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Computerworld's 35th Anniversary issue

September 30, 2002 12:00 PM ET

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Editor's Note
From the early days of basement offices, where IT professionals struggled to validate their contributions to their companies' bottom lines, to today's seats in the boardroom, where high-powered CIOs command million-dollar budgets, the world of the ITleader has seen some big changes in the past 35 years. Computerworld revisits technology's journey from promising contributor to the central role it plays in today's economy in our special 35th anniversary issue.




35 Technologies that shaped the industry

To celebrate Computerworld's 35th anniversary, we looked back over the years to find the 35 most important advances in corporate IT.

The Evolution of the IT Leader

With five decades of corporate experience to look back on, IT leaders can examine their past and consider where technology and their roles are headed. We asked four famous IT leaders—Charlie Feld, Ron Ponder, Ralph Syzgenda and paul A. Strassmann—to help us examine the aftifacts of the evolving IT culture and the changing role of the IT leader.

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Present at the creation

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Business process re-engineering gets a second wind

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The Search for Quality

- Computerworld's founder looks back on 35 years


The Next Big Thing online exclusive

Computerworld asked six IT luminaries to describe the next technological advance that will radically change the business landscape.


Timeline: 35 Years of IT 1967-2002

Follow the history of the IT industry with key dates and events throughout the years—from 1967's first issue of Computerworld to last year's HP/Compaq merger.





IT Is the Future - Patricia Keefe

Our 35th anniversary issue is more than a walk down memory lane. In recognition of the fact we've only scratched the surface of the potential of the technical revolution, we talked to dozens of industry visionaries and pioneers about their current obsessions, how they see the role of IT evolving and what they think is coming down the pike.


1967 Shows The Past Isn't Prologue - Pimm Foxx

The trouble with prognostications is eventually some come to pass, giving currency to the illusion that the past is a decent guide to the future. This is particularly true when it comes to technology vendors.


Tomorrow's Computers Benefit All - Michael Gartenberg

Computing power in the next 35 years will help the world resolve many of its current problems. But how that progress is likely to occur is difficult to pin down.


35 years of tech flops - Frank Hayes

For every technology hit, there were a few misses. Columnist Frank Hayes looks at the technologies that didn't light the world on fire.






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