From BUSINESSWEEK Magazine
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 Our second annual ranking of the world's best-performing technology companies, including enhanced tables with links to company profiles from S&P Personal Wealth |
| Builders of the New
Economy They're the businesses that provide the Internet's nuts and bolts--and they're cleaning up big time |
Job Shops Take Center Stage PC companies turn to contract manufacturers to make products more efficiently |
| Silicon
Central Taiwan Semiconductor is booming as more companies outsource chip production |
Big Blue at Your
Service Marketing clout, household-word status, and sheer heft make IBM the one to call for help |
| Software's Next
Wave "Application service providers" are changing the way programs are sold and delivered |
Oracle Leads the Pack It's trying its hand in a radically different business--selling software on a pay-per-use basis |
| A Frenzy of Phone
Splicing Carriers large and small, both newbies and established players, are still up for grabs |
High-Tech
and Down Home CenturyTel has found gold by bringing advanced services to the rural areas the biggies ignore |
| Portals Are Mortal After All The Web sites find that the gloss is off their image, but they're fighting back |
Tech Stocks:
Pundits' Picks What top analysts in the eight sectors covered in our Info Tech 100 like right now--and why |
 IT 100 Plus TablesOur worldwide survey of the contenders, divided into the Top 100, Next 100, and Alphabetical Index |
Workers and Owners
Unite! SAIC, the largest private U.S. tech company, is reaping the rewards of employee ownership |
| Leading Private Companies The biggest companies you never heard of: Our guide to the top 20 heavyweights |
The
Next Big Thing? The techno-upstarts that may wind up on the Info Tech 100 of tomorrow |
| Online
Original AOL is the blue chip of the Internet. Is its recent stock slide a short-term thing? |