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Just as the Gulf Stream has unseen influences on the climate in the U.K. and keeps it from being the block of ice it ought to be, there are many indirect influences on the strategic operations of the service provider and the systems that support them. Not all change comes from within. The following 25 people, in alphabetical order, have had a significant effect on the direction and development of business and operations support systems. Some from within, some from the outside.