CRN Top 25 Most Innovative Executives Of 2009

CRN has selected the Top 25 Most Innovative Executives of 2009, who are believed to have put big profits into solution provider pockets with breakthrough products and channel programs that cover the most explosive emerging technology markets.

They are:

• Stephen Cho, Director of Google Apps Channels, Google (Web 2.0/utility computing)
  
• Steve Munford, CEO, Sophos (security)
• Michael Klayko, CEO, Brocade (computer network)
  
• Evan Williams, CEO, Twitter (social networking)
  
• Steven Chang, President, Asus (netbook)
  
• David Farr, CEO, Emerson Electric (green IT solution)
  
• Danny Windham, CEO, Digium (VoIP)
  
• Bill Gross, Co-founder and Secretary Treasurer, EFolder (SaaS)
  
• Bob Cagnazzi, CEO, BlueWater Communications (value added solution provider)
• Gavin Garbutt, Co-Founder, President and CEO, N-Able (managed service provider)
• Peter Cannone, CEO, OnForce (outsourcing services)
• Christopher Dean, Chief Strategy Officer, Skype (Internet telephony)
• Mike Lazardis, President and Co-CEO, Research In Motion  (mobile wireless solutions) 
• Mont Phelps, CEO, NWN (system integrator)
• Adam Selipsky, Web Services Vice President, Amazon.com (online retail)
• Jen-Hsun Huang, President and CEO, Nvidia (3D graphics processor)
• Lars and Jens Rasmussen, Wave Design Developers, Google (Google Wave online communications)
• Joel Allen, Founder, President and CEO, AllenPort (360-degree GPS solution)
• Mark Shuttleworth, Founder, Ubuntu (Linux distribution) 
• Rick McEachern, Co-founder and Chairman, LongJump (cloud computing platform)
• John Kish, President and CEO, Pano Logic (virtualization)
• Michael Gold, Founder and CEO, Zlago (SaaS)
• Sridhar Vembu, Founder and CEO, Zoho (online business applications)
• Juan Santana, CEO, Panda Security (antivirus)
• Craig Schlagbaum, Vice President, Level 3 Communications (telco channels)

Click here to learn more about the CRN's Top 25 Most Innovative Executives Of 2009 and detail explanation of why the above are selected.

Malaysia Most Valuable Brands (MMVB) 2009 by 4As in collaboration with Interbrand

The Malaysia's Most Valuable Brands (MMVB)is a brand valuation and benchmarking of high performing Malaysian brands by The Association of Accredited Advertising Agencies (4As) in collaboration with Interbrand.

There are 3 brands fell off the 2009 list:

• Proton
• MAA
• Ogawa

There are 2 new brands enter into the 2009 list:

• Alliance Bank
• Premier

The 5 biggest winners are:

• Sime Darby (+82.6%)
• Padini (+20.2%)
• RHB Bank (+13.8%)
• Sin Chew (+13.5%)
• AirAsia (+8.7%)

The 5 biggest losers are:

• Malaysia Airlines (-61.3%)
• TV3 (-43.3%)
• Maybank (-42.5%)
• Kurnia (-29.4%)
• Resorts World Genting (-22.5%)

The Malaysia's 30 most valuable brands in 2009 are:

• Public Bank (6.593b)
• Maybank (5.374b)
• CIMB (5.245b)
• Celcom (3.993b)
• Parkson (3.740b)
• Resorts World Genting (3.464b)
• DiGi (3.129b)
• Astro (3.023b)
• Sime Darby (2.992b)
• Petronas (the listed Petronas Dagangan & Petronas Gas) (2.649b)
• Perodua (2.644b)
• Hong Leong Bank (2.591b)
• Giant (2.244b)
• AmBank (761.327m)
• YTL (739.754m)
• Malaysia Airlines (708.391m)
• RHB Bank (691.255m)
• TV3 (586.922m)
• AirAsia (411.068m)
• The Star (371.398m)
• JobStreet.com (313.475m)
• Dutch Lady (276.400m)
• Padini (244.634m)
• Sin Chew (215.768m)
• Affin Bank (198.998m)
• Alliance Bank (195.330m)
• Kurnia (139.329m)
• Premier (111.303m)
• Sunway City (108.452m)
• Bonia (96.559m)

Do you invested or plan to invest in any of the above Top 30 MMVB?

Click here to visit the MMVB website.

You can read more about each and every of the above Top 30 MMVB 2009 in the 48 pages special pull-out of The Edge weekly dated 23 November 2009.

Best Global Brands 2009 rankings by Interbrand

Interbrand has released their Best Global Brands 2009 report on 17 September 2009.

Food and fashion are the 2 main performers in 2009, while financial got the hardest hit.

There are 7 brands fell off the 2009 list:

• Merill Lynch
• AIG
• ING
• Hennessy
• Marriott
• Motorola
• FedEx

The 10 biggest winners are:

• Google (+25%)
• Amazon.com (+22%)
• Zara (+14%)
• Nestle (+13%)
• Apple (+12%)
• H&M (+11%)
• Ikea (+10%)
• Wrigley (+10%)
• Danone (+10%)
• Heinz (+9%)

The 10 biggest losers are:

• UBS (-50%)
• Citi (-49%)
• Harley-Davidson (-43%)
• American Express (-32%)
• Morgan Stanley (-26%)
• HSBC (-20%)
• Starbucks (-16%)
• Sony (-12%)
• Dell (-12%)
• Lexus (-12%)

The top 30 in 2009 brand value are:

• Coca-cola (68.734b)
• IBM (60.211b)
• Microsoft (56.647b)
• GE (47.777b)
• Nokia (34.864b)
• McDonald's (32.275b)
• Google (31.980b)
• Toyota (31.330b)
• Intel (30.636b)
• Disney (28.447b)
• HP (24.096b)
• Mercedes-Benz (23.867b)
• Gillette (22.841b)
• Cisco (22.030b)
• BMW (21.671b)
• Louis Vuitton (21.120b)
• Marlboro (19.010b)
• Honda (17.803b)
• Samsung (17.518b)
• Apple (15.433b)
• H&M (15.375b)
• American Express (14.971b)
• Pepsi (13.706b)
• Oracle (13.699b)
• Nescafe (13.317b)
• Nike (13.179b)
• SAP (12.106b)
• IKEA (12.004b)
• Sony (11.953b)
• Budweiser (11.833b)

Click here to read more about the Best Global Brands rankings by Interbrand