for Life Time Fitness, see the Life Time Forum.

We plan to run several of these ongoing case studies a year, so keep an eye out this fall, when we'll be profiling another intriguing company and technology project, and then following up with more print and interactive online coverage down the road. Meantime, we hope you enjoy reading about Life Time Fitness and will follow along online and in coming issues as the company's IT exploits unfold.