How a handful of the year’s biggest moves by enterprises and vendors will play out in 2007. PLUS, Four power mergers of 2006
The 50 most powerful people in networking
Our annual, wide-ranging look at the influential and persuasive personalities giving shape to the network industry
>PLUS, meet three of the most powerful people in-depth
• Kelly Herrell
• Steve Hanna
• Brad Booth
The 10 most powerful network companies
• AT&T: the carrier colossusCisco: the industry juggernautEMC: the house that storage builtHP: lots of dirty laundry, but still powerful• IBM: the sticking power of servicesIntel: Welcome to Planet Paranoid Microsoft: the old and the restless• Oracle: identifying a leader• Symantec: superstar for information stewardshipVerizon: future-proofed
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If you had the power …
Linux would be the de facto operating system, identity management would be a breeze and … what else? Given the chance, here’s how four of you would change the world
Six industry-defining power struggles
Heated competition in six key areas, including security, storage and Linux, could change the way you build, manage and pay for your IT infrastructure
THREE EASY WAYS TO GET MORE POWERFUL
Getting ‘street cred’ with executives, staff and users doesn’t have to be tricky
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