By John McCormick 2007-03-16

The Top 100: How We Ranked Them So, here you have it. The 2007 list of the Top 100 Most Influential People in IT. The leaders on the list represent the great cross-section of information technology. There are new-media pioneers, software and hardware engineers, corporate executives, chief information officers, policy makers, a venture capitalist—even a lawyer. How did we come up with the list? A committee of veteran writers and editors from Baseline, CIO Insight and eWEEK were asked at the beginning of the year to nominate individuals they thought should be on the list, based on following criteria: • The person's tangible track record of information technology success. • The scope of influence the person has beyond his or her own organization. • The ability of the individual to effect change. • The level of engagement the person has in developing today's emerging technologies. The emphasis of the wording in the last point is important, since the purpose of the list is to spotlight those individuals using their talents to direct information technology today, and tomorrow.

By John McCormick 2007-03-16