(I wonder if I can add essence? Hehe, I wrote this when I was a newspaper editor. There are many well-known companies, such as Intel, AMD and Nokia. There are many unfamiliar companies. Understand the top IT companies in the world today and find out the gap between Chinese IT companies and them. I hope the companies in our country can catch up with and surpass them.
American article:
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)-founded in191year,1year, changed its name to its present name in 924. The actual entrepreneur of IBM is thomas watson (Old Watson), who is listed as one of the top ten celebrities in American corporate history. 1956 after the death of old Watson, his son Watson Jr became a member of the company's chief executive Committee and the highest * * *, becoming the second generation leader of IBM. For decades, inspired by Watson Jr.' s "power of faith", IBM has been striving for perfect service, and finally it has become the largest electronics company in the United States. 1In June, 1995, IBM successfully acquired Lotus Computer Development Company for $3.53 billion, which was an extremely wonderful stroke in modern business history. Lotus is the third largest computer software manufacturer in the world after Microsoft and NOVELL.
Hewlett-Packard Company was founded in 1939. In the past 60 years, HP has developed extremely rapidly, and the garage she founded that year has also been established by the US government as the birthplace of Silicon Valley. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, Palo Alto merged with Compaq in 2002 to become the world computer and office equipment manufacturer after IBM. 1985, China Hewlett-Packard Co., Ltd. was established, which is the first high-tech joint venture in China.
Verizon-Verizon is the largest local telephone company and the second largest telecom service provider in the United States, which was formed by the merger of Bell Atlantic and General Electric Company (GTE) in May 2000 (the combined amount is 60 billion US dollars). The company is also the largest book publishing and online book retrieval company in the world.
Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Dell is a leading global provider of IT products and services. Dell was founded by michael dell in 1984. He is currently the longest-serving CEO in the computer industry. The direct selling model he created enabled Dell to rapidly develop into a market leader.
at & amp； T)—— Founded in 1885, the origin of the company can be traced back to the influential event that Bell invented the telephone in 1876. 1995，at &； T decided to split into three independent companies, including AT & amp； T lucent company and NCR company, as of the end of 1996, the company operated long-distance services, including voice, digital and wireless system connection services.
Microsoft-1975 was founded by Bill Gates and paul allen on April 4th and reorganized into a company on June 25th. 198 1. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft is a world leader in personal and commercial computer software industry. It has more than 50,000 employees worldwide and branches in 60 countries and regions. As the largest software company in the world, Microsoft has always been a leader in new technological changes. The Windows operating system it developed can be said to be a household name.
Intel-Intel Corporation is the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturer, founded in 1968. 197 1 year, Intel introduced the world's first microprocessor-4004. This move not only changed the future of the company, but also had a far-reaching impact on the whole industry. The revolution of computer and Internet brought by microprocessor has changed the world.
Founded in 1928, Motorola is a global leader in providing integrated communication solutions and embedded electronic solutions. At present, she has a total of 1 10000 employees worldwide, and her business scope covers wireless communication, semiconductors, automotive electronics, broadband, network and Internet access products. Motorola entered China on 1987, set up an office in Beijing, and registered Motorola (China) Electronics Co., Ltd. in Tianjin on 1992. At present, Motorola is the largest foreign-invested enterprise in the field of electronics in China, the largest American investor in China and one of the most successful foreign-invested enterprises in China.
Cisco Systems Corporation-Cisco Systems Corporation is the world's leading manufacturer of Internet interconnection, and its equipment and software products are mainly used to connect computer network systems. 1984 12 Cisco Systems was formally established, with its headquarters in San Jose, California. Cisco has become one of the top ten telecom companies in the world. According to the latest survey of market research company Dataquest, it is the fastest growing telecom product supplier in the world, with an annual growth rate of 87%. At the same time, Cisco Systems is also the backbone of the Internet. At present, more than 80% of the backbone routers on the Internet are products of Cisco system.
