She said some of the world's most admired companies were transforming the business landscape by including technology experts on their boards.

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In the recently published Gartner report CEO and Senior Executive Survey 2013: 21 Top Companies Admired for Competitive IT completed between October and December, 2012, which was part of the 2013 CEO and Senior Business Executive Survey, C-level respondents were asked to name the companies they most admired in terms of their ability to apply IT-related business capabilities for competitive advantage.

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In the recently published Garter report CEO and Senior Executive Survey 2013: 21 Top Companies Admired for Competitive IT completed between October and December, 2012, which was part of the 2013 CEO and Senior Business Executive Survey, C-level respondents were asked to name the companies they most admired in terms of their ability to apply IT-related business capabilities for competitive advantage.

FORBES: Connect

Back in the halcyon days, not long ago, when Google was widely admired as among the planet's coolest and most progressive companies, it might have been given the benefit of the doubt in all these cases, by the public at least.

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