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"It was a great honor to be named as the top-ranking company in the 2008 InformationWeek 500. This achievement not only acknowledged National's innovation in information services and supply chain management, it has encouraged us to continually find ways to collaborate and use technology creatively."
Julie Wong, Acting CIO
National Semiconductor Corporation
www.national.com
Industry: Electronics |
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"Hilton's legacy of commitment to innovation has been uniquely packaged to deliver superior customer service, improve our operational efficiencies, drive revenue throughout our properties around the globe, and establish a clear advantage for our brands. Winning this ranking creates quite a compelling story of success as we court new franchises and management deals around the world."
Tim Harvey, CIO & Executive VP of Global Shared Brand Services
Hilton Hotels Corporation
www.hiltonworldwide.com
Industry: Hospitality & Travel |
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"The recognition Highmark received from InformationWeek validates the commitment our company has made to provide innovative technology solutions that help our customers lead healthier lives. Furthermore, it focuses national attention on Highmark's technology team, which has been extremely successful for many years in working with the company's business units to increase operational efficiencies and improve customer relationships."
Michael Kronenwetter, VP, Technology Management
Highmark Inc.
Industry: Insurance |
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"[Our InformationWeek 500 award showed] our investors, our clients, even our own management and employees where we stand. We are tops in the banking and financial services segment and fourth overall in the nation. It's something we are all excited about - a real morale booster."
Richard Jones, Executive VP & CIO
Fiserv Inc.
Industry: Banking & Financial Services |
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"Taking risks in the business world can be difficult, and taking them in the insurance industry-not known for its love of risk- is a special kind of challenge. The intense, long-term work that went into the creation of Simply Unum was an investment in a transformative way of doing business. And the recognition of Unum in the top 5 of the 2008 InformationWeek 500 was a powerful confirmation of the value of what we delivered."
Kathy Owen, CIO & Senior VP
Rick Klausner, VP, Information Technology, UUS Enterprise Architecture
Unum Group
Industry: Insurance |
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"The InformationWeek 500 is a great way to present Scottrade's most innovative projects and to recognize our IT associates for their dedication and hard work. As an online investment firm, IT is at the core of Scottrade's business, where technology and innovation are extremely important in providing a superior online trading experience for our customers."
Ian Patterson, Chief Information Officer
Scottrade
www.scottrade.com
Industry: Banking & Financial Services |
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"Each year, the InformationWeek 500 lets us know exactly how Avnet stacks up against the best-of-the-best. We appreciate the opportunity to showcase the accomplishments of the Avnet team. We look forward to this year's list to learn more about how companies from different industries are using IT to deal with business challenges."
Steve Phillips, Chief Information Officer
Avnet, Inc.
www.avnet.com
Industry: Distribution |
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"As a global IP provider, Global Crossing strives to deliver innovation in our services and customer experience of which Information Technology plays a strategic roll. Information Week's 500 is valued as an important industry benchmark in a forum that recognizes the technological milestones achieved across the industry year after year. Global Crossing places significance upon participation as it complements the strategic role Global Crossing places upon IT."
Michael Fuqua, SVP Global Information Systems
Global Crossing
www.globalcrossing.com
Industry: Telecommunications |
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"Business drives technology at UPS. Our entry in this year's InformationWeek 500 -- UPS PaperlessSM Invoice, an industry first that saves global shippers time, money and trees -- is just one example. The InformationWeek 500 program provides a great way to showcase how technology is used in business innovation at UPS and to recognize the instrumental role IT plays in our business success."
Dave Barnes, Sr. VP and CIO
UPS
www.ups.com
Industry: Transportation |
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"Sprint has participated in the InformationWeek 500 survey for many years to showcase how we drive innovation and technology leadership throughout our platforms, processes and products. Each year, we challenge the entire team to introduce innovation into the infrastructure, into the way we approach solving problems, and how we work with vendors. With our Unified Billing Platform, we used the latest in innovation and technology to help us deliver results. Participating in this year's survey will enable us to benchmark this accomplishment against others in the industry."
Kathy A. Walker, Chief Information and Network Officer
Sprint
www.sprint.com
Industry: Telecommunications |
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Getting Business & IT on the Same Page with Software Visualization
Emmet B. Keeffe III, CEO and Co-Founder, iRise
Panelists include: Alan Buffington, EVP, KeyBank and Marvin Balliet, Managing Director & COO, Merrill Lynch, Marty Chuck, Founder, The CXOs
Software projects are notorious for taking forever to define and getting derailed
with rework, delays and missing features; simply because business can't communicate
their needs effectively. Visualization is fast becoming the solution to the single
most troubling problem facing software projects today: poor requirements.
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