| | | | | company famous for its motherboards. The company |
| The information Technology is flourishing at the | | | | is now focusing on building its own brand for PCs and |
| tremendous pace and as a result many new tech | | | | other gadgets. The company is attracting attention |
| companies are coming forward to flourish their | | | | for its low-cost Eee PC range. Asustek is also |
| business and to give tough competition to tech | | | | planning to offer free online data storage and other |
| companies. A company is basically ranked on the | | | | Web services in an effort to distinguish its device |
| basis of long-term profitability, sales and earnings | | | | from the increasingly crowded field of inexpensive |
| growth, stock price appreciation and projected | | | | personal computers. The market value of the |
| earnings with revenues or market capitalization. In | | | | company is $10.4 billion and its sales revenues are |
| Asia, the most important leaders in the tech revival | | | | $23.3 billion. |
| are: | | | | • Wipro: One more strong opponent in the tech |
| • Acer: It is a Taiwan based multinational | | | | market is Wipro Ltd. It is one of India’s major |
| electronics manufacturer, which is the third largest | | | | information technology service company established |
| computer manufacturer in the world. Its product | | | | in 1980. Wipro Technologies has over 300 customers |
| lineup includes desktop and laptops as personal digital | | | | across U.S., Europe and Japan. The company had |
| assistants (PDAs), peripherals, servers, storage, | | | | 95,675 employees as of June 30, 2008, which |
| displays, and e-business services for business, | | | | includes 74,838 employees in IT business and 20,837 |
| government, education, and home users. The | | | | employees in BPO business. The company reported a |
| company expects its notebook PC sales to hit a | | | | net profit rise to Rs 8.14 billion ($190 million) in the |
| record 3.8 million units in September, followed by | | | | fiscal first quarter ended June, up from 7.10 billion a |
| further growth in October and November. The | | | | year ago under US accounting rules. Its sales climbed |
| company’s market value is 5.1 billion, while its | | | | 43 per cent. The company’s market value is |
| sales reach to $14.3 billion. | | | | $15.2 billion, while it sales revenues reach to $5.0 billion. |
| • Infosys Technologies: Infosys Technologies has | | | | • HTC Corp: HTC is another big name in tech |
| come into existence in 1981 by seven people and | | | | market that designs, manufactures and markets |
| today it is called as Technology giant in tech market. | | | | innovative; feature rich touch phones, PDA phones, |
| Infosys defines, designs and delivers | | | | smartphones and mobile computer devices. HTC is a |
| technology-enabled business solutions to the | | | | Taiwan based supplier of electronic gadgets which |
| customers. Infosys' service offerings offer various | | | | sets a big competition for Apple's iPhone or Research |
| services like application services, systems integration, | | | | In Motion's BlackBerry and the company has |
| product engineering, custom software development, | | | | succeeded in grabbing a chunk of the emerging |
| maintenance, re-engineering, independent testing and | | | | multi-billion-dollar market for advanced mobile devices. |
| validation services, IT infrastructure services and | | | | Recently, HTC unveiled Touch Diamond, a high-end |
| business process outsourcing. The market value of | | | | phone to take on iPhone. The market value of the |
| the company is $22.8 billion and it shows sales | | | | company is $13.8 billion and it shows sales revenue of |
| revenue of $4.2 billion. The company forecasts that | | | | $3.6 billion. |
| revenue for the year to March 2009 would grow | | | | In the crux, I can say that these companies are |
| 27-29 per cent to the existing value. | | | | giving neck to neck competition to each other and |
| • Asustek Computer: Another leader in the tech | | | | doing very good business in the market. |
| market is Asustek Company. This is a Taiwan based | | | | |