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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
Best Buy Richfield, Minn. Retail/Wholesale/Distribution  $ 35.934 billion   Collaboration Research & Development/Product Development  Customer   Robert Willett 
BT Group London Telecommunications  $ 40 billion   Network Human Resources  Customer   Al-Noor Ramji 
Cisco Systems San Jose, Calif. Telecommunications  $ 34.9 billion   Network Research & Development/Product Development  Customer   Rebecca Jacoby 
District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority Washington Utilities   $ 294 million (budget)  CRM Accounting & Finance  Customer   Mujib Lodhi 
MediSend International Dallas Nonprofit  $ 2 million   Knowledge Management Research & Development/Product Development  Customer   Jeff Douglas 
Pitney Bowes Stamford, Conn. Business Services  $ 6.1 billion   CRM Customer Service/Support  Customer   Gregory Buoncontri 
Seton Healthcare Network Austin, Texas Health Care  $ 1.1 billion   Servers Asset Management/Maintenance  Customer   Gerry Lewis 
State University and Community College System of Tennessee Nashville, Tenn. Education  $ 2.2 billion   Data Warehouse Accounting & Finance  Customer   Thomas S. Danford 
Toyota Canada Toronto Automotive/Transportation  $ 6 billion   BPM Sales  Customer   Hao Tien 
WellPoint Indianapolis Insurance  $ 60.1 billion   Collaboration Research & development/product development  Customer   Lori Beer 
SuperShuttle Scottsdale, Ariz. Automotive/Transportation  $ 120 million   E-Business Order Processing/Fulfillment  Customer   Mike Hogan 
Spiegel Brands New York Retail/Wholesale/Distribution  $ 250 million   CRM Customer Service/Support  Customer   Tom Scott 
RBC Toronto Financial Services  $ 22.9 billion   Document Management Customer Service/Support  Customer   Martin Lippert 
Pacific Gas and Electric San Francisco, Calif. Utilities   $ 13.23 billion   Data Warehouse Inventory Management  Customer   Patricia Lawicki 
Health Plan of Michigan Detroit Health Care  $ 311 million   Data Warehouse Customer Service/Support  Customer   Thomas Lauzon 
Vanguard Group Wayne, Pa. Financial Services  $ 2.1 billion   Knowledge Management Marketing  Customer   Paul Heller 
Accenture Business Services  $ 19.7 billion   Collaboration Supply Chain/Logistics  Customer   Frank Modruson 
Applied Materials Santa Clara, Calif. Manufacturing  $ 9.73 billion   Databases Manufacturing  Financial   Ron Kifer 
Southern Company Atlanta Utilities   $ 15.35 billion   Infrastructure Marketing  Financial   Becky Blalock 
Schwan Food Marshall, Minn. Manufacturing  $ 3.5 billion   Storage Accounting & Finance  Financial   Kathleen McNulty 
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