In response to the constantly changing technology industry, Business Journal researchers have determined that more than one list is needed to more accurately define and compare the listed companies. We have, therefore, created several distinct technology-related lists, the first of which is included below. This issue’s list includes technology companies that manufacture, develop or implement proprietary technology. This list does not include companies that have as their primary business the sale, licensing, servicing, or consultation in the use or transfer of technology. In the future, we will publish several other technology-related lists. One is anticipated to be a list of information technology companies. This list will be comprised of IT consultants, software and hardware resellers, and data storage service companies. Our annual telecommunications companies list will henceforth include internet service providers in addition to the more traditional wired and wireless telephone companies. Finally, an e-commerce list will identify those Valley companies that have harnessed the power of the Internet as the primary vehicle for their businesses and technology applications. By Ari Morguelan Alcatel-Lucent Coming in at the top of our Largest Technology Companies List, is one of the worldwide leaders in communications based technology, Alcatel-Lucent (AL). With a reported $26 billion in revenues for 2007, the company reports they have 77,000 employees companywide operating in more than 130 countries including offices in Calabasas. Alcatel-Lucent has more than 25,000 active patents in various sectors from multimedia to wireless and wire line, to network security, enterprise networking and communication services to fundamental research in areas such as nanotechnology, algorithmic, and computer sciences. Company researchers have earned six Nobel prizes and AL’s research and development division, Bell Labs, is one of the largest research, technology and innovation organizations in the telecommunications industry. Originally formed from the merger of Alcatel and Lucent Technologies, Alcatel-Lucent combines two entities that share a common lineage that can be traced back to 1986, when Alcatel’s parent company, CGE (la Compagnie G & #233;n & #233;rale d’Electricit & #233;), acquired ITT’s European telecom business. Nearly 60 years earlier, ITT had purchased most of AT & T;’s manufacturing operations outside the United States. AT & T; was Lucent’s former parent company. By Ari Morguelan