Texas Instruments (TI)- Texas Instruments is a global semiconductor company, the world's leading designer and supplier of digital signal processing and analog technology, and the semiconductor engine that promotes the Internet era. The first integrated circuit in the world was invented by jack kilby, a TI engineer. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the company's business includes semiconductors, industrial electronic materials and educational products. The company has production or sales organizations in more than 25 countries around the world. TI provides complete solutions for many end users around the world.
TI occupies 48% of the global DSP market, ranking first in the market;
TI ranks first in mixed-signal/analog products market;
1999 More than half of the digital cellular phones sold use TI's DSP solution.
One third of the modems put into use every year in the world use TI's DSP. TI is the fastest growing modem chipset supplier in the world;
Nine of the ten high-performance hard disk drives in the world use TI's DSP.
More than 70% of DSP software in the world is written for TI's DSP solution.
TI occupies 80% of the North American graphic calculator market;
TI has 6000 patents around the world;
Ultramicro (AMD)-AMD is a global integrated circuit supplier, specializing in supplying various chip products for the computer, communication and electronic consumer markets. At present, it is the second largest microprocessor manufacturer in the world, second only to Intel. Founded in 1969, the company is headquartered in Silicon Valley, USA, and more than 70% of its income comes from the international market. This is a truly multinational company.
Apple, a famous American computer company, is the earliest advocate and famous manufacturer of personal computers, which was founded by Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ron Wayne in April 1976. Apple series computers produced by it have always been one of the mainstream products in the personal computer market, and many new concepts have been put forward, and its products have also set off many popular trends. At present, Apple Computer has established branches or representative offices in dozens of countries around the world, and its products are also sold all over the world.
Japan:
Ntt Group-Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Company (NTT) is the largest telecom network operator in Japan. In the world telecom industry, its asset scale and business income are the first. The predecessor of NTT is "Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Company". Since the privatization of 1985, NTT has created a more convenient and efficient information exchange environment for users by strengthening operation management, improving communication facilities, improving communication service level and launching various high-quality services.
1997, the Japanese government amended the Telecommunications Law to allow NTT Group to develop its business in the international communications market. Now, NTT Group is launching a number of international value-added services under the brand of "Arcstar".
Hitachi)-1910+00 Hitachi was founded in Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Starting from manufacturing electric motors, it has developed into a world-renowned multinational company involved in electric power, motors, information, home appliances, electronics, instruments, auto parts and other fields.
Panasonic-Panasonic Electric Industry Group was founded by Kōnosuke Matsushita in 19 18, and now it has developed into a total of123,000 employees in Japan and 24,000 employees overseas, including China. Matsushita Electric Appliance Group is a joint settlement enterprise with 1 1 main affiliated companies as its core. There are 300 Japanese enterprises and 220 enterprises in 44 countries and regions around the world, including 40 enterprises in China.
Sony-1958 In May 1946, Masaru Ibuka, the founder of Sony Corporation, and Akio Morita jointly founded "Tokyo Communication Industry Co., Ltd.", which was later renamed as1958 Sony Corporation, with its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. Since its establishment, Sony has been taking "freedom, openness and innovation" as its business philosophy, and has taken the lead in developing many innovative electronic products in the world. At present, Sony has become one of the pioneers in the fields of civil electronics, industrial electronics and entertainment.
Toshiba-the company's business involves energy and electronics, including semiconductors, liquid crystals, household appliances, computers, medical machines and complete sets of power generation equipment. Toshiba's global market is divided into four regions except Japan: Europe, America, Asia and China, and China is the only national market.
NEC (Japan Electric Company)-Founded in 1899, it is the earliest joint venture company in Japan. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Business areas involve IT solutions, network solutions, semiconductors and electronic equipment. In the Japanese PC market, NEC is one of the manufacturers with a large market share. NEC completed the Sino-Japanese submarine cable on 1976, set up NEC Beijing Office on 1980 and set up Taiwan Province Branch on 1982.
Fujitsu-Fujitsu is the largest IT manufacturer in Japan, with more than 500 subsidiaries and 65,438+057,000 employees worldwide. Fujitsu entered China in 1970s. As of May 2004, the accumulated investment in China has reached 530 million US dollars, with 465,438+0 subsidiaries, with a total turnover of over 8 billion RMB and more than 654,380+05,000 employees.
