Category: Infrastructure

Disruptive Forces: Cisco Systems

Cisco Systems Location: San Jose, Calif. CEO: John Chambers Revenues: $34.9 billion What they do: Maker of all things networking Disruptive qualities: It?s a serious

Disruptive Forces: iRobot

iRobot Location: Burlington, Mass. CEO: Colin Angle Revenues: $188.9 million What they do: The company builds robotic devices that perform a variety of military, commercial

Disruptive Forces: LG Electronics

LG Electronics Location: Seoul, South Korea CEO: Yong Nam Revenues: $68.8 billion What they do: Maker of mobile and desktop computing gear, television and audio

Disruptive Forces: IBM

IBM Location: Armonk, N.Y. CEO: Sam Palmisano Revenues: $98.8 billion What they do: IBM is the maker of all things computer (except PCs, of course,

Disruptive Forces: General Electric

General Electric Location: Fairfield, Conn. CEO: Jeffrey Immett Revenues: $169.7 billion What they do: As one of the United States? last truly great diversified industrial

Disruptive Forces: XEROX

Xerox Location: Norwalk, Conn. CEO: Anne Mulcahy Revenues: $17.2 billion What they do: Document management, including printing, copying, digitizing and archiving Disruptive qualities: Xerox is

Disruptive Forces: Nintendo

Nintendo Location: Kyoto, Japan CEO: Sartoru Iwata Revenues: $7.8 billion What they do: Nintendo has been around for 130 years and has spent most of