Data Centers Merge and Move Ahead

However, this doesn't mean more status for the in-plant manager. "In this business, you just get more work," Thomas laughs.

The Principal Financial Group: The Vanishing Line

"At one time, there was a clear line between jobs that were printed in the in-plant and those that were done in the data center," explains Jo Helms, assistant director of Information Technology for the Principal Financial Group, in Des Moines, Iowa.