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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
Alcatel Shanghai Bell Shanghai Telecommunications  $ 2.6 billion   E-Business Accounting & Finance  Operational   Zhanbei Zhu 
Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston Health Care  $ 1.67 billion   BPM Accounting & Finance  Operational   Sue Schade 
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 
District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority Washington Utilities   $ 294 million (budget)  CRM Accounting & Finance  Customer   Mujib Lodhi 
Dolby Laboratories San Francisco Media  $ 482 million   BPM Accounting & Finance  Strategic/Competitive Advantage  George Lin 
Freescale Semiconductor Austin, Texas Manufacturing  $ 5.72 billion   BI Accounting & Finance  Strategic/Competitive Advantage  Sam Coursen 
VCU Health System Richmond, Va. Health Care  $ 1.23 billion   Mobile Accounting & Finance  Strategic /Competitive Advantage  Richard Pollack 
Goodwin Procter Boston Legal  $ 611 million   BI Accounting & Finance  Operational   Peter Lane 
State University and Community College System of Tennessee Nashville, Tenn. Education  $ 2.2 billion   Data Warehouse Accounting & Finance  Customer   Thomas S. Danford 
St. John's University Queens, N.Y. Education  N/A  BPM Accounting & Finance  Operational   Joseph Tufano 
Schwan Food Marshall, Minn. Manufacturing  $ 3.5 billion   Storage Accounting & Finance  Financial   Kathleen McNulty 
Sappi Fine Paper North America Boston Manufacturing  $ 1.511 billion   ERP Accounting & Finance  Operational   Robert Wittstein 
Motorola Schaumburg, Ill. Telecommunications  $ 36.6 billion   Mobile Accounting & Finance  Security or Regulatory   Patricia Morrison 
Mid Valley Products Norwalk, Conn. Retail/Wholesale/Distribution  $ 210 million   BPM Accounting & Finance  Strategic /Competitive Advantage  Mike Skinner 
Miami-Dade County Public Schools Miami, Fla. Education  $ 6.1 billion   Energy Efficiency Accounting & Finance  Social   Debbie Karcher 
Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council Quincy, Mass. Government  $ 1 million   BPM Accounting & Finance  Strategic/Competitive Advantage  Craig Hall 
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, Pa. Health Care  $ 6.8 billion   Storage Accounting & Finance  Financial   Dan Drawbaugh 
Flowserve Irving, Texas Manufacturing  $ 3.76 billion   ERP Accounting & Finance  Financial   Linda Jojo 
Denver Health and Hospital Authority Denver Health Care  $ 552 million   Network Accounting & Finance  Operational   Gregory Veltri 
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