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ZSL joins with CRN and Computer Museum History and honors "CRN Industry Hall of Fame 2006 Award Winners"

ZSL, a global IT solution provider joined with CRN and Computer Museum history to honor "CRN Industry Hall of Fame 2006 Award Winners". The CRN Industry Hall Of Fame awards ceremony held on Nov. 14, 2006, at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, California.

The CRN Industry Hall of Fame is the most anticipated event in the technology industry. Unlike any other high-tech event, this is a forum where industry pioneers and innovators are recognized by not only CRN, but also by their peers and competitors.

This 2-day conference was for senior executives to qualify solution provider organizations and sponsoring technology vendors. This conference also included a Keynote address by Geoffrey Moore - Best selling author of Crossing The Chasm, and interactive panel discussion by CRN Editor Heather Clancy, vendor solution pavilion, networking lunch and receptions and much more. The highlight of the conference was the cocktail reception and formal sit-down dinner where CRN inducted five technology industry legends into the CRN Industry Hall of Fame.

The inductees for the 2006 Hall of Fame are

2006 Hall Of Fame inductees (left to right): Craig Barrett, Carol Bartz, David Hitz, Nathan Morton (Pictured: Logan Morton), Alan Kay

Craig Barrett - Chairman, Intel
During his seven-year tenure as CEO, Barrett invested to assure Intel and America remained competitive -- no small feat in an age when other industry CEOs were taking an axe to R&D budgets and sticking their head in the sand regarding globalization.

Carol Bartz - Executive Chairman, Autodesk
By keeping firmly focused on computer-aided design and support the VAR channel, Bartz grew Autodesk into a $7 billion powerhouse.

David Hitz - Co-founder, Executive Vice President, Network Appliance
Along with long-time collaborator and cofounder James Lau, Hitz pioneered the movement to make network storage simpler.

Alan Kay - Computer Scientist
Now president of educational technology think-tank Viewpoints Research Institute, Kay invented object-oriented programming and was a GUI pioneer.

Nathan Morton - Former CEO, CompUSA
As the channel matured in the early 1990s, Morton grew CompUSA into the nation's largest computer superstore.