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The top companies: 21-50

'97 rev. rank	'96 rev. rank	Comp.	'97 rev. in mill.	96-97 ch.	92-97 CA GR	'97 profits in mill.	96-97 ch.	92-97 CA GR	Profit rank	Mkt. Cap in mill.	# of emp.	96-97 ch	92-97 CA GR	R&D % rev in 96	R&D % in 97	Chair	CEO	Pres.	What it does	Notes
21	22	Sun	8,598	21%	19%	762.4	60%	34%	19	16,200	21,553	24%	11%	9%	10%	Scott McNealy	Scott McNealy	Scott McNealy	Enterprise network computing hardware/software/services
22	26	Dell	7,759	47%	54%	518	90%	59%	25	40,800				2%	2%	Michael Dell	Michael Dell		Personal computers and peripherals
23	29	WorldCom	7,351	64%		363.8			29	39,400	14,000					Bert C. Roberts	Bernard J. Ebbers	Bernard J. Ebbers	Long distance telephone services	Merger/MCI = MCI WorldCom (2H98)
24	19	Apple	7,081	-28%	0%	-1,045.00			180	3,500				6%	7%		Steve Jobs		Personal systems, software, servers, communications
25	24	Unisys	6,636	4%	0%	-853.7			179	4,950	32,600	-1%	-5%	5%	4%	Lawrence A. Weinbach	Lawrence A. Weinbach	Lawrence A. Weinbach	Hard copy devices, computers, information services & systems integration
26	23	NCR	6,600	-6%		7	-94%		88	3,420	38,300	-1%		5%	6%	Lars Nyberg	Lars Nyberg		Data warehousing, communications
27	31	Cisco	6,400	56%	76%	1,413.90	53%	77%	12	65,100	10,000	21%	63%	10%	11%	John P. Morgridge	John T. Chambers	John T. Chambers	Routers, LAN/WAN/ATM switches, dial access servers, network management software
28	27	Gateway 2000	6,294	25%		109.8	-56%		41	6,390	13,000					Theodore W. Waitt	Theodore W. Waitt	Jeffrey Weitzen	Personal systems, servers
29	25	AMP	5,745	5%	9%	473	65%	9%	26	9,250				11%		James E. Marley	William J. Hudson	William J. Hudson	Electric/electronic connection, cabling, LAN interconnect systems
30	30	Oracle	5,684	35%	37%	821.5	36%	68%	18	28,500	29,431	27%	29%	9%	10%	Lawrence J. Ellison	Lawrence J. Ellison	Raymond J. Lane	Database software, information management services
31	28	Computer Sciences	5,616	18%	22%	192.4	76%	23%	34	8,380	40,980	8%				Van B. Honeycutt	Van B. Honeycutt	Van B. Honeycutt	Management consulting, systems integration, outsourcing
32	35	US WEST Media One Grp.	5,000	67%		-500			178	21,400						Richard D. McCormick	Charles Lillis	Charles Lillis	Broadband/telecom services	Subsidiary, U S WEST est. mid-1998)
33	32	Pitney Bowes	4,100	6%	7%	526	12%	39%	24	14,400	29,901	4%	1%	2%	2%	Michael J. Critelli	Michael J. Critelli	Marc C. Breslawsky	Mail and messaging management
34	33	Computer Associates Int'l.	4,040	15%	22%	964	28%	43%	15	28,500	9,245	9%		8%	8%	Charles B. Wang	Charles B. Wang	Sanjay Kumar	Mainframe/client/server software, systems/mgmt.database, bus. applications
35	34	Silicon Graphics	3,700	9%	34%	79	-31%		46	2,640	10,500	0%	24%	11%	13%	Richard Belluzzo	Richard Belluzzo		Servers, workstations, supercomputers, semiconductors
36	36	ALLTEL Mobile Comm.	3,221	10%	13%					8,170	16,393	1%	5%				Joe T. Ford	Scott T. Ford	Wireline & wireless communications
37	40	3Com	3,147	35%	50%	374	110%		28	11,800	7,109	37%	30%	10%	11%	Eric A. Benhamou	Eric A. Benhamou	Ralph Godfrey	Data network equipment, internetworking/remote access
38	41	EMC	2,940	29%	50%	539	40%	79%	23	18,800	6,300			7%		Richard J. Egan	Michael C. Ruettgers	Michael C. Ruettgers	Storage mgmt. systems, data migration, back-up facilities
39	39	Anixter	2,800	12%		45.3	25%		57	927	5,600						Robert W. Grubbs	Robert W. Grubbs	Cabling/network systems for data/voice/video applications	Subsidiary, Anixter International
40	37	National Semi.	2,507	-4%	8%	27.5	-85%		71	3,240	12,400	-39%	-15%	13%	15%	Brian L. Halla	Brian L. Halla	Brian L. Halla	Analog/digital mixed signal chips, video technology, data compression/acquisition
41	38	Frontier	2,353	-9%	13%	54.6	-74%	-12%	54	5,270	7,444	-6%	3%				Joe Clayton	Joe Clayton	Local/long distance telecom services, audio/ video conferencing, Internet
42	43	StorageTek Network Sys.	2,145	5%		231.8	29%		32	3,910	8,300			9%	10%	David E. Weiss	David E. Weiss	David E. Weiss	Tape/disk software, routers	Subsidiary, Storage Technology
43	60	Qualcomm	2,096	158%		91.9	337%		44	3,290	7,095	43%	55%	20%	11%	Irwin M. Jacobs	Irwin M. Jacobs	Harvey P. White	Digital wireless communications
44	42	Bay Networks	2,093	2%	-52%	-285			175	6,030	5,960			10%	13%	David L. House	David L. House	David L. House	Network management, LAN support products
45	44	CompuCom Systems	1,950	-3%	22%	31.8	4%	34%	66	394	4,000	8%	27%			Charles Root	Ed Anderson	Ed Anderson	Network/PC integration, management, support, procurement	Subsidiary, Safeguard Scientifics
46	45	Tektronix	1,940	10%	8%	114.8	15%	42%	40	2,380	8,392	6%	-6%	9%	10%	Jerome J. Meyer	Jerome J. Meyer	Jerome J. Meyer	Measurement, color printing, imaging, video, networking
47		Racal	1,900							N/A	13,000					Paul Kozlowski	Paul Kozlowski	Louis P. Bender	Dial/Digital/ISDN access, frame relay, fiber, managed networks	Subsidiary, Racal Electronics Plc (GB)*
48	51	America Online	1,680	54%		-5.2			123	13,100	7,371	38%		4%	3%	Stephen M. Case	Stephen M. Case	Robert W. Pittman	Internet access
49	49	LCI	1,642	49%		31	-58%		68	3,820	3,900	36%				H. Brian Thompson	H. Brian Thompson		Local/long distance telecom, Internet access, network management
50	46	DSC	1,564	13%	24%	48.9			55	2,010	6,600					James L. Donald	James L. Donald		Switching, transmission, access, network management systems, private networks