Who are the most influential IT 10 figures in the 20th century?

1. john Chambers, President and CEO of Cisco.

What can you say to a person who has been elected as the most influential CEO by readers for four years in a row? Because of his enduring business wisdom, he has always been the most concerned idol in the network and business circles.

2. Bill Gates, Chairman and Chief Software Architect of Microsoft

Last June,165438+1October, Gates delivered his 20th keynote speech on Comdex. Although the influence of this exhibition held in Las Vegas every year began to decline year by year, Gates' influence did not decline. Although controversial, he is still the most influential figure in the software industry. He is still at the helm of Microsoft, a company with assets of $32 billion and R&D budget of $6.8 billion. In order to share his idea of "seamless computing", Gates declared: "In the first 65,438+00 years of the 265,438+0 century, we will be able to achieve greater productivity improvement than all the productivity improvements achieved by the industry so far."

3. Peng Mingsheng, Chairman and CEO of 3.IBM

When Peng Mingsheng said that IBM would recruit 65,438+00,000 new employees in the fields of services based on open standards, middleware, Linux and software and hardware services this year, he gave hope for the healthy economic development of the network industry. This is when he announced that IBM's revenue in the third quarter reached $21500 million in the middle of June last year (an increase of more than 9% compared with the same period of last year). Since he was promoted to CEO of IBM in March 2003, Peng Mingsheng has been focusing on a common core technology vision: e-commerce has effectively mobilized the resources of all IBM hardware, software and service departments on demand.

4. Carly Fiorina, Chairman and CEO of Hewlett Packard Company

Fiorina's reputation as a capable CEO is hard-won, and she doesn't seem to want to lose it. Fiorina has skillfully turned from yesterday's successful merger to tomorrow's business plan, including how to ensure the leading role in building a "new data center". Hewlett-Packard's $2.5 billion investment in "dynamic growth enterprises" shows that she is serious about ensuring that HP can always stay at the forefront. Besides, Fiorina seems to be serious about how to compete face to face with Cisco. This is what some industry observers learned from her resignation as a director of Cisco in June last year 1 1, which has the same significance as her joining the company's board of directors in 200 1.

5. Linda Dillman, Chief Information Officer of 5.Vuormaa

Dillman decided to lead the technical development direction of Vuormaa, not only for this huge and friendless retailer, but also for its thousands of suppliers-its ripple effect will affect the whole network industry. Take Dillman's announcement last June that it would adopt RFID tags as an example. At a retail trade show, Dillman told the audience that Vuormaa will require its top suppliers to implant RFID chips in their products in 2004, and all other suppliers must do this before 2006. Analysts believe that this alone may create a $2 billion RFID market.

6. Ivan Seidenberg, Chairman and CEO of Verizon

As the founder of Bell Company, the largest region in the United States, Seidenberg had consolidated his position when he was officially appointed as the chairman of Verizon in June last year, which was much more stable than when he was appointed eight months ago to complete the merger contract signed by Atlantic Bell /GTE Company in 2000. Seidenberg will continue to be the star of his lecture tour, and his speech will never be without his trademark words: government regulation is inhibiting innovation, thus inhibiting the recovery of the telecommunications industry.

7. michael dell, Chairman and CEO of Dell.

Dell has always been among the best in the network industry, but it is clear that he has not reached the peak. In our annual ranking of readers' strength index, he is the fastest rising influential figure. He has become a trusted business and technical consultant not only for decision makers in Washington, but also for the whole world.

8. john thompson, Chairman and CEO of Symantec Corporation

Thompson led Symantec through an unusual year, which made it into our list of 10 most influential Internet companies for the second time in a row. Not surprisingly. Thompson has achieved a perfect financial situation, several big customer orders, and Symantec's highest revenue market position in the security field. He also completed two all-cash acquisitions and other acquisition contracts. As a member of several government advisory committees, Thompson also serves on the boards of several companies, such as UPS, NiSource, Seagate and Crystal Decisions. In 2003, his reputation in the business world rose rapidly. He is the star of many exhibitions and commercial media, and also one of Comdex's autumn keynote speakers.

