Information Technology Annual report

	Our second annual ranking of the world's best-performing technology companies, including enhanced tables with links to company profiles from S&P Personal Wealth
Builders of the New Economy They're the businesses that provide the Internet's nuts and bolts--and they're cleaning up big time	Job Shops Take Center Stage PC companies turn to contract manufacturers to make products more efficiently
Silicon Central Taiwan Semiconductor is booming as more companies outsource chip production	Big Blue at Your Service Marketing clout, household-word status, and sheer heft make IBM the one to call for help
Software's Next Wave "Application service providers" are changing the way programs are sold and delivered	Oracle Leads the Pack It's trying its hand in a radically different business--selling software on a pay-per-use basis
A Frenzy of Phone Splicing Carriers large and small, both newbies and established players, are still up for grabs	High-Tech and Down Home CenturyTel has found gold by bringing advanced services to the rural areas the biggies ignore
Portals Are Mortal After All The Web sites find that the gloss is off their image, but they're fighting back	Tech Stocks: Pundits' Picks What top analysts in the eight sectors covered in our Info Tech 100 like right now--and why
IT 100 Plus Tables Our worldwide survey of the contenders, divided into the Top 100, Next 100, and Alphabetical Index	Workers and Owners Unite! SAIC, the largest private U.S. tech company, is reaping the rewards of employee ownership
Leading Private Companies The biggest companies you never heard of: Our guide to the top 20 heavyweights	The Next Big Thing? The techno-upstarts that may wind up on the Info Tech 100 of tomorrow
Online Original AOL is the blue chip of the Internet. Is its recent stock slide a short-term thing?