Microsoft Corporation

Type: Public
Founded: Albuquerque, New Mexico (April 4, 1975 (1975-04-04))
Founder: Bill Gates, Paul Allen
Headquarters: Redmond, Washington, United States
Area served: Worldwide
Key people:
Bill Gates (Chairman)
Steve Ballmer (CEO)
Ray Ozzie (CSA)
Craig Mundie (CRSO)
Industry:
Computer software
Publishing
Research and development
Computer hardware
Video games
Products:
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Servers
Developer Tools
Microsoft Expression
Business Solutions
Games & Xbox 360
Windows Live
Windows Mobile
Zune
Market cap: US$ 230 Billion (Sep 2008)
Revenue: US$ 60.420 Billion (2008)
Operating income: US$ 22.492 Billion (2008)
Net income: US$ 17.681 Billion (2008)
Total assets: US$ 72.793 Billion (2008)
Total equity: US$ 36.286 Billion (2008)
Employees: 89,809 in 105 countries (2008)
Website: www.microsoft.com

Accenture Ltd.

Type: Public
Founded: 1989 as Andersen Consulting
Headquarters: Accenture Ltd. Hamilton, Bermuda (registered)
Key people:
William (Bill) D. Green,
Chairman & CEO
Industry:
Management consulting
Technology services and Outsourcing
Revenue: $23.39 billion (2008)
Net income: $1.69 billion (2008)
Employees: About 186,000 (2008)
Website: www.accenture.com

IBM Corporation

Type: Public
Founded: Endicott, New York, U.S. (1889, incorporated 1911)
Headquarters: Flag of the United States Armonk, New York, USA
Key people:
Samuel J. Palmisano, Chairman, President & CEO
Mark Loughridge, SVP & CFO
Dan Fortin, President (Canada)
Jason Oppenheim, President (Asia Pacific)
Nick Donofrio, EVP (Innovation & Technology)
Mike Rhodin, President IOT Northeast Europe
Dominique Cerutti, President IOT Southwest Europe
Industry:
Computer hardware,
Computer software,
Consulting,
IT Services
Revenue: $98.8 billion USD (+4% FY '07 to '08)
Net income: $10.4 billion USD (+11% FY '07 to '08)
Employees: 386,558 (2007)
Subsidiaries:
ADSTAR
FileNet
Informix
Iris Associates
Lotus Software
Rational Software
Sequent Computer Systems
Telelogic
Tivoli Systems, Inc.
Website: www.ibm.com

Satyam Computer Services Ltd.

Type: Public
Headquarters: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Key people: Ramalinga Raju (Founder & Chairman), Rama Raju (MD)
Industry: Information Technology
Revenue: 2.1 billion USD (2007)
Employees: 49,000 (2007)
Website: www.satyam.com

Infosys Technologies Limited

Type: Public

Founded: July 2, 1981
Headquarters: Flag of India Electronics City, Hosur Road, Bangalore, India
Key people: N. R. Narayana Murthy
(Co-founder, Non Executive Chairman and Chief Mentor)
Nandan Nilekani (Co-founder and Co-Chairman)
Kris Gopalakrishnan (Co-founder, CEO and MD)
S. D. Shibulal (Co-founder and COO)
Industry: Software services
Products: Finacle (a universal banking product)
Services: Information technology services and solutions
Revenue: Rs. 16,692 crore ($4.18 billion) (FY 2007-08)
Net income: Rs. 4,470 crore ($1.11 billion) (FY 2007-08)
Employees: 91,187 (As on 31 March, 2008)[1]
Subsidiaries: Infosys BPO Limited (formerly Progeon)
Infosys Technologies (Australia) Pty. Limited
Infosys Consulting, Inc.
Infosys Technologies (China) Company Limited
Infosys Technologies S. de R. L. de C. V. (Mexico)
Website: www.infosys.com

Google Inc.

Type : Public

Founded : Menlo Park, California (September 7, 1998)
Headquarters : Mountain View, California, USA
Key people : Eric E. Schmidt, CEO/Director
Sergey Brin, Co-Founder, Technology President
Larry Page, Co-Founder, Products President
George Reyes, CFO
Industry :Internet, Computer Software
Products : See list of Google products
Revenue :US$10.604 billion 73% (2006)
Net income : US$3.077 billion 29% (2006)
Total assets : US$18.473 billion (2006)
Total equity : US$17.039 billion (2006)
Employees : 15,916 (September 30, 2007)
Slogan : Don't be evil
Website : www.google.com

Wipro Technologies

Type : Public

Founded : 1945
Headquarters : Bangalore, India
Key People : Azim Premji, Chairman & Managing Director
Industry : Information Technology services
Revenue : $3.47 billion USD
Net Income : $677 million USD
Employees : 78000+ (2007)
Slogan : Applying Thought
Website : www.wipro.com