The editorial staffs of eWEEK and sister publications CIO Insight and Baseline recently named the Top 100 Most Influential People in IT. In order, to come up with this year's list, they looked for people who not only had a tangible track record of IT success, but also had far-reaching influence, the ability to effect change and a deep level of engagement in developing emerging technologies. As "a thought leader in the burgeoning Web 2.0 collaboration software market," Ross Mayfield, Co-Founder, Chairman and President of Socialtext was recognized as one of the most influential people. This says a lot about Socialtext's understanding of social software and the priorities of IT managers and executives responsible for deploying these technologies, including wikis and blogs. href="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Infrastructure/The-Top-100-Most-Influential-People-in-IT/">Read more