 Today we are talking about Top 10 IT Software Companies in the World in 2021. 10. Infosys Limited Infosys is an Indian MNC that provides IT solution to its client through business process consulting, software development and business process outsourcing services. Infosys had around 200,000 employees by the end of March 2017 and its headquarter is located in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. The company is also known for its high gender diversity as it has around 36% of women workforce all across the world. Infosys is the second largest Indian information technology company by 2021 revenues and is ranked under top 10 IT companies of the world. In terms of revenue, on June 2021 its market capitalization was around $34 billion. During financial year 2020 Infosys had a 4% hiring rate and received around 1,290,000 applications from prospective employees who were interested in building their career with Infosys. Its workforce consists of employees from more than 100 different nations. 9. Capgemini Capgemini is one of the leading IT companies in the world having a strong global presence. The French company Capgemini based out of Paris has its global operations spread across more than 40 countries. The brand is a leader in IT services providing consulting, professional services, outsourcing etc. which is driven by more than 190,000 employee globally. Over the last few year Capgemini has consolidated its position as a leading information technology company by acquiring several other players in the industry. To name a few, the company has acquired iGate, Fahrenheit 212, Liquid Hub US etc. 8. Cognizant Cognizant is one of the leading IT services companies which is helping clients to transform their existing business, operating in technology models with a rapidly changing digital technology. Company is consistently able to maintain its ranking among the most admired and fastest growing companies in the world. Cognizant unique industry based consulting approach actually helping client to build more innovative and efficient businesses. It has its headquarter located in US Cognizant is also the member of the NASDAQ and it is ranked 205 on the Fortune 500 ranking. The revenue of Cognizant is consistently growing and it has increased from 7.7 billion dollars to 16.5 billion dollars currently. It has an employee strength of around 260,000 workforce by 2016. Company is investing aggressively in digital services to enhance value for stakeholders or shareholders through high return of capital. 7. Tata Consultancy Services, TCS Tata Consultancy Services, TCS has been ranked as number one Indian multinational IT firm which generate its revenue from various domains. TCS has many functional domains like consulting, software development, infrastructure support and business process outsourcing and its headquarter is located in Mumbai, India. It comes under the world's top 10 IT companies by revenue. As of 2020, it has also been ranked 10th in the Fortune India 500 list. It has various clients of different sectors like banking and financials, consumer goods and distribution, communication, media and technology, energy resources and utilities, insurance, manufacturing, life sciences and healthcare, retail, public services etc. 6. Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HP It was founded in 1966 aims to deliver new technologies and to create opportunities which helps HP to maintain its market share than the current dynamic scenario. HP has a most comprehensive product portfolio and provide its customers cloud solutions, data center, workplace applications. They develop technology and services which help its customers to be more IT proficient and secure across the globe. There are several product lines and services which forms the major part of their total revenue such as personal and official computing or printing devices, networking devices like large servers, storage devices, software and it also has several range. 5. SAP SAP has been able to successfully build its image as world leader in enterprise applications in terms of software and software related services. It has an employee strength of more than 88,000 employees in more than 130 plus countries and based on market capitalization, SAP is world's third largest software manufacturer. SAP has more than 380,000 customers in over 170 plus countries. SAP has strong history of technology innovation and it has always focused on innovating, which it has developed 100 plus innovation and development center across the world. Company is leveraging technologies like machine learning, internet of things, blockchain, cloud and SAP HANA to solve various business problems across all industries. Through business collaboration and networking they are able to achieve massive scale and high market share. 4. Oracle Oracle Corporation Headquarter is located in Redwood Shores, California and it is one of the renowned American MNC. Oracle has second highest revenue in software industry after Microsoft with an employee base of around 135,000. The company is widely known for its ERP solutions, database development and management, supply chain management software and customer relationship management software. Oracle has a wide customer base having more than 400,000 customers across the globe and has their presence across wide variety of industries in more than 150 countries. Oracle is known for its user friendly applications and always try to eliminate the complexities from the applications. They build like applications ranging from data center operations to cloud applications which can be roadblock for business innovation, speed, flexibility, manageability, reliability, security and engineering. 3. Accenture Accenture has been listed in Fortune Global 500 companies and is one of the largest information technology companies. It is a global management consultancy firm which provides professional services like consulting, technology and operations services. Accenture started as the business and tech consulting firm of accounting firm which was named as Arthur Anderson. In the year 1989, it separated an Anderson consulting adopted its current name Accenture which means Accent of the Future. The company has a head count of more than 400,000 employees worldwide. Company technology focuses on research and development, technology solution implementation, technology labs for emerging technologies. Accenture strategy provides technology strategy services, business strategy and operation strategy services. 2. IBM International Business Machine, IBM is an American MNC and is operational in more than 150 countries. The company was established originally as computing, recording company but was later renamed as IBM International Business Machines in 1924. IBM Headquarter is present in Armonk, New York and it has a diverse portfolio of software products and services which they are further expanding to cater the current growing needs of existing and new users. Major areas from where it earns its revenue are cloud computing, cognitive computing, data analytics and internet of things, IT infrastructure and security. IBM's revenue is growing at a double digit rate. During 2017 they successfully strengthened their position as a leading enterprise for providing cloud services and blockchain leader for the business. 1. Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Corporation is headquartered in Redmond, Washington and is one of the largest companies in the world and lead a list of top 10 IT companies. The products like Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer etc. is being used by almost by almost every professional in the world. Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on 4 April 1975 and it has expanded its market share by diversifying its services from operating system, market to other various software products. It also took advantage of inorganic growth i.e. improve its revenue by acquiring no of companies. Looking forward Microsoft is focusing on new innovative technologies like machine learning, AI and cloud computing to drive new growth that can help them building their own digital capability and provide robust solutions for various users. Lastly Microsoft has acquired LinkedIn which is considered to be largest acquisition for $26.2 billion in 2016 and also it has acquired Skype technologies for $8.5 billion in the year 2011.