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Software manufacturers are buffeted by the heavy turbulence of economic crisis as much as any industry, yet can't forget their own best practices in a desperate attempt to keep the ship righted.

A listing of some of the nation's top computer software companies, their risk managers, brokers, captives and risk management programs.

While privacy breaches have filled the newspapers in the last few years, few plaintiffs have seen much redress in the courts.

The open-source software movement recently got a huge boost. Here's what it's all about and how it could affect intellectual-property risk.

Technology companies live and die by their latest offerings, and executives may have to bet the company every few years just to survive. In this world, risk management takes on a whole different meaning. Insurance is just one part of the program.

A listing of some of the nation's top publicly traded computer companies, their risk managers, brokers, captives and risk management programs.

Technology is getting under our skin--literally--as researchers and medical-device manufacturers turn to computer chips to control their products. But fusing men with machines leaves semiconductor companies with a new "underworld" of risks.

A listing of some of the nation's top publicly traded electronics manufacturing companies, their risk managers, brokers, captives and risk management programs.

Semiconductor makers face a dilemma: whether to own or rent, build a billion-dollar plant, or "fab," or contract with another chipmaker. The stakes are high and the challenges daunting.

A listing of some of the nation's top semiconductor companies, their risk managers, brokers, captives and risk management programs.

Software runs everything these days. Nowhere is that more true than in business. But the business of providing business software faces a few hurdles when it comes to risk management. Among those are the relatively young age of the industry and the scarcity of coverage for critical issues such as intellectual property.

A listing of some of the nation's top software companies, their risk managers, brokers, captives and risk management programs.

The just-in-time manufacturing process has helped manufacturers maintain profit margins, but it has also eroded the safety margin built into supply chains.

A listing of some of the nation's top publicly traded manufacturing companies, their risk managers, brokers, captives and risk management programs.

The best commercial brokers in the business know their customers sometimes better than customers know themselves. So, just who belongs to this vaunted group of middlemen and women in the technology-general category? Find out the 2011 Power Broker® results.