9. Joseph Tucci, President and CEO of 9.EMC

Last year, Tucci led EMC on a merger and acquisition spree, and the last time was in mid-February, it bought software manufacturer VMware for $635 million in cash. This acquisition is not far away from the acquisition of Legato system, a backup and recovery software manufacturer, in July for $654.38+03 billion. In addition, in June, he completed the acquisition of Documentum (US$ 654.38+07 billion), a professional content management software company, and Astrum, a storage resource management company (the contract amount was not announced). These acquisitions will help Tucci expand EMC's technology to the field of high-end storage platforms, and finally realize the so-called information lifecycle management (ILM). ILM is a strategy that can integrate storage technology with content creation and data recovery functions.

10. David dormann, Chairman and CEO of AT &

Dormann always tries to stop at&; T's financial situation went from bad to worse. In June 5438+early February last year, he made a surprising announcement of personnel changes, that is, he replaced AT &；; Betsy Bernard, president of T Company, has the same purpose. If Bernard has always been regarded as an expert in cost reduction, hannigan is regarded as an expert in income growth. This appointment is the last of a series of personnel changes in dormann last year, including the appointment of new candidates for positions such as sales and network operation. Dormann, 49, is also an influential member of the business community. He is also a board member of Bishop Alexandra High School in Virginia.

1 1. Ed Whitaker, Chairman and CEO of SBC.

As always, Whitaker always brings shock to the industry. In July last year, with a lot of publicity, he announced a joint marketing agreement with satellite TV provider Echostar, which made SBC the first regional Bell company to be bundled with the main TV services of satellite and cable TV companies. The agreement created the so-called "four-party" bundled service, which is planned to be provided in early 2004. SBC customers can enjoy multi-channel TV programs, local and long-distance voice communication, wireless communication and broadband services provided by a single provider for a fee. He implemented the agreement by investing $500 million in Echostar. If he can't complete this agreement tied to the TV business, he will have to travel to and from major cities to lobby to prevent regulators from allowing competitors such as AT & amp； T and other terms, in order to use its network cheaply.

12. Microsoft CEO steve ballmer

Ballmer likes to joke that he can't remember the name of his annoying open source competitor, namely Linux. In fact, however, for the CEO of the most influential software company in the world, this joke is not ridiculous at all. Because there are a lot of antitrust lawsuits behind him, at least in the United States, fighting against the open source movement will be one of Ballmer's next major battles. Comparatively speaking, the safety of Microsoft products is secondary.

13. Tony Sugert, Chief Technology Officer of General Motors

Scott's position in GM makes him have to deal with the technical problems that 340,000 employees encounter every day. He is also responsible for one of the most complex supply chains in the world and manages a huge distribution network composed of independent agents. One of the topics that attracted his attention most recently was authentication management. Scott is also GM's representative on the Freedom Alliance Project Management Committee. Last year, Scott started his first project at GM by adopting software that abides by freedom rights, including integrating authentication management software with GM's company-wide LDAP directory and employee portal system.

14. Doug Elix, Senior Vice President and CEO of IBM Global Services Group.

From Australia to America, Elix has left its mark on IBM and the whole network industry. He led170,000 experts from IBM Global Services Group (IGS) in 60 countries to win contracts from one big enterprise to another. The annual income of IGS IGS 2002 was $36 billion, reaching $265,438 billion in the first half of 2003. Elix knows how to give full play to the role of individuals in an organization and how to make challenging IT managers accept various open standards to make their organizations more influential.

15. Senator Paul Sarbanes, Democrat of Massachusetts, and Michael Oxley, Republican of Ohio (no photo)

This pair of legislators are the makers of Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002, which stipulated the information disclosure system of enterprises and required publicly listed companies to publish accurate and detailed financial reports regularly. The bill, which originated from the large-scale financial scandal of American companies, aims to reform the financial system and restore investors' confidence. At the same time, the bill will also promote the modernization of corporate financial announcement system and encourage enterprises to invest in business processes, corporate governance and consulting services. It is generally believed that the cost of complying with the Act is high: generally speaking, Fortune 1000 company may spend $2.5 billion to meet the requirements of the Act in 2003. Sarbanes-Oxley Act is the representative of several legislative provisions that force enterprises to invest in IT.

