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Where are they now?
Since the 2000 Ones to Watch were named, many dot-coms imploded and the economy
soured. How have these technological talents fared?
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Sergey Brin and Larry Page
Known for then: Search engine
Known for now: 2002 Technology Innovators
Google co-founders Brin and Page, now president of technology and president
of products, respectively, were included in the 2000 Ones to Watch list for
their joint work developing the search engine behind Google. This year,
they're among InfoWorld's picks for top innovators.
Kent Beck and Ward Cunningham
Known for then: Extreme programming
Known for now: Alternative software methodologies
Kent Beck and Ward Cunningham, both consultants, once worked together on
XP (extreme programming), a locationcentric software development
methodology that promises to better integrate business and technical teams.
Some critics say that XP in its old incarnation did not work well in the
distributed workplace because XP coders work in pairs and getting code
approved could be difficult. Since being named as Ones to Watch in 2000,
Beck and Cunningham are still using XP, but primarily with other programmers.
Beck, who uses XP with some clients, has redefined the term "team." For him,
a team isn't comprised just of programmers, but includes all individuals
involved in creating and distributing software -- from marketing to sales,
customer support, engineering, QA, product management, and top
management. In addition, Beck is working on a JUnit testing
framework-related project.
Cunningham is working with another programmer and has reassembled XP as a
"new venture" methodology, meaning that using XP in the distributed
workplace is no longer a hindrance.
Ian Clarke
Known for then and now: Decentralized peer-to-peer
Clarke is the developer of FreeNet software that allows anyone to access and
swap any form of information anonymously in a decentralized format. To
realize commercial applications of the software, Clarke founded Uprizer and
serves as CTO. The software vendor received $4 million in funding in 2001 and
will soon launch its first product, a content distribution network for Fortune
5000 companies. Clarke reports that there have been more than 1 million
downloads of FreeNet software.
Dave Ditzel
Known for then and now: Microprocessors
Since being named as One to Watch in 2000, Ditzel has moved from CEO to
CTO and vice president of marketing of Transmeta, a developer of
microprocessors in Santa Clara, Calif. Transmeta produces high-performance
microprocessors that require little power. Many Japanese notebook vendors
use Transmeta microprocessors. The CTO expects that in the second half of
2002, Microsoft will release the Tablet PC edition incorporating a Transmeta
microprocessor.
Ditzel, who has more than 25 years of experience in the field of advanced
computing, is following mobile computing. He foresees PC computing
capabilities with Internet connectivity via 802.11b. In fact, Ditzel says he's
seen the prototype of Windows XP in a PDA.
David Huber
Known for then: High-speed networks
Known for now: Intelligent all-optical networks
Huber, CEO of Corvis, a Columbia, Md.-based fiber-optics equipment maker, is
an early pioneer in the development of the optical technologies that form the
basis of today's high-speed networks. Under Huber's direction, Corvis now has
an intelligent optical networks offering.
But as the company's telecommunications customers took a beating in 2001,
the overall demand for Corvis' optical equipment and services dropped. The
company posted losses of $374.8 million on revenue of $15.2 million for the
quarter ending Dec. 31, 2001. In January, Corvis announced a deal that would
expand its undersea network capabilities through the acquisition of Dorsal
Networks, a turnkey supplier of undersea networking solutions. The $90 million
stock deal is expected to close during the second quarter of 2002.
Alain Rossmann
Known for then: Wireless Application Protocol
Known for now: Security software
At the time Rossmann was named to last year's Ones to Watch list, he was
founder and chairman of Phone.com and was often called the father of WAP
(Wireless Application Protocol). In June 2001, Rossmann left Phone.com and
then the industry altogether. Currently he is the CEO of SecretSeal, an
early-stage software company in the security field. Rossmann refers to
changes in the WAP field as "adolescence readying for adulthood as wireless
packet networks become widely available."
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Mike Lazaridis - BlackBerry genius shares simple secret of success: Listen to your customers
Andy Mendelsohn - Breaking new ground is old hat for Oracle's long-time visionary database developer
Dave Moellenhoff - ASP founder predicts the end of software as we know it
Larry Page and Sergey Brin - The Internet's most famous pair of Ph.D.s are still striving to make data more accessible
Clifford Neuman - For Kerberos co-author, security hasn't lost its allure
Ray Ozzie - Notes inventor envisions peer-to-peer technology supplanting e-mail
Vivek Ranadivé - Real-time computing pioneer is taking his message to the enterprise masses
Dave Winer - SOAP co-author strives for simplicity and drives decentralization
Mark Lucovsky - The brains behind HailStorm sees Web services as a hub for simplifying busy lives
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