InternetNews.com (www.internetnews.com),
a Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq: JUPM) Web site offering real-time IT
news coverage, has announced the winners of its 2008 CEO Vision Awards,
its list of 10 visionary chief executives whose leadership has made a
significant impact on information technology.
"We looked at a wide range criteria, including stock prices of the
public companies involved, their performance over the past year and how
much the companies are advancing innovation with information
technology," said Erin Joyce, executive editor of InternetNews.com. "But
of all these considerations, how their vision impacted the industry
carried the most weight."
InternetNews.com 2008 CEO Vision Awards honor these leaders (listed
alphabetically):
Marc Benioff of Salesforce.com for continuing to follow his
pioneering vision for software as a service (SaaS).
Jeff Bezos for steering Amazon into new categories, such as its
EC2 platform for cloud computing.
John Chambers of Cisco for his work overseeing Nexus, the
company's ambitious new switching platform.
Larry Ellison for Oracle's key acquisitions and for executing
Oracle's virtualization strategy and growing its Linux business.
Jen-Hsun Huang of nVidia for pushing into the handheld space with
its Tegra processors.
Steve Jobs for the many ways Apple's products, such as the
iPhone, are influencing innovation by other smartphone makers.
Zach Nelson, CEO of NetSuite for steering the on-demand
application service provider through the complex task of offering a full
on-demand business suite.
Sam Palmisano of IBM for putting a strong management team in
place to execute its software strategy and consulting divisions as well
as for taking risks with its Cell processor.
Joe Tucci for overseeing EMC’s
aggressive acquisition strategy that included snapping up storage
providers Mozy and Iomega.
Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook for the launch of the Facebook
Platform and move to bring the social networking/collaboration
experience to new areas.
For full details of the InternetNews.com 2008 CEO Vision winners, please
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For advertising information on InternetNews.com contact Scott Bialous,
Vice President and Group Publisher of JupiterOnlineMedia at sbialous@jupitermedia.com
or 415-466-0440.
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