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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
BNSF Railway Fort Worth, Texas Transportation  $ 15.8 billion   BI Operations  Operational   Jeffrey Campbell 
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston Health Care  $ 21 million (budget)  BI Principal Investigators/Study Staff   Operational   Jeff Kessler 
Goodwin Procter Boston Legal  $ 611 million   BI Accounting & Finance  Operational   Peter Lane 
Freescale Semiconductor Austin, Texas Manufacturing  $ 5.72 billion   BI Accounting & Finance  Strategic/Competitive Advantage  Sam Coursen 
Ingersoll-Rand Industrial Technologies Sector Davidson, N.C. Manufacturing  $ 8.8 billion   BI Sales  Operational   Timothy Fleming 
Reliance Retail Mumbai Retail/Wholesale/Distribution  N/A  BI Supply Chain/Logistics  Strategic /Competitive Advantage  Timothy D. Kasbe 
Skanska USA Building Parsippany, N.J. Construction  $ 4.021 billion   BI Environmental Management  Social   Kevin Hutchinson 
Wind River Systems Alameda, Calif. Computer Software  $ 285 million   BI Sales  Operational   Scott Fenton 
Sirva Westmont, Ill. Automotive/Transportation  $ 3.9 billion   BI Marketing  Strategic /Competitive Advantage  Erik Keller 
Ohio State University Medical Center Columbus, Ohio Health Care  $ 1.35 billion   BI Customer Service/Support  Social   Detlev (Herb) Smaltz 
Hillman Group Cincinnati Manufacturing  $ 400 million   BI Supply Chain/Logistics  Operational   Jim Honerkamp 
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 
Level 3 Communications Broomfield, Colo. Telecommunications  $ 4.27 billion   BPM Inventory Management  Operational   Kevin Hart 
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Arlington, Va. Utilities   $ 215 million   BPM Human Resources  Strategic /Competitive Advantage  Tom Stangroom 
Monsanto St. Louis Agriculture  $ 8.56 billion   BPM Research & Development/Product Development  Strategic /Competitive Advantage  Mark Showers 
Mid Valley Products Norwalk, Conn. Retail/Wholesale/Distribution  $ 210 million   BPM Accounting & Finance  Strategic /Competitive Advantage  Mike Skinner 
Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council Quincy, Mass. Government  $ 1 million   BPM Accounting & Finance  Strategic/Competitive Advantage  Craig Hall 
UniGroup Fenton, Mo. Automotive/Transportation  $ 2.2 billion   BPM Sales  Strategic /Competitive Advantage  Randall Poppell 
Viacom New York Media   $ 13.42 billion   BPM Human resources  Operational   Joe Simon 
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