Major IT Companies

Creative Technology Ltd. is the world famous information technology company whose main induatry is computer multimedia products. This is the singapore based company which was founded in the year 1981. The headquarter of the company is also in Singapore. Sim Wong Hoo is the founder and the chief executive officer of the company. The chief financial officer of the company is Keh Long. Some of the major products of the company are “sound cards” which are installed in the motherboard in the pc, cd and dvd players, graphics cards, web cameras and headphones. The company made a gross revenue of around 916 million dollars in the fiscal year 2007. The company has a employee strength of nearly 5800 people across the world.

Covansys Corporation is the leading USA based information technology services company whose main industry is product development. Covansys is also the popular global consulting company. The company was founded in the year 1985. The headquarter of the company is in Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States. Raj Vattikuti is the founder and the chief executive officer of the company. Initially when Raj Vattikuti founded the company, then the name of the company was “Complete business solutions” and it had only five employees. Recently Convansys has around 8400 employees worldwide. The company has 21 offices across the world. The market capture of the company is nearly 1.2 billion dollars and it successfully made a gross revenue of over 455 million dollars in the fiscal year 2006.

Conexant Systems is the leading USA based company whose main industry is semiconductor. The company is one of the newly formed north American company. The company was founded in the year 1999. The headquarter of the company is in Newport Beach, California, United States. Scott Mercer is the chief executive officer of the company. In the earlier days, the company was the part of the semiconductor division of another major company “Rockwell International”. The market capture of the company is around 123 million dollars and it made a gross revenue of nearly 1 billion dollar in the fiscal year 2006. The company has an employee strength of around 3100 people till the year 2006.

Consona Corporation is the leading USA based information technology and management consulting company. The company was founded in the year 1986. The headquarter of the company is in Indianapolis, Indiana. In the earlier days, the name of the company was Made2Manage Systems and later on the name was changed to Consona Corporation. The services of the company includes customer relationship management commonly known as CRM system, Enterprise resource planning i.e ERP. The company is also related to several electronics, metal and industrial machine manufacturing units. The chief executive officer of the company is Jeff Tognoni. The company was acquired by another leading company “Battery Ventures” in the year 2003 and the deal was of around 30 million dollars.

Citrix Systems is the leading USA based information technology and networking company. The company was founded in the year 1989. The headquarter of the company is in Florida, United States. Ed Lacobucci is the founder of the company. The main industry of the company is networking, software and development services. Citrix Systems has it’s several development centers in United Kingdom, India and Australia. The company has market capture of nearly 3.7 billion dollars and it made a gross revenue of around 1.4 billion dollars in the fiscal year 2007. Citrix Systems has an employee strength of nearly 4600 people till the year 2007. Some of the major corporations acquired by the company are viewsoft, videonet, Netscaler, XenSource etc.

Cisco Systems is the leading USA based information technology company whose main industry is networking equipment. The company has a huge popularity in the IT market across the world. The company was founded in San Francisco, California in the year 1984 and the headquarter of the company is in San Jose, California, United States. The chairman and the chief executive officer of the company is John Chambers. Cisco Systems has market capture of 132 billion dollars and it made a gross revenue of nearly 40 billion dollars in the fiscal year 2008. The company has an employee strength of approximately 66000 people across the world. Some major products of the company are SPA phone adapters, internet operating system, cisco IP TV, wireless control system etc.

CGI Group is the leading Canadian information technology services company. The company was founded in Quebec City in the year 1976. The headquarter of the company is in Montreal, Canada. Serge Godin is the founder and the executive chairman of the company. The company has more than 100 offices covering 16 countries across the world. The president and the chief executive officer of the company is Michael Roach. The services of the company includes application management, business process services, technology and consulting services and infrastructure management. CGI Group has a lot of industries like telecommunications, banking, healthcare, insurance, retail, oil and gas etc. The company has around 26000 employees till the year 2008. The company made a gross revenue of nearly 3.7 billion canadian dollars in the fiscal year 2007.

Cerner Corporation is the leading international information technology organization whose main industry is healthcare software. The company was founded in the year 1979. The headquarter of the company is in north Kansas city, Missouri. Neal Paterson is the chief executive officer, Clifford Llig is the vice president and Earl Devency is the chairman of the company. The market capture of the company is around 3 billion dollars and it made a gross revenue of nearly 1.5 billion dollars in the year 2007. The company has an employee strength of around 7800 people till the year 2008. The company has more than 6000 clients across the world. One of the major products of the company is “millenium e-booking”.

Caterpillar is the leading USA based organization whose main industry is embedded systems. The company is one of the old and famous construction corporations of USA and it was founded in the year 1925. The headquarter of the company is in Peoria, Illionios, United States. Caterpillar has a business of heavy equipments like mining equipment, diesel, gas engines etc. The chairman and the chief executive officer of the company is James Owens. The company made a gross revenue of around 44 billion dollars in the year 2007 and the net income of the company was nearly 3.5 billion dollars in the same year. Caterpillar has an employee strength of around 97000 people.

Keane Inc is the leading USA based information technology and business process outsourcing company. The company was founded in the year 1965. The headquarter of the company is in San Ramon, California, United States. The services of Keane Inc includes management consulting services, IT services, outsourcing and application services. Keane Inc was acquired by another IT major company Caritor in the year 2007. After acquiring, Caritor changed it’s name to Keane. The company has around 14,500 employees across the world. Keane Inc has it’s development centers in 12 countries. The company made a gross revenue of nearly 1.4 billion dollars in the last year. The certifications of the company is CMMI level 5 and it’s version is 1.2. The company has also ISO certification of 9001:2000.