Canon-Canon is the world's leading comprehensive group that produces images and information products. Since the establishment of 1937, after years of unremitting efforts, Canon has globalized and expanded its business to various fields. Canon is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with four regional sales headquarters in America, Europe, Asia and Japan, and 203 subsidiaries worldwide, with about 93,000 employees.
Sharp-founded in 1935, headquartered in Osaka, Japan. 1953, Sharp successfully mass-produced TV sets and sold the first Japanese-made TV set. From 65438 to 0963, Sharp began to do business with China. Up to now, there are five production and sales bases in China, 1 sales company (with R&D center).
Seiko Epson)-Seiko Epson Company was established in May 1942, and its headquarters is located in Sakai City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It is a global leader in the field of digital imaging. At present, there are production and R&D institutions in 32 countries and regions on five continents, and business and service outlets in 57 countries and regions. By March 2004, Seiko Epson Group had developed 1 10 companies worldwide, with 84,899 employees. Seiko Epson Corporation of Japan is the core enterprise of Epson Group and has been listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange.
South Korea:
Samsung-founded in 1969, is the flagship company of Samsung Group. As a global leader in semiconductor, communication and digital integration technology, Samsung Electronics is the world's largest manufacturer of DRAM and SRAM semiconductors, TFT-LCD (Thin Film Transistor Liquid Crystal Display), monitors, CDMA mobile phones and video recorders. Samsung's electronic business covers 47 countries and has 75,000 employees worldwide.
LG Electronics)-LG Electronics is a global enterprise in the large-scale electronic and communication industries, focusing on digital display and media, information and communication, and high definition multimedia. There are 76 local production legal persons, sales legal persons and research institutes around the world, with more than 64,000 employees. In the "Top IT Enterprises 100 in 2004" selected by Businessweek, a world-famous American financial magazine, South Korea's LG Electronics ranked first, surpassing IBM, Dell and Samsung Electronics to become the best IT enterprise in the world with its comprehensive advantages of the largest growth rate, the fastest growth rate and the best return rate this year.
China:
China Mobile Communication-Established on April 20th, 2000, directly managed by the central government. China Mobile Communications Corporation has a registered capital of 51800 million yuan, assets of over 320 billion yuan and employees of 120800. China Mobile Communications Group has wholly-owned subsidiaries in 10 provinces (autonomous regions), and its wholly-owned China Mobile (Hong Kong) Group Co., Ltd. has wholly-owned subsidiaries in 2/kloc-0 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and is listed in Hong Kong and new york.
China Telecom-China Telecom Group Co., Ltd. is a super-large state-owned communication enterprise established according to the national telecom system reform plan, which was reorganized and listed in May 2002. The registered capital is 654.38+58 million yuan, and the company is managed by the central government. It is a pilot project for authorized institutions and state-owned holding companies in the State Council.
Lenovo-New Lenovo is an innovative international technology company, which consists of Lenovo and the former IBM PC division. New york-based Purchase has also set up two major operation centers in Beijing, China and Raleigh, North Carolina. Through Lenovo's own sales organization, Lenovo business partners and its alliance with IBM, the new Lenovo's sales network has spread all over the world. Lenovo has more than 19000 employees worldwide. R&D centers are located in Beijing, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Chengdu and Shanghai in China, Tokyo in Japan and Raleigh in North Carolina.
Haier-Haier Group was established in 1984. After 20 years of steady development, it has become a large international group. In 2004, Haier's global turnover exceeded1.01.60 billion yuan. Haier Group adheres to the comprehensive implementation of internationalization strategy and has established a global design network, procurement network, manufacturing network, marketing and service network with international competitiveness. It has 13 industrial parks, 30 overseas factories and manufacturing bases, 8 overseas design centers and 58,800 marketing outlets.
