IDG's Network World Names Industry's Most Influential Companies, People and Trends; Fourth annual Power Issue highlights "everything powerful"
Business Wire via Dow Jones
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Jan. 7, 1998--Network World, the leading newsweekly of enterprise network computing, published its fourth annual special edition, the "Power Issue" (December 29/January 5 issue), profiling the industry's most powerful people, companies, trends and users.
"1997 was a year of profound change and 1998 promises to be equally turbulent. The Power Issue provides Network IS professionals with a detailed guide to the people and companies dominating the network industry and how they are navigating the changes in the marketplace," said John Gallant, editor-in-chief of Network World. "In this industry especially, power, like fame, is a fleeting thing. For instance, only a third of the people named to the list of the 25 Most Powerful
People in Networking in last year's Power Issue returned to the 1998 list. Network IS professionals look to Network World to help them keep up with the rapid changes," said Gallant.
Network World's list of The Most Powerful People in Networking includes:
Paul Allen Founder, The Allen Group
C. Michael Armstrong CEO, AT&T
Jim Barksdale President and CEO, Netscape Communications
Corp.
Eric Benhamou President and CEO, 3Com Corp.
John Chambers President and CEO, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Michael Dertouzos Director, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
John Doerr Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Bernie Ebbers President and CEO, WorldCom, Inc.
Mory Ejabat President and CEO, Ascend Communications, Inc.
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Manuel Fernandez President and CEO, Gartner Group, Inc.
Bill Gates Chairman, president and CEO, Microsoft Corp.
Lou Gerstner Chairman, president and CEO, IBM
Andy Grove Chairman, president and CEO, Intel Corp.
John Hickey Executive vice president, Technology Services,
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Terrell Jones Senior vice president and CIO, SABRE
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Charles Lee Chairman and CEO, GTE
Dawn Lepore Executive vice president & CIO, Charles Schwab
& Company, Inc.
Terry Matthews Chairman and CEO, Newbridge Networks Corp.
Rich McGinn President and CEO, Lucent Technologies, Inc.
Scott McNealy President and CEO, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Terrence Milholland Vice president of information systems and CIO,
The Boeing Co.
Joe Nacchio President and CEO, Qwest Communications Corp.
Alex Mandl Chairman and CEO, Teligent
Eckhard Pfeiffer President and CEO, Compaq Computer Corp.
Michel Roujansky CIO, Equant
Another feature in the issue highlights the top startup companies to watch in
1998. Network World's list of The Ten Companies to Watch includes:
Abirnet, Inc.
Aptex Software, Inc.
Arrowpoint Communications
Bright Tiger Technologies
Netspeed, Inc.
Nextpoint Networks, Inc.
Sitara Networks, Inc.
Switched Network Technologies, Inc.
Torrent Networking Technologies Corp.
Yago Systems, Inc.
Other stories in the annual Network World Power Issue include features on the
power struggles shaping the industry, technology comparisons, and the list of
Network World's User Excellence Award winners. The special edition is available
on Network World Fusion (http://www.nwfusion.com).
Network World (http://www.nwfusion.com) is the industry's only newsweekly
shaping the future of network computing in the enterprise. Through its
publishing, education, software and online products and services, Network World
empowers Network IS professionals with the knowledge to deliver the open
applications and infrastructure required to meet their evolving business needs.
Network World is a subsidiary of International Data Group (IDG), the world's
leading IT media, research and exposition company. IDG publishes more than 285
computer magazines and newspapers and 500 book titles and offers online users
the largest network of technology specific sites around the world through
IDG.net (http://www.idg.net), which comprises more than 200 targeted Web sites
in 52 countries. IDG is also a leading producer of 110 computer-related
expositions worldwide, and provides IT market analysis through 49 offices in 41
countries worldwide. Company information is available at idg.com. |
