1. Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Corporation is the most valuable IT company in the world and it offers wide range of software products, hardware devices and services. The company also offers training to computer system integrators and developers. It was founded in 1975, when Bill Gates and Paul Allen developed an interpreter for programming language at Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems. Now it is headquartered in Redmond, Washington and it has 99,000 employees.

Microsoft Corporation

Windows original equipment manufacturing licensing and Microsoft office products for consumers. Resale of Windows store, Xbox live transaction, Windows phone store and advertising are the operating areas of Devices and Consumer other segment. Its commercial segments provide software and services for increasing the productivity and efficiency of organizations , teams and individuals.

Microsoft Corporation has robust presence in software industry across the globe with offices in more than 100 countries. Its 16 businesses generate more than 1 billion revenue.

Revenue: $77.849 BProfit: $21.863 BAssets: $153.54 BMarket Value: $338.18 B

2.ORACLE

Oracle Corporation is the second most valuable company in IT industry. The company provides enterprise software, computer hardware products and services. It operates across Middle East, Europe, Americas and Africa, and Asia Pacific regions. It is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California and it has 1,20,000 employees.

In 1977 Larry Ellison, Robert Miner, Bruce Scott and Edward Oates established Oracle as a System Development Laboratories. In 1982, the company changed its name to Oracle Systems, now it is known as Oracle Corporation.

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. The service segment offer cloud services, consulting services and educations services.

Diversified geographical presence across 145 countries and strong customer base are Oracle’s core strength. The company adopted inorganic growth strategy and acquired number of companies for portfolio diversification.

Revenue: $37.9 BProfit: $11.12 BAssets: $86.56 BMarket Value: $187.36 B

3.SAP AG(Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing)

SAP AG is a leading software company in the world which provides licenses for enterprise application software products, solutions, and cloud subscriptions. In 1972, former IBM engineers established SAP as a data processing company. In 1998 it was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Now it has operations over 180 countries across Middle East and Africa, Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific Japan. It is headquartered in Wal ldorf, Germany and it has 66,572 employees.

SAP mainly has two business divisions: on premise and cloud. The on premise division provides on premise software, mobile software and services related to this software.

SAP AG

The cloud segment offers cloud software and related services like support services, professional services and educational services.

SAP offers approximately 25 industry specific solutions and follows a vertical strategy. It has 11,500 partners all over the world.

Revenue: $22.32 BProfit: $4.42 BAssets: $37.33 BMarket Value: $97.12 B

4.VMware

VMware Inc. engaged in offering virtualization and virtualization based cloud infrastructure solutions. The company is founded in 1988 and its major operation regions are Middle East, Africa, US , Asia Pacific, Europe and Canada. It is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and it has 14,300 employees.

VMware has served more than 500,000 customers. Pat Gelsinger is the present CEO and Joseph M. Tucci is the Chairman of the company.

Revenue: $5.207 BProfit: $1.014 BAssets: $12.327 BMarket Value: $41.544 B

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5.Symantec Corporation

Symantec Corporation provides solutions relating to security, storage and systems management to customers for managing their business and identities. In 1982, Gary Hendrix was established Symantec Corporation and it went to public in 1989. It mainly operates in U.S. It is headquartered in Mountain View, California and it has 21,500 employees.

. Consumer segment provides different security software like Norton Internet Security, Norton Anti Virus, Norton Live Services, Norton Online Backup, Norton 360, Norton Mobile Security, and Norton One and Norton 360 Everywhere. Service segment provides services and solutions to customers for getting most out of their Symantec software.

Revenue: $6.906 BProfit: $0.765 BAssets: $14.379 BMarket Value: $15.21 B

6.Adobe Sysytems Incorporated

Adobe Systems Incorporated is a leading diversified software company in the world. It was founded by Charles Geschke and John Warnock in 1982. In 1983, the company was originally incorporated in California and in 1997, was reincorporated in Delaware. It is headquartered in San Jose, California and it has 11,847 employees. Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia are the company’s main working regions. Diversified geographical presence in the world is the core strength of the company.

Adobe Systems Incorporated

The company provides wide varieties of products and services which can be use in multiple operating systems, devices and multimedia. Adobe Systems has two business segments: Digital marketing and digital media. Digital media segment provides different tools like Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, and Adobe InDesign etc. to individuals and customers for generating and promoting their contents. This is Adobe’s core business segment. Digital marketing segment provides different software which helps in digital advertising and marketing within different channels.

Revenue: $4.055 BProfit: $0.28999 BAssets: $10.38 BMarket Value: $32.1235 B

7.INTUIT

Intuit Inc. provides software tools which help the customers to solve the major business and financial management problems. It has operations in United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, India and Singapore. It is serving around 45 million people across these regions. Intuit is headquartered in Mountain View, California and it has 8,000 employees.

Scott Cook and Tom Proulx incorporated Intuit in 1984. Its first product was a financial software under the brand name Quicken

Revenue: $4.171 BProfit: $0.858 BAssets: $5.486 BMarket Value: $22.509 B

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8.CA Technologies(Computer Associates International, Inc.)

CA Technologies is leading IT company in the world, which offers solutions and software that help customers to manage their IT environment. Its customers include all type of organisations. So many fortune 500 companies depend on CA technologies for their IT work. In 1976, Russ Artzt and Charles B.Wang was founded the company. US and Europe are its major working regions.

The company is giving priorities to three things: Execution, Innovation and Speed. So the company is strongly concentrating on research and development. It has spent $490 million, $510 million, and $471 million respectively in the financial years 2013, 2012 and 2011.

Revenue: $4.643 BProfit: $0.955 BAssets: $11.811 BMarket Value: $12.07 B

9.AMADEUS

IT Holdings provides technological solutions to its customers. Its customers are mainly different organisations from travel sector, including travel agencies, ground handlers, corporations, hotels, airlines, railways, airports, car rental companies and ferry operators. It has footprint in 195 countries and it has more than 11,000 employees. It is headquartered in Madrid, Spain and listed in Spanish stock exchange.

Revenue: $4.12 BProfit: $0.747 BAssets: $7.48 BMarket Value: $18.85 B

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Hindustan Computers Limited (HCL)

HCL Technologies Limited is one of the best IT companies in India. It offers wide range of software, infrastructure servicing and business process outsourcing. HCL was founded in 1976 and now it has footprint in 31 countries in the world. Diversified portfolio of services and strong customer base are its major strength. It is headquartered in Noida, India and it has 85,505 employees.

Revenue: $4.66 BProfit: $0.736 BAssets: $4.23 BMarket Value: $16.6 B

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