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                                     2001    CHANGE
                                   REVENUES   FROM
COMPANY     LOCATION    SECTOR    (millions)  2000    COMMENT



SAIC        San Diego   Services    $6,100     3%     Spending by Uncle
                                                      Sam and major oil
                                                      companies helped
                                                      this IT services
                                                      company keep grow-
                                                      ing during a tough
                                                      year.



SEAGATE     Scotts      Computers    6,000    -9      The disk-drive maker
            Valley,                                   has streamlined
            Calif.                                    operations, but with
                                                      a 17% drop in the
                                                      storage market, its
                                                      results would have
                                                      been worse if rivals
                                                      hadn't stumbled.
                                                      Now, it's consid-
                                                      ering going public
                                                      again.



GRAYBAR     Clayton,    Distribution 4,800    -8      The optical-fiber
            Mo.                                       glut slowed demand
                                                      for basic telecom
                                                      products like cables
                                                      and connectors from
                                                      this electronics
                                                      distributor.



SYNNEX      Fremont,    Computers    3,200   -13.5    The slump in tech
            Calif.                                    spending took a toll
                                                      on this maker and
                                                      distributor of
                                                      computer and telecom
                                                      equipment.



DYNCORP     Fairfax,    Services     1,960     9      Government contracts
            Va.                                       continued to keep
                                                      this info-tech
                                                      services company
                                                      aloft.



SHI         Somerset,   Services     1,730    24      Consolidation among
            N.J.                                      competitors, plus an
                                                      increase in out-
                                                      sourcing by com-
                                                      panies, helped boost
                                                      this procurement
                                                      services provider.



SAS         Cary, N.C.  Software     1,130     1      Its niche--business-
INSTITUTE                                             intelligence pro-
                                                      grams--was one of
                                                      the sweet spots in
                                                      a difficult software
                                                      market last year.



VIEWSONIC   Walnut,     Computers    1,000   -23      The maker of com-
            Calif.                                    puter displays is
                                                      moving fast into
                                                      flat-panel screens,
                                                      but saw sales slump
                                                      as demand for PCs
                                                      plummeted.



KINGSTON    Fountain    Semicon-       900   -44      It stopped making
TECHNOLOGY  Valley,     ductors                       processors to focus
            Calif.                                    on memory chips,
                                                      then took a beating
                                                      when memory prices
                                                      plunged.



MODUS       Westwood,   Services       606   -12      Demand for the
MEDIA       Mass.                                     company's supply-
                                                      chain solutions
                                                      lagged as customers
                                                      sought other ways
                                                      to slash costs.



Data: Company Reports, BusinessWeek