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Editor's Note: How You Line Up
This year's InformationWeek 500 issue is the most authoritative assessment of corporate IT ever published.

The Biggest & The Best
Here's how InformationWeek made this year's selection of the top 500 corporate users of informat ion technology.

The Hunt For Value
An exclusive MIT study of the IW 500 finds that successful corporations are the ones that support solid business plans with technology.

Aerospace/ Engineering: Smoothing Tech Turbulence
Aerospace companies are dealing with the challenge of updating and linking their legacy systems.

Banking: Make Way For E-Commerce
Electronic commerce and branch office automation are the forces behind the banking revolution.

Chemicals: Varying The Tech Formula
With business so good, chemical companies are investing heavily in time-saving technologies such as electronic data interchange.

Computers: Setting A Good Example
Vendors show customers the way through their own use of leading-edge technology.

Consumer Goods: Focused On The Customer
Sales force automation and online services are keeping the industry leaders on the cutting edge.

Electronics: Charged With Change
Component makers are streamlining production with distributed computing.

Energy: Fueling A Desired Change
In belt-tightening moves, oil companies are turning to client-server and distributed computing.

Financial Services: A New Era Is Brokered In
Wall Street is upgrading its sales tools, but brokerages are still slow to go with Internet transactions.

Food Processing: A Diet Of Reengineering
Business process reengineering through open client-server systems is on the menu for the top processors.

Health Care-Technology: The Best Remedy
Client-serve r technology is key to maintaining healthy profits.

Insurance: Rethinking Old Policies
There's a growing sense of urgency for insurers to reduce their reliance on aging mainframes.

Manufacturing: A Packaged Solution
Many reengineering efforts are being designed with off-the-shelf software.

Media: Managing Change
Improving core applications is helping companies get their word out.

Metals/Natural Resources: Mining Data To Win
Globalization leads to the adoption of leading-edge communications tools.

Pharmaceuticals: Is High-Tech A Surefire Cure?
With the aid of data warehousing and groupware, drug makers are meeting their goals of saving money and improving customer service.

Professional Services: Mak ing IT A Group Effort
Groupware and the Internet are helping firms better serve their clients.

Retail: Sell Smart, Sell More
By migrating from mainframe to client-server systems, old-line merchandisers have not only survived, they've prospered.

Telecommunications: Carriers Answer The Call
Carriers are modifying core IT processes to keep pace with federal regulations and technology breakthroughs.

Transportation: Technology Hits The Road
Transportation companies move into the information business.

Utilities: Power Move To The Future
Facing heightened competition, large utilities are investing in client-server technologies.

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