Dust Settling On Digital Reorg; Top Brass Wants Global Focus

Digital Equipment Corp.'s corporationwide makeover has finally made its way down to the ranks of its trading system sales group, paving the way for the vendor to attempt a comeback in this market.

DEC's reorg was especially important to what used to be known as the banking/investment business unit because that group's fortunes -- particularly in the trading room -- have shifted so dramatically over the past several years. Where once DEC boxes were fairly commonplace on trader desktops and DEC