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Brand Finance assesses the dollar value of reputation, image and intellectual property of the world's leading companies.
Take a look at the world's top IT brands.
1. IBM
Brand value: $39,135 million
Brand rating: AA+
Market cap: $241,208 million
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York.
IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology.
The company was founded in 1911 as the Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation through a merger of three companies.
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World's most valuable IT brands
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2. Hewlett-Packard
Brand value: $21,707 million
Brand rating: AA+
Market cap: $54,454 million
Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California that provides products, technologies, software, solutions and services to consumers.
The world's leading PC manufacturer was founded in a garage in Palo Alto by William (Bill) Redington Hewlett and Dave Packard.
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World's most valuable IT brands
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3. Accenture
Brand value: $6,853 million
Brand rating: AA
Market cap: $35,042 million
Accenture is a multinational management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.
It is the largest consulting firm in the world with more than 244,000 employees across 120 countries.
The international company was first incorporated in Bermuda in 2001. Accenture is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the S&P 500.
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World's most valuable IT brands
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4. Tata Consultancy Services
Brand value: $4,068 million
Brand rating: AA
Market cap: $43,701 million
A subsidiary of the Tata Group conglomerate, Tata Consultancy Services is a global IT services, business solutions and outsourcing company headquartered in Mumbai.
It is the largest Asia based provider of business process outsourcing services. TCS has been ranked at 20 in the list of top companies of India, by Fortune India 500 magazine.
It is the largest IT service company in India by revenue and market capitalisation.
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World's most valuable IT brands
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5. Infosys
Brand value: $3,628 million
Brand rating: AA+
Market cap: $28,238 million
Infosys provides business consulting, technology, engineering and outsourcing services to help clients in over 30 countries.
It has offices in 29 countries and development centers in India, US, China, Australia, UK, Canada, Japan and many other countries.
Infosys Technologies headquartered in Bangalore is ranked at 27 in the Fortune India 500 list.
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World's most valuable IT brands
6. Capgemini
Brand value: $2,845 million
Brand rating: AA-
Market cap: $5,669 million
Capgemini is a French global IT services company, one of the world's largest management consulting, outsourcing and professional services companies with a staff of 115,000 operating in 40 countries.
The company was founded by Serge Kampf in 1967.
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World's most valuable IT brands
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7. CSC
Brand value: $2,180 million
Brand rating: AA-
Market cap: $5,901 million
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) is an American multinational provider of information technology (IT) and professional services headquartered in Virginia.
CSC serves Fortune Global 1000 companies in fifteen industries and national and local governments.
It employs about 93,000 people in 90 countries and ranks among the largest outsourcing companies in the world.
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World's most valuable IT brands
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8. Atos
Brand value: $2,040 million
Brand rating: A+
Market cap: $4,388 million
Atos (formerly Atos Origin) is a French international IT services and consulting corporation based in Bezons, France.
It operates in 42 countries globally, with over 74,000 employees. The company, Europe's largest IT services firm, is listed on Euronext Paris and is a member of the CAC Mid 60 stock market index.
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World's most valuable IT brands
9. Cognizant Technology Solutions
Brand value: $1,798 million
Brand rating: AA-
Market cap: $19,296 million
Cognizant Technology Solutions is an American multinational provider of custom information technology, consulting and business process outsourcing services.
It is headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, it is a member of NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500 and Fortune 500.
Cognizant has been named to Fortune magazine's 100 Fastest-Growing Companies list for nine consecutive years, including 2011.
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World's most valuable IT brands
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10. Wipro
Brand value: $1,769
Brand rating: A+
Market cap: $16,920 million
Wipro Limited is an Indian global IT services and consulting company headquartered in Bangalore.
Wipro is the second largest IT services company by turnover in India, employing about 135,920 people worldwide as of March 2012.
It provides outsourced research and development, infrastructure outsourcing, business process outsourcing (BPO) and business consulting services.
The company operates in three segments: IT services, IT products, consumer care and lighting.
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