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It's here: the InformationWeek 500, our 10th annual listing of the most innovative corporate users of IT. As in past years, the full InformationWeek 500 listing is available online, with stories analyzing innovative technology trends in 21 industries, as well as charts and profile information on each company in the listing.

This year, we've added some new online features we hope you'll find valuable. First, we're introducing the InformationWeek 500 Innovation Advisor, an application that lets you benchmark your company's use of IT against that of the companies in the InformationWeek 500.

In addition, for a quick view of the companies on the list, we've created an HTML table that includes each company's name and its ranking. The 500 list and all other tables can be viewed in PDF (Portable Document Format) with Adobe Acrobat Reader (see details below; the files are not available in spreadsheet format).

FEATURE STORIES

The 500 List:
A list of the 500 companies and their ranking in HTML
and the full chart in PDF.

The Charts:
The 500 chart and the industry charts are available in PDF. To view a PDF file, download the Adobe Acrobat Reader

500 Methodology:
Where To Find The Innovators

Hoover's Data
Hoover's Inc. supplied corporate financial data for each member of the 1998 InformationWeek 500. The Austin, Texas-based publisher, known for its "Hoover's Handbook" of American corporations, and www.hoovers.com, an online directory of corporations, tracks more than 13, 000 companies worldwide.

Defining IT Innovation
The InformationWeek 500 all share a bold willingness to take fresh approaches to IT

Technology On The Front Page
Publisher Knight Ridder sees IT, and the Web, as an enormous opportunity to expand its business

Honorable Mention

Industries At A Glance

Collaborate And Conquer
As electronic commerce grows more competitive, direct and mass marketing strategies are yielding to a cheaper, more efficient way of dealing over the Internet by John Hagel

The New Value Chain
Today's digital age means companies must rethink how they deliver what their customers value

Enablers & Inhibitors
Despite working on different levels, IT and business executives must communicate better in order for companies to experience the benefits of technology

IT Dollars and Sense
Technology managers must understand the new economics of business before allocating their money

Motivation Leads To Innovation
IT Professionals who are excited about their jobs will be more creative and productive

CIO FORUM: Three leading CIOs write about major issues of interest to corporate IT chiefs.

Knowledge Payback by Randy Mott
Be A Choice Player by Raymond Caron
Lessons From ERP by Sue Leboza

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