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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
SuperShuttle Scottsdale, Ariz. Automotive/Transportation  $ 120 million   E-Business Order Processing/Fulfillment  Customer   Mike Hogan 
Texas Health Resources Arlington, Texas Health Care  $ 2.2 billion   BPM Other: Patient Care  Operational   Edward Marx 
Toyota Canada Toronto Automotive/Transportation  $ 6 billion   BPM Sales  Customer   Hao Tien 
Tucson Electric Power Tucson, Ariz. Utilities   $ 1.07 billion   Network Asset management/maintenance  Operational   Steve Rissler 
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development Washington Government  $ 33.6 billion (budget)  Collaboration Customer service/support  Social   Lynn Allen 
UniGroup Fenton, Mo. Automotive/Transportation  $ 2.2 billion   BPM Sales  Strategic /Competitive Advantage  Randall Poppell 
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Ind. Education  $ 737 million   Mobile Customer service/support  Social   Gordon Wishon 
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, Pa. Health Care  $ 6.8 billion   Storage Accounting & Finance  Financial   Dan Drawbaugh 
Vanguard Group Wayne, Pa. Financial Services  $ 2.1 billion   Knowledge Management Marketing  Customer   Paul Heller 
VCU Health System Richmond, Va. Health Care  $ 1.23 billion   Mobile Accounting & Finance  Strategic /Competitive Advantage  Richard Pollack 
Veterans Health Administration Washington Government  $ 36.2 billion (medical care budget)  BPM Customer service/support  Social   Craig B. Luigart 
Viacom New York Media   $ 13.42 billion   BPM Human resources  Operational   Joe Simon 
Villanova University Villanova, Pa. Education  $ 336 million (endowment)  CRM Customer service/support  Social   Steve Fugale 
VocaLink Rickmansworth, United Kingdom Financial Services  $ 270 million   Servers Accounting & Finance  Operational   Nick Masterson-Jones 
Welfare Client Data Systems Consortium Folsom, Calif. Government  $ 80 million   Collaboration Customer service/support  Social   Bob Hendricks 
WellPoint Indianapolis Insurance  $ 60.1 billion   Collaboration Research & development/product development  Customer   Lori Beer 
Wells Fargo Financial Des Moines, Iowa Financial Services  $ 18.4 billion   BPM Accounting & Finance  Financial   Tom Greteman 
Wind River Systems Alameda, Calif. Computer Software  $ 285 million   BI Sales  Operational   Scott Fenton 
Wyeth Madison, N.J. Health Care  $ 22.39 billion   BPM Research & development/product development  Operational   Jeff Keisling 
YRC Worldwide Overland Park, Kan. Automotive/Transportation  $ 9.62 billion   BPM Order processing/fulfillment  Operational   Michael Rapken 
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