16. Rhonda MacLean, Senior Vice President and Enterprise Information Security Manager of Bank of America

MacLean is a long-term thing in the process of enterprise information security. Before joining Bank of America in 1996, she was in charge of guarding the security fortress in Boeing Company 14 years. In May 2002, the U.S. Treasury appointed McClane as the representative of the financial industry, responsible for safeguarding key infrastructure and homeland security procedures. Her high reputation also includes: leading the Bank of America to establish a financial industry security testing center and serving as the director of several security organizations; She is also an adviser to various policy makers in Washington. ..

17. Charlie Giancarlo, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Cisco Switching, Voice and Storage Division, President of Cisco -Linksys

Giancarlo is one of the cavalry scouts that Cisco is looking for new technical fields to conquer. In the field of voice and storage, which he is in charge of, he got several great opportunities that made him have a bright future. Giancarlo, as the president of Cisco -Linksys, which was established after Cisco acquired Linksys, is also responsible for implementing Cisco's plan to enter the consumer and home office market.

18.George Samenuk, Chairman and CEO of Network Associates

When Network Associates walked a tightrope financially, Samenuk finally announced in March last year that he was finally profitable again after three fiscal years. At the end of the year, I also played a beautiful hand for the company. He led Network Associates to achieve a healthy financial situation in the middle of the year, which was enough for him to acquire three companies in succession in June last year, including the acquisition of IntruVert Networks, an intrusion prevention provider, for US$ 65438+. Samenuk is also a member of the Advisory Committee of new york Stock Exchange.

19. Fred wetering, President of Network Application Association; Bechtel Infrastructure Systems Manager

As a member of the Network Application Association (NAC), Wettling leads a strong team, whose members come from giants such as Boeing, Chevrolet, Walter Disney, Nike and GlaxoSmithKline. NAC's member companies-whose total operating income adds up to more than $750 billion-can make IT vendors fidget if they speak with authoritative voices.

20. Larry Ellision, Chairman and CEO of Oracle Bone Inscriptions Company

No matter what you think of Ellison, he is by no means an idle person. His strange behavior in 2003 is a very surprising hostile takeover strategy, which has been unknown to the industry for many years. Although his "malicious" acquisITion of PeopleSoft may not succeed, it obviously keeps Oracle Bone Inscriptions and IT infrastructure in the eyes of American enterprises and the attention of commercial media. Because of his bold and presumptuous behavior, Ellison's influence seems to continue to be strong.

2 1. Craig Conway, President and CEO of PeopleSoft.

In 2003, Conway brought its influence to the extreme. PeopleSoft's * * * won an offensive in the merger with J.D.Edwards in June last year, and then began to compete repeatedly with Oracle Bone Inscriptions, putting the latter's hostile takeover as high as $7.3 billion in trouble. His defense strategy includes drafting a controversial plan, which promises its customers that once PeopleSoft is acquired by others and its product plan cannot be implemented, the company will pay customers two to five times the license fee.

22. Comcast President and CEO Brian Roberts

The former member of the American squash team (who won silver medals in several Israeli Maccabees competitions) is now on the podium in the Internet industry and has won brilliant victories in the broadband market. Comcast added 654.38+70 million high-speed Internet users in fiscal year 2003, and the total number of users has reached 5.3 million. His success forced regional bell companies such as SBC to take this issue seriously.

23.Eric Rudder, Senior Vice President, Services and Tools Division, Microsoft

Rudder's position and reputation in Microsoft have been steadily improving. Today, he controls the company's server business and coordinates the relationship between the business and the developer community, whose supporters expect him to take over. Microsoft's. Net "Head Office" Affairs. These days, Rudder is in charge of the project and Microsoft's upcoming Longhorn client operating system; The next generation SQL server named Yukon and the next generation Visual Studio named Whidbey.

