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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.

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Company
Location
Industry
Revenue
(2007)
Project
Type
Business Function
Business Goal
CIO
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland, Wash. Government  $761 million   WiFI Customer Service/Support  Security or Regulatory   Johnson 
Pitney Bowes Stamford, Conn. Business Services  $6.1 billion   CRM Customer Service/Support  Customer   Buoncontri 
Polycom Pleasanton, Calif. Telecommunications  $930 million   Network Research & Development/Product Development  Strategic /Competitive Advantage  Noga 
PricewaterhouseCoopers New York Financial Services  $7.5 billion   Network Customer Service/Support  Financial   Ancona 
RBC Toronto Financial Services  $22.9 billion   Document Management Customer Service/Support  Customer   Lippert 
Reliance Retail Mumbai Retail/Wholesale/Distribution  N/A  Business Intelligence Supply Chain/Logistics  Strategic /Competitive Advantage  Kasbe 
Sappi Fine Paper North America Boston Manufacturing  $1.511 billion   ERP Accounting & Finance  Operational   Wittstein 
Schwan Food Marshall, Minn. Manufacturing  $3.5 billion   Storage Accounting & Finance  Financial   McNulty 
Sentara Healthcare Norfolk, Va. Health Care  $2.4 billion   Mobile Customer Service/Support  Operational   Reese 
Seton Healthcare Network Austin, Texas Health Care  $1.1 billion   Servers Asset Management/Maintenance  Customer   Lewis 
Shook, Hardy & Bacon Kansas City, Mo. Legal  $316 million   Knowledge Management Research & Development/Product Development  Operational   Anderson 
Sirva Westmont, Ill. Automotive/Transportation  $3.9 billion   Business Intelligence Marketing  Strategic /Competitive Advantage  Dirst 
Skanska USA Building Parsippany, N.J. Construction  $4.021 billion   Business Intelligence Environmental Management  Social   Hutchinson 
Southern Company Atlanta Utilities   $15.35 billion   Infrastructure Marketing  Financial   Blalock 
Spiegel Brands New York Retail/Wholesale/Distribution  $250 million   CRM Customer Service/Support  Customer   Scott 
Sprint Nextel Overland Park, Kan. Telecommunications  $40.1 billion   Storage Research & Development/Product Development  Strategic /Competitive Advantage  LeFave 
St. John's University Queens, N.Y. Education  N/A  BPM Accounting & Finance  Operational   Tufano 
State of Alabama Montgomery, Ala. Government  $17.5 billion   E-Business Asset Management/Maintenance  Social   Burns 
State University and Community College System of Tennessee Nashville, Tenn. Education  $2.2 billion   Data Warehouse Accounting & Finance  Customer   Danford 
SunTrust Enterprise Information Services Atlanta Financial Services  N/A  E-Business Sales  Strategic /Competitive Advantage  Sullivan 
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