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Apple Computer

Apple's star continues to rise as the company celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.

EDS

In October 2006, EDS hired Steve Ingram, the former CIO of DBS Bank, to head its Southeast Asian business.

EMC

More than a hardware storage company, EMC's portfolio includes software and consulting services.

Fujitsu

Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Fujitsu is the world's third-largest IT services provider.

Hewlett-Packard

The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company is placed 11 on the Fortune 500, and operates in more than 170 countries worldwide.

IBM

IBM sold off its PC business in December 2004, choosing to focus on servers, storage, software and services.

Infosys

In 1999, Infosys became the first Indian company to be listed on Nasdaq.

Intel

In the face of stiff competition from rival AMD, Intel remains focused on leaping ahead.

LogicaCMG

Anglo-Dutch LogicaCMG provides management and IT consultancy, systems development and integration as well as IT and business process outsourcing.

Microsoft

Microsoft, the world's largest software maker and easily the most recognizable name, has more than 600 million Windows users worldwide.

NEC

NEC established a managed services and outsourcing center in Singapore in 2005.

Nokia

The handset giant continues to dominate the smart phone market, and makes some significant enterprise moves during the year.

Oracle

No mention of Oracle is complete without a look at the state of the enterprise software space, which is clearly dominated by Oracle and German archrival SAP.

Qualcomm

Qualcomm is focusing on HSDPA, improving its uplink speed to 2Mbps, up from the 64Kbps uplink speed of earlier 3G technology.

SAP

German enterprise software giant SAP is still maintaining its lead in the business applications space.

Satyam Computer Services

The Indian IT services provider rounds up the year with major wins, proving itself to be a constant threat to more established counterparts.

Sun Microsystems

After founding Sun Microsystems and helming the CEO position for 22 years, Scott McNealy stepped down as head of the company in April.

Symantec

Symantec has been forging closer ties with network equipment vendors to offer security products in intrusion detection systems.

Tata Consultancy Services

Founded in 1968, TCS is one of the IT services powerhouses in India. Not content with its success in India, the company has recently indicated interest in establishing its footprint in China

Unisys

Established in 1986, Unisys is a worldwide technology services and solutions company.

ZDNet Asia's Top Tech Index will be next updated in 2008.

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