2006 CRN Industry Hall of Fame: The Inductees and The Event
During his seven-year tenure as CEO, Barrett invested to assure Intel and America remain competitive -- no small feat in an age when other industry CEOs were taking an axe to R&D budgets and sticking their head in the sand regarding globalization.
By keeping firmly focused on computer-aided design and support the VAR channel, Bartz grew Autodesk into a $7 billion powerhouse.
Along the long-time collaborator and cofounder James Lau, Hitz pioneered the movement to make network storage simpler.
Now president of educational technology think-tank Viewpoints Research Institute, Kay invented objected-orientted programming and was a GUI pioneer.
As the channel matured in the early 1990s, Morton grew CompUSA into the nation's largest computer superstore.
Author, venture capitalist and consultant Geoff Moore shares his blueprint for solution providers to ensure continuous evolution and innovation.