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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
Earth Class Mail Seattle Business Services  $ 0 million   Databases Inventory Management  Operational   Paul Irvine 
MyThings Menlo Park, Calif. Management Services  $ 1 million   Databases Research & Development/Product Development  Strategic /Competitive Advantage  Kenneth Bouche 
Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council Quincy, Mass. Government  $ 1 million   BPM Accounting & Finance  Strategic/Competitive Advantage  Craig Hall 
MediSend International Dallas Nonprofit  $ 2 million   Knowledge Management Research & Development/Product Development  Customer   Jeff Douglas 
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston Health Care  $ 21 million (budget)  BI Principal Investigators/Study Staff   Operational   Jeff Kessler 
California Department of Health Care Services Sacramento, Calif. Health Care  $ 37 million   Security Customer Service/Support  Security or Regulatory   Michael Nguyen 
Welfare Client Data Systems Consortium Folsom, Calif. Government  $ 80 million   Collaboration Customer service/support  Social   Bob Hendricks 
eResearch Technology Philadelphia Health Care  $ 99 million   Databases Research & Development/Product Development  Strategic/Competitive Advantage  Thomas Devine 
American Psychological Association Washington Nonprofit  $ 106 million   E-Business Research & Development/Product Development  Strategic/Competitive Advantage  Tony F. Habash 
1-800-Radiator Benicia, Calif. Automotive  $ 117 million   E-Business Inventory Management  Strategic/Competitive Advantage  Kalani Keala 
SuperShuttle Scottsdale, Ariz. Automotive/Transportation  $ 120 million   E-Business Order Processing/Fulfillment  Customer   Mike Hogan 
Mid Valley Products Norwalk, Conn. Retail/Wholesale/Distribution  $ 210 million   BPM Accounting & Finance  Strategic /Competitive Advantage  Mike Skinner 
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Arlington, Va. Utilities   $ 215 million   BPM Human Resources  Strategic /Competitive Advantage  Tom Stangroom 
Spiegel Brands New York Retail/Wholesale/Distribution  $ 250 million   CRM Customer Service/Support  Customer   Tom Scott 
VocaLink Rickmansworth, United Kingdom Financial Services  $ 270 million   Servers Accounting & Finance  Operational   Nick Masterson-Jones 
Wind River Systems Alameda, Calif. Computer Software  $ 285 million   BI Sales  Operational   Scott Fenton 
District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority Washington Utilities   $ 294 million (budget)  CRM Accounting & Finance  Customer   Mujib Lodhi 
Health Plan of Michigan Detroit Health Care  $ 311 million   Data Warehouse Customer Service/Support  Customer   Thomas Lauzon 
Cross Country Automotive Services Medford, Mass. Automotive  $ 314 million   CRM Customer Service/Support  Strategic/Competitive Advantage  Mark Carbrey 
Shook, Hardy & Bacon Kansas City, Mo. Legal  $ 316 million   Knowledge Management Research & Development/Product Development  Operational   John Anderson 
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