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The List: The Top 40 Vendors by Ranking

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Published: Dec 4, 2006

Updated: May 12, 2021

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CIO Insight‘s annual Vendor Value study had some surprising results this year. A newcomer to the list—CDW—takes first place, unseating Red Hat, which fell to third place. Yet while companies like Research In Motion, Hewlett-Packard, Citrix and Motorola improved their scores, the overall results indicate that CIO satisfaction with their vendors has waned significantly since last year.

For more specific details on how each company scored in areas like value, reliability and loyalty,view our slideshow.

Rank	Company Name	Score %
1	CDW	81
2	Trend Micro	80
3	Cisco Systems	77
3	Red Hat	77
5	Research In Motion	76
6	Hewlett-Packard	75
7	Citrix Systems	74
7	Dell	74
9	Apple Computer	73
10	McAfee	70
10	Motorola	70
10	VeriSign	70
13	EMC	69
14	Check Point Software	68
14	Symantec	68
15	Palm	67
16	IBM	66
18	Nortel Networks	65
18	Verizon Wireless	65
20	Salesforce.com	62
21	Sun Microsystems	61
21	Sybase	61
23	Novell	60
24	Microsoft	59
25	Avaya	58
26	BellSouth	57
26	SAP	57
26	Sprint Nextel	57
26	T-Mobile	57
30	AT&T	56
30	Business Objects	56
32	Oracle	56
33	SunGard	54
34	Siemens	53
35	Cognos	52
36	CA (formerly Computer Associates)	51
36	Verizon Communications (including MCI)	51
38	Cingular Wireless	49
38	Qwest Communications	49
40	Accenture	43

How did we arrive at these results? View our methodology.

Allan Alter

Content Writer

Executive EditorAllan Alter has been a specialist on information technology management, strategy and leadership for many years. Most recently, he was editor-in-chief and the director of new content development for the MIT Sloan Management Review. He has been a columnist and department editor at Computerworld, where he won three awards from the American Society of Business Press Editors. Previously he was a special projects editor, senior editor and senior writer for CIO magazine. Earlier, Alter was an associate editor for Mass High Tech. He has edited two books: The Squandered Computer: Evaluating the Business Alignment of Business Technologies and Redesigning the Firm.

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