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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
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development Washington Government  $ 33.6 billion (budget)  Collaboration Customer service/support  Social   Lynn Allen 
PricewaterhouseCoopers New York Financial Services  $ 7.5 billion   Network Customer Service/Support  Financial   Richard Ancona 
Shook, Hardy & Bacon Kansas City, Mo. Legal  $ 316 million   Knowledge Management Research & Development/Product Development  Operational   John Anderson 
Coca-Cola Atlanta Manufacturing  $ 28.9 billion   Databases Marketing  Strategic/Competitive Advantage  Jean-Michel Ares 
AT&T San Antonio, Texas Telecommunications  $ 118.9 billion   Middleware/EAI Order Processing/Fulfillment  Financial   Thaddeus Arroyo 
Lockheed Martin Bethesda, Md. Aerospace/Defense  $ 41.9 billion   Collaboration Research & Development/Product Development  Strategic/Competitive Advantage  Sondra Barbour 
Con-way San Mateo, Calif. Transportation  $ 4.39 billion   Middleware/EAI Freight Movement   Financial   Jacquelyn Barretta 
CPS Energy San Antonio Utilities   $ 1.9 billion   BPM Asset Management/Maintenance  Operational   Christopher Barron 
WellPoint Indianapolis Insurance  $ 60.1 billion   Collaboration Research & development/product development  Customer   Lori Beer 
Southern Company Atlanta Utilities   $ 15.35 billion   Infrastructure Marketing  Financial   Becky Blalock 
MyThings Menlo Park, Calif. Management Services  $ 1 million   Infrastructure Research & Development/Product Development  Strategic /Competitive Advantage  Kenneth Bouche 
Pitney Bowes Stamford, Conn. Business Services  $ 6.1 billion   CRM Customer Service/Support  Customer   Gregory Buoncontri 
State of Alabama Montgomery, Ala. Government  $ 17.5 billion   E-Business Asset Management/Maintenance  Social   Jim Burns 
BNSF Railway Fort Worth, Texas Transportation  $ 15.8 billion   BI Operations  Operational   Jeffrey Campbell 
Cross Country Automotive Services Medford, Mass. Automotive  $ 314 million   CRM Customer Service/Support  Strategic/Competitive Advantage  Mark Carbrey 
Corinthian Colleges Santa Ana, Calif. Education  $ 933 million   ERP Accounting & Finance  Strategic/Competitive Advantage  Carmella Cassetta 
Hartford Financial Services Group Hartford, Conn. Insurance  $ 25.9 billion   Data Warehouse Asset Management/Maintenance  Operational   John Chu 
Freescale Semiconductor Austin, Texas Manufacturing  $ 5.72 billion   BI Accounting & Finance  Strategic/Competitive Advantage  Sam Coursen 
State University and Community College System of Tennessee Nashville, Tenn. Education  $ 2.2 billion   Data Warehouse Accounting & Finance  Customer   Thomas S. Danford 
BP London Mining/Oil/Gas  $ 284 billion   Data Warehouse Asset Management/Maintenance  Operational   Phiroz Darukhanavala 
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