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1. Apple: $590.82 billion The cream of crop among technology companies
is Apple. Already the world’s most valuable company, it is tipped to
become the first company to blow past the $1 trillion mark. There were
some concerns about growth slowing down after the demise of its iconic
founder Steve Jobs died but Tim Cook has been a worthy successor. What’s
next? How about a refurbished Apple TV.
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IBM: $238.07 billion The servers to services behemoth sits
pretty in the number two spot. ‘Big Blue’ the 100 plus year old company,
has gone through many changes and braved stormy weather when the
technology landscape kept changing and its business models were under
question. It has emerged unscathed and continues to look optimistically
at the future.
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Microsoft: $264.48 billion Some would say no Microsoft, no PC
industry. The iconic company that was the poster child of the PC
revolution continues to crank up huge revenues and profits. It survived
the browser wars with Netscape and now battles Google, Apple and
Facebook for technological supremacy.
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Google: $163.11 billion The search giant was once the top of the
heap in terms of technological cool and innovation. That title is now a
two-horse race between Facebook and Apple. But Google continues to be
one of the hottest technology companies globally. Its big bets are
Google+, which is its attempt at social media and Andriod, its mobile
effort.
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Oracle: $148.56 billion The enterprise software and hardware
company started off selling database systems and has grown from strength
to strength mainly through a string of acquisitions. The biggest of
which were PeopleSoft, Sun Microsystems, BEA Systems and Agile Software.
Larry Ellison, its charismatic co-founder-CEO has been at the helm
throughout its history.
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Intel: $140.19 billion Moore’s Law on computing power doubling in
complexity every two years may not still hold true. But Intel is at the
bleeding edge when it comes to innovation in the microprocessor
industry. It has been continuously introducing new architectures every
few years that increases computing capability and at the same time
reduce power consumption. But in a world where new computing devices
like tablets and smart phones are ... more
Intel: $140.19 billion Moore’s Law on computing power doubling in
complexity every two years may not still hold true. But Intel is at the
bleeding edge when it comes to innovation in the microprocessor
industry. It has been continuously introducing new architectures every
few years that increases computing capability and at the same time
reduce power consumption. But in a world where new computing devices
like tablets and smart phones are becoming popular Intel will have to
innovate at a much faster scale than it ever did. less
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Qualcomm: $113.65 billion The mobile phone chip giant Qualcomm has
a rich history of innovation. Currently it has set its sights on
entering the PC microprocessor market which is a big decision
considering that its core business is that of mobile chipsets. But
considering its past performance, this should be another market that it
will crack.
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Cisco: $108.9 billion Cisco is the global leader in networking and
its hardware is at the heart of the internet. The company has been
through its share of ups and downs and last year announced a series of
layoffs. John Chambers, its CEO believes that all future growth will be
dependent on international markets, especially emerging markets such as
India and Brazil. Expecting significant business coming its way from
Brazil, Cisco announced that its... more
Cisco: $108.9 billion Cisco is the global leader in networking and
its hardware is at the heart of the internet. The company has been
through its share of ups and downs and last year announced a series of
layoffs. John Chambers, its CEO believes that all future growth will be
dependent on international markets, especially emerging markets such as
India and Brazil. Expecting significant business coming its way from
Brazil, Cisco announced that its plans to invest $545 million to build a
technology centre and expand its manufacturing capacity. less
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Amazon: $88.46 billion The e-commerce company started by Jeff
Bezos began by selling books, but now sells almost anything that can be
sold online. It has also diversified, offering cloud computing based
services and hardware devices like the Kindle. Amazon has been
successful in all its diversifying and at the same time growing its core
e-commerce business.
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EMC: $59.95 billion Buoyed by cloud computing and ‘big data’, EMC
is currently going through a purple patch and expects a strong showing
in terms of revenues. As more and businesses, big and small climb aboard
the IT as a service model that has cloud computing at its core EMC
stands to benefit. Initially just focused on data storage, the company
offers most of the hardware and software services required for
businesses to switch to the IT as a ... more
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