25 Most Powerful, 12/27/99

The 25 most powerful people in networking

As a fitting close to the decade in which really big things happened in networking (need we mention the Internet by name?), this year's list of the 25 most powerful people in networking is populated by personalities capable of big things.

People such as Bernie Ebbers and John Sidgmore of MCI WorldCom, Pat Russo of Lucent and Mike Volpi of Cisco forge the big buys. People like Bill Joy of Sun and Drew Majors of Novell have the big ideas that result in tangible, valuable products and technologies. People like the government's William Kennard and Thomas Penfield Jackson make the big decisions that can change the industry. People like Bill Friel of Prudential, John McKinley and Michael Wilson run the big, mission-critical networks we all watch for success or failure. And, of course, people such as C. Michael Armstrong of AT&T, John Chambers of Cisco and Bill Gates of Microsoft run the big, big companies on which networking rests today.

Their plans are grand, as are those of the other folks on our 25 most powerful people list - newcomers and old-timers alike. And so it behooves us all to pay attention to what they are up to in the world of networking. They are a powerful lot.

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