Short for International Business Machines, IBM comes under the global category with a revenue of $99.9 billion.

It is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation, and manufactures and markets computer hardware and software, offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology.

Accenture, another company under the global category has a revenue of $27.4 billion. It is a multinational management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company and is the worlds largest consulting firm by revenue. Accenture also sponsors an international event called the Accenture Match Play Championship (seen in picture), part of the World Golf Championships, every year since 1999.

Another American multinational company, Computer Services Corporation or CSC comes under the global category with a revenue of $16 billion. The company also licenses software systems for financial services, healthcare and other industry-specific markets and provides end-to-end business solutions that meet the needs of large commercial and government clients.

The top four is rounded off by Capgemini which again falls under the global category with a revenue of $11.6 billion. A French multinational corporation, it is of the world's foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing solutions. The company also recently opened a 300 seat BPO centre in Tamil Nadu.

CGI is the first company under the < b>regional category to be listed. It was founded in 1976 by 26-year-old entrepreneurs Serge Godin and Andr Imbeau. The two started the company in the basement of Serges home with one client and one phone. Today, the company is one of the largest IT services providers in the world operating in more than 40 countries, with a revenue of $11.6 billion.

First Data Corporation, which falls under the global category is a global payment processing company. First Data is a provider of electronic commerce and payment solutions. The company's STAR Network offers PIN-secured debit acceptance at ATM and retail locations. It has a revenue of $10.4 billion.

Tata Consultancy Services is the first Indian company to feature in this list and is therefore under the offshore category with a revenue of $8.4 billion. It is one of India's most valuable companies and is the largest India-based IT services company by 2012 revenues. (Seen in this picture is CEO N. Chandrasekaran)

Hitachi comes under the regional category with a revenue of $8 billion. It is a Japanese multinational engineering and electronics conglomerate company headquartered in Tokyo. It is the parent of the Hitachi Group and forms part of the DKB Group of companies.

Another company from the offshore category and with a revenue of $7 billion, Wipro operates in four segments: IT products and services, consumer care and lighting, healthcare and infrastructure engineering. Its revenue is $7 billion and its chairman, Azim Premji was listed as one of the top tech billionaires in the world.

Rounding up the top ten is Atos, another multinational from France that comes under the regional category with revenue of $6.7 billion. The company was formed in 1997 through a merger of two French IT companies; and combined with the Dutch-based company Origin B.V. in 2000, becoming Atos Origin. After finalizing the acquisition of Siemens IT Solutions and Services last year, it consequently reverted the company name back to Atos.

There are three more Indian companies that feature in the list. Heres a look at them At number 11 is Infosys with a revenue of $6.2 billion. Infosys was co-founded in 1981 by N. R. Narayana Murthy, Nandan Nilekani, N. S. Raghavan, S. Gopalakrishnan, S. D. Shibulal, K. Dinesh and Ashok Arora after they resigned from Patni Computer Systems. The company also recently featured in the Forbes list of the worlds most innovative companies .

Cognizant comes in at number 13 with a revenue of $4.6 billion. It provides information technology, consulting and BPO services. Cognizant is among the Top 10 companies receiving H-1B visas to bring highly skilled immigrant workers to the United States and the company has been steadily increasing its U.S. work force.

At 17 is HCL is the last Indian company on the list with a revenue of $3.5 billion. HCL was focused on addressing the IT hardware market in India for the first two decades of its existence with some activity in the global market. The company comprises two publicly listed companies, HCL Technologies and HCL Infosystems. Photo: Courtesy of HCL website What does HCL stand for?