Despite the uncertainty about the year ahead, there are some things about business technology we can say with confidence: The security of computer networks will
undergo greater scrutiny. Close collaboration with business partners will be an
important goal--one that will remain difficult to achieve. Biotechnology will
deepen our understanding of what makes us human--and, in the process, push the
boundaries of what supercomputers can do. The Internet will grow in importance
as a fundamental tool of communication and commerce. And entrepreneurs will change
how we do business. This we also know with certainty: People, not technology,
create innovation. Heres a look at some people who will drive these and other
business-technology trends in 2002.
| Peter Thiel, CEO of PayPal Inc. | A World Of Opportunity |
| David Busser, CIO of the 2002 Winter Olympics | Winter Olympics CIO's Winning IT Strategy: Play It Safe |
| Michael Robertson, founder of MP3.com and Lindows.com | MP3.com Win In Hand, He Takes Aim At Windows |
| Carol Kovac, IBM's VP of life sciences | A Recipe For Mixing Science And Business |
| Richard Clarke, chairman of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board | Tenacity Carries The Cybersecurity Message |
| Christopher Klaus & Thomas Noonan, Internet Security Systems Inc. | Transparency Is Apparent In Duo's Vision For IT Security |
| Michael Vatis, founding director of the National Infrastructure Protection Center | From Fear-Monger To Consensus-Builder |
| Dr. Paul Tang, chief medical information officer at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation | Patient-Privacy Issue Gets A Doctor's Care |
| Gene Tyndall, VP of global markets and E-commerce for Ryder | He's Fixed On Keeping The Supply Chain Strong |