CRN's Top 25 Most Influential Executives Of 2006

By CRN Staff
9:00 AM EST Mon. Nov. 13, 2006
From the November 13, 2006 issue of CRN
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What, exactly, is influence? This year, CRN editors took a slighly different tack with the long-running Top 25 Most Influential Executives report, building a list of the executives and technologists that got people talking in 2006. What more telling sign of influence than the ability to inspire a debate or conversation?

2006 TOP 25: 1-5 | 6-10 | 11-15 | 16-20 | 21-25

	(Mark Hurd) President and CEO, Hewlett-Packard Becoming chairman should have been Hurd's finest hour as a reward for revigorating HP and its channel. Now partners are hoping the boardroom leak probe scandal won't undermine all he has accomplished. [READ THE FULL PROFILE]

	(Ray Ozzie) Chief Software Architect, Microsoft Ray Ozzie is leading Microsoft into the brave new world of software as a service. If he succeeds, it will be proof positive that nice guys can finish first and visionary technologists still matter. [READ THE FULL PROFILE]

	(Eric Schmidt) Chairman and CEO, Google With a blizzard of product launches and splashy $1.65 billion YouTube acquistion, Schmidt continues to demonstrate why Google has risen to the forefront of the Web 2.0 crowd. [READ THE FULL PROFILE]

	(Hector Ruiz) Chairman and CEO, AMD The empire may be striking back, but it is doubtful that Intel will be able to suppress the Advanced Micro Devices rebellion this time, not if Ruiz keeps executing and pushing innovation. [READ THE FULL PROFILE]

	(John Chambers) President and CEO, Cisco Systems Does this guy ever rest? Chambers is charting a growth path that could keep the networking leader in double digits for the foreseeable future. [READ THE FULL PROFILE]