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The 2008 CIO 100 Winners: Creating Business Value With Technology Innovation

The 2008 CIO 100 Awards honor 100 companies that are creating new business value by innovating with technology. Find out more about these IT leaders and the technologies that are critical to their success.

How to Use This Chart

Learn about the 2008 CIO 100 Award winners and their winning projects, and find the companies that interest you the most, with this interactive chart. Click on the tabs to sort the data according to location, industry or revenue as well as project type (the main technology used for the project), the primary business function it benefits and its impact. Click on the company name to get more details, including a description of the winning project and more about the technologies used. Under the Project Type tab, follow the links to find more CIO.com articles about each technology listed.

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Company
Location
Industry
Revenue
(2007)
Project
Type
Business Function
Business Goal
CIO
1-800-Radiator Benicia, Calif. Automotive  $ 117 million   E-Business Inventory Management  Strategic/Competitive Advantage  Kalani Keala 
Accenture Business Services  $ 19.7 billion   Collaboration Supply Chain/Logistics  Customer   Frank Modruson 
Aflac Columbus, Ga. Insurance  $ 15.4 billion   Databases Sales  Operational   Gerald Shields 
Alcatel Shanghai Bell Shanghai Telecommunications  $ 2.6 billion   E-Business Accounting & Finance  Operational   Zhanbei Zhu 
American Psychological Association Washington Nonprofit  $ 106 million   E-Business Research & Development/Product Development  Strategic/Competitive Advantage  Tony F. Habash 
Applied Materials Santa Clara, Calif. Manufacturing  $ 9.73 billion   Databases Manufacturing  Financial   Ron Kifer 
AT&T San Antonio, Texas Telecommunications  $ 118.9 billion   Middleware/EAI Order Processing/Fulfillment  Financial   Thaddeus Arroyo 
Best Buy Richfield, Minn. Retail/Wholesale/Distribution  $ 35.934 billion   Collaboration Research & Development/Product Development  Customer   Robert Willett 
BNSF Railway Fort Worth, Texas Transportation  $ 15.8 billion   BI Operations  Operational   Jeffrey Campbell 
BP London Mining/Oil/Gas  $ 284 billion   BI Asset Management/Maintenance  Operational   Phiroz Darukhanavala 
Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston Health Care  $ 1.67 billion   BPM Accounting & Finance  Operational   Sue Schade 
BT Group London Telecommunications  $ 40 billion   Network Human Resources  Customer   Al-Noor Ramji 
California Department of Health Care Services Sacramento, Calif. Health Care  $ 37 million   Security Customer Service/Support  Security or Regulatory   Michael Nguyen 
Celestica Toronto Manufacturing  $ 8.07 billion   Collaboration Inventory Management  Operational   Patrick Flynn 
Cisco Systems San Jose, Calif. Telecommunications  $ 34.9 billion   Network Research & Development/Product Development  Customer   Rebecca Jacoby 
Coca-Cola Atlanta Manufacturing  $ 28.9 billion   Databases Marketing  Strategic/Competitive Advantage  Jean-Michel Ares 
Con-way San Mateo, Calif. Transportation  $ 4.39 billion   Middleware/EAI Freight Movement   Financial   Jacquelyn Barretta 
Continental Casualty Chicago Insurance  $ 9.8 billion   BPM Accounting & Finance  Strategic/Competitive Advantage  John Golden 
Corinthian Colleges Santa Ana, Calif. Education  $ 933 million   ERP Accounting & Finance  Strategic/Competitive Advantage  Carmella Cassetta 
CPS Energy San Antonio Utilities   $ 1.9 billion   BPM Asset Management/Maintenance  Operational   Christopher Barron 

Project descriptions by Mishal Dholakia. Publication date: June 2, 2008.

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