As CTO, Sayers has overseen alliances with major vendors. Most recently, Sayers spearheaded the formation of an alliance with Hewlett-Packard, Intel, and Red Hat to make Reuters Market Data System available on Intel-based servers with Linux. The port of the Reuters market-data distribution systems enables trading rooms around the world to consider Linux as a viable development option. “It would be too easy to allow the current climate to lower or stop your company’s [spending] on innovation. However, I believe this is the exact time when you should spend,” Sayers Says. — L.W.P. Return to InfoWorld’s 25 Most Influential CTOs 2002 Software DevelopmentTechnology IndustrySmall and Medium Business