Starting with the A’s, Amazon and Apple, our 2008 look at the technology companies still able to keep up with emerging-market competition

When we first ranked the best 100 performers in information technology 11 years ago, North American companies dominated the list. No more. Thanks to globalization, outsourcing, and the growing importance of emerging markets India and China, companies based in North America account for just under 30% of the names on our list, down from an overpowering 75% more than a decade ago. Even in the last year there have been some sharp changes in the rankings of North American companies on the BusinessWeek IT 100. Microsoft, No. 9 last year, comes in at No. 23, and networking giant Cisco (No. 20 last year), is No. 39 on this year’s list. And sluggish sales helped to knock telecom heavyweight Verizon off our list completely. Have a look at this year’s North American leaders.
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