Huawei-Huawei is one of the leading suppliers in the global communication industry, engaged in the research and development, production, marketing and service of communication equipment, providing innovative and customized network equipment, services and solutions for customers around the world in the field of telecommunications, realizing the potential growth of customers and continuously creating long-term value for customers. As of June 5438+00, 2005, Huawei has covered more than 90 countries and regions in the international market, and 22 of the top 50 operators in the world have used Huawei products and services. Huawei's products include wireless products (such as UMTS, CDMA2000, GSM/ GPRS/ EDGE and WiMAX), network products (such as NGN, xDSL, optical network and data communication), value-added services (such as intelligent network, CDN/ SAN and wireless data), mobile and fixed terminals.
Asustek-Since the establishment of 1989, ASUS has rapidly grown into a prestigious international enterprise with more than 60,000 employees and nearly 20 international branches on five continents. Headquartered in Taibei, China. At present, ASUS has six product lines that rank among the top five in the world, among which motherboard ranks first in the world, graphics card ranks first in the world, notebook computer ranks fifth in the world, optical storage ranks fifth in the world, wireless network products rank fifth in the world, and cable modem ranks second in the world. In 2004, ASUS produced 42 million motherboards, which means that one out of every three desktops sold worldwide used ASUS motherboards!
Other countries:
Germany:
Siemens-Siemens is one of the largest electrical and electronic companies in the world, founded in 1847, and the current CEO is Dr. Kleinfeld. Siemens has been in China for more than 120 years. Siemens' business in China is the main pillar of its business in the Asia-Pacific region and plays an increasingly important role in Siemens' global business. All business groups of Siemens have entered China and are active in the fields of information and communication, automation and control, electric power, transportation, medical care, lighting and household appliances in China. The core business areas are infrastructure construction and industrial solutions.
Britain:
Vodafone-Vodafone's predecessor was a department of British Lacall Electronics Company specializing in mobile phones, and Vodafone Telecom Company was established separately by 1985. Now it is the largest telecom operator in Britain and the largest mobile phone operator in the world. Its mobile phone service covers most of Europe and Japan. Vodafone Group invested $20 billion1300 billion to expand its strength to 28 countries around the world, including the acquisition of JapanTelecomHoldingsInc for $11500 million.
France:
Alcatel-Alcatel is the world's largest telecommunications infrastructure provider, and the first strong partner rooted in China and cooperating with China's telecommunications industry for a long time. It is the first optical valley established in France and is famous all over the world. Alcatel is the only enterprise that can provide sea, land and air communication networks, and it is unique among Chinese and foreign telecom enterprises. In the market, Alcatel has also made many impressive achievements and is in a leading position.
Finland:
Nokia-Nokia Corporation is a global leader in the field of mobile communication. With its rich experience and innovative technology, as well as the user-friendly features, reliability and high quality of its products and solutions, Nokia has become not only the world's leading provider of mobile phones, but also the leading provider of mobile and IP networks. The company consists of two business groups: Nokia Mobile Phone and Nokia Networks. In addition, it also includes an independent Nokia venture capital institution and corporate R&D institution: Nokia R&D Center.
Netherlands:
Royal Philips Electronics-Royal Philips Electronics is one of the largest electronics companies in the world, ranking first in Europe. Its sales in 2002 reached 365.438+0.8 billion euros, and it is in the leading position in the world in the fields of color TV, lighting, electric shaver, medical diagnostic image and patient monitor, and single-chip TV products. Philips has 65,438+066,500 employees and is active in the fields of lighting, consumer electronics, household appliances, semiconductors and medical systems in more than 60 countries.
Sweden:
Electrolux)-Electrolux Company, which originated from Sweden, is one of the largest home appliance companies and one of the largest manufacturers of professional related equipment in the world. In Europe, North America and Latin America, many countries and regions rank first and second. Every year, more than 60 million products produced by Electrolux Group enter thousands of households all over the world.
L.M. Ericsson-founded in 1876 with a history of 128, and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. From the early production of telephones and telephone exchanges to today, Ericsson has become the world's leading provider of end-to-end integrated communication solutions. It has become one of the top ten mobile communication operators in the world, and 40% mobile phone users use Ericsson system. 200 1, 10, Ericsson and Sony set up Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Company, each holding 50% of the shares, to provide 2.5 and 3 generations of terminal equipment to the market.
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