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THE CHAMPIONSHIP: It's all over. Michael Dell is the "Most Powerful in Networking." Dell defeated Brocade's Greg Reyes in heavy voting. Details
Road to the finals
How they got here
Michael Dell, the #2-seed in Layer 4, made his way to the finals by beating Counterpane's Bruce Scheier, GE's Gary Reiner, the FCC's Michael Powell, his own VPs - the tag-team duo of Russ Holt and Randy Groves, and Cisco's Mario Mazzola.
Greg Reyes, the #13-seed in Layer 3, made it to the finals by winning matches against HP's Carly Fiorina, "Father of the Internet" Vint Cerf, Sun's Scott McNealy, the IETF's Harald Alvestrand and Nokia's Pekka Ala-Pietila.
Reyes competition on the road to the finals seems a little tougher, but Dell has his own TV pitchman (The Dell Guy.) Who will win? The voting begins Tuesday, Feb. 19.
Printable bracket
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Why are we doing this? We've named the 50 most powerful people in networking. Now we ask you to pick THE top dog. Every day, we'll post new matches in a seeded tournament of networking notables. Matches will continue every business day until the championship game, scheduled for Friday, Feb. 15. We'll announce the ultimate network industry power player on Tuesday, Feb. 19.
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