The Fortune 500 list in recent years ranks it under the InformationTechnology Services industry, when years ago it would have been ranked under Computers, Office Equipment.
It was that core technology that Compuware founder Peter Karmanos spotted in 2004, hoping to incorporate it into the health care industry, notoriously lagging when it came to informationtechnology.
The IT commission was assembled to present Gilmore with "Investing in the Future: Toward a 21st Century InformationTechnology Workforce, " a report that examines the ability of the state's ITindustry to acquire and develop trained workers.