24. Greg Papadopoulos, Chief Technology Officer of Sun Company

Orion, Kevlar and Mad Hatter, as the heads of technology research and development of Sun Company, are all new projects launched by Papadopoulos. Orion released in early 2003 is a code name developed by Sun for its simplified price system and release cycle. Kevlar is the code name of Sun's upcoming server partition software, and Mad Hatter is the name of its research and development plan of Linux desktop software package. Among all these projects, the new generation of UltraSparc blade server is the most important, which uses multi-core technology to integrate multiple processor units into a silicon chip.

25. Scott Griffin, Chief Information Officer of Boeing (no photo)

The history of Boeing as a user is the history of early adopters, cultivators and shapers of various technologies. Under the guidance of Griffin, Boeing recently adopted certification management and collaborative computing technology. Griffin is not only a technical dreamer, but also a popular travel speaker, and his personal experience is rich and colorful. He even worked as a fireman. He is an active donor to many charitable foundations in Seattle and an adviser to the University of Washington.

26.Irving Wladawsky-Berger, General Manager of on-demand e-commerce at IBM.

When IBM planned to invest $654.38+0 billion to support fledgling Linux enterprise products in 2000, Wladawsky-Berger was the person in charge of this investment. Now, he is responsible for more investment: Wladawsky-Berger now leads IBM's on-demand e-commerce concept. About 15 months ago, he announced a plan to invest 10 billion dollars to make IBM's software and hardware resources more intelligent. Wladawsky-Berger, who has served in IBM for 33 years, is still responsible for preaching and popularizing technologies such as grid computing and virtualization, trying to make enterprises adapt to changes in the market environment with the best flexibility to maintain and increase value.

27.Nora Denzel, Senior Vice President and General Manager of HP Software Global Division, and Senior Vice President of Dynamic Growth Enterprise Strategy.

Under Denzel's care, HP's software revenue in fiscal year 2003 set a new record of annual growth rate of 20%, of which OpenView increased by 17% and OpenCall increased by 36%. At the same time, Denzel also expanded her software kingdom through mergers and acquisitions, and she officially took charge of HP's dynamic growth enterprise strategy. Denzel, 4 1 year-old, has a long experience in the network industry. From 65438 to 0984, he joined IBM as a storage software engineer and was quickly promoted to be the global manager in charge of IBM storage software products. 1997 joined Legato. As a senior vice president, Legato's income rose from 50 million US dollars to 250 million US dollars in four years. Joined HP in 2000, first in charge of network storage, and soon became the leader of HP's entire software group.

28. Nicholas Carr, a business writer and consultant.

Carl's article entitled "It's no longer important" published in Harvard Business Review has aroused widespread concern in the industry. This paper holds that its strategic value is gradually disappearing because of its ubiquity. This article caused numerous controversies and made Carl the busiest travel speaker. The shock wave generated by this article may not last until his book on the same subject is published in May this year, but Carl obviously left his mark on the IT development last year.

29. Dahl mcbride, President and CEO of SCO Group

McBride won this year's influence ranking because of a legal dispute with Linux. The 42-year-old father of seven children spent almost a whole year in 2003 accusing Linux of stealing the source code of SCO, while he only stayed in SCO for two years. With the gradual development of this dispute, McBride not only showed us his persistence, but also showed us his efforts to get SCO out of the Linux market completely.

30. Richard Steenon, vice president of research at Gartner

Steenon's report last June shocked the security industry, in which he called Intrusion Detection System (IDS) a "market failure". Few analysts will talk about an emerging market like him, especially a market full of customers waiting for new analysis reports. His attitude strongly influenced IDS manufacturers, forcing them to face their own market failure or dangerous market sales situation. This widely circulated report "IDS is dying" had such a great influence after it was published for several months that many potential government IDS buyers invited Stiennon to make a face-to-face inquiry with more than a dozen IDS manufacturers in June+10, 5438.