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It's been the best of times ... but not always. In fact, a few of the last 20 years have been pretty crummy. But the good times outweigh the bad, and on the occasion of its 20th anniversary, CIO celebrates 20 years of IT excellence and achievement (with a few disasters thrown in for spice and because, as you know, IT happens).

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1987-2007: Making Connections

IT is all about connecting the dots between devices, data and people. Check out this opinionated, annotated time line of winners and losers, hits and flops, triumphs and disasters in the great, still unfolding history of connectivity.
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The Way We Were

From green screens to flat screens; from a desk in the basement to a seat in the boardroom—top CIOs discuss the evolution of IT and the CIO role. Plus, HP Hall of Fame CIO Randy Mott mixes it up with Nick ("Does IT Matter?") Carr.
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2007-2027: The Shapes of Things to Come

Twenty gurus, experts and IT leaders, from Google VP Dave Girouard to sci-fi author Larry (Ringworld) Niven, weigh in on what the IT (and the human) future may look like.
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The CIO Hall of Fame

Meet the CIOs whose influence and accomplishments have earned them a plaque in CIO's Hall of Fame. Also, meet the Hall of Famers we inducted way back in 1997.
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CIO to CEO: Lessons Learned

Dawn Lepore, former Charles Schwab CIO, now drugstore.com CEO and new Hall of Fame inductee, on what customer-focused IT really means.
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