Top Tech 50 Index:
Congratulations to these 50 companies which made it to ZDNet Asia's second Top Tech Index! This year, we welcome 13 newcomers to the Index and give kudos to the other 37 that have maintained outstanding company performance to retain their coveted spot on this year's Top Tech 50 list.

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 Company Latest full year revenues (US$ in millions) Latest full year net income (US$ in millions) Ave year-on-year revenue growth over 4 years (%) Ave year-on-year net income over 4 years (%) Direct presence in 10 Asian countries Global employees
Accenture 15,500 940 10.32 59.35 9 133,000
Alcatel 16,699 1,182 -5.70 1.15 10 58,000
AMD 5,850 165 29.81 -43.61 8 9,860
Apple Computer 13,931 1,335 36.58 229.95 8 14,806
AT&T 43,862 4,786 0.94 0.32 9 182,980
Atos Origin 7,053 301 26.83 37.23 8 47,000
Avaya 4,902 921 4.73 -104.00 8 19,100
Brother 1,900 214 13.94 5.15 10 22,107
BT 36,802 4,105 1.42 6.03 8 104,400
Canon 31,820 3,260 8.49 26.94 9 115,583
Cisco Systems 28,500 6,900 14.68 17.15 10 49,926
CSC 14,616 6,340 9.77 252.17 9 79,000
Dell Computer 55,908 3,572 16.47 19.03 10 75,100
eBay 4,552 1,082 56.19 63.99 3 11,600
EDS 19,800 150 -0.37 -21.98 9 120,000
EMC 9,700 1,100 21.79 -139.48 9 28,000
Ericsson 21,263 3,425 5.10 -93.85 10 63,792
France Telecom 61,621 7,992 1.74 -11.20 9 220,000
Fujitsu 40,600 581 2.44 -29.46 10 160,000
Google 6,139 1,465 147.86 183.64 3 7,942
Hewlett-Packard 86,700 2,400 15.65 -122.76 10 150,000
Hitachi Data Systems 80,900 319 10.95 53.29 8 2,900
Huawei Technologies 5,982 681 41.65 109.06 10 44,000
IBM 91,100 8,000 4.14 25.82 10 320,000
Infosys 2,152 555 41.97 42.03 3 58,409
Intel 38,800 8,700 13.13 43.52 10 95,000
Lenovo Group 13,303 22 123.69 -24.89 10 19,000
LG Electronics 24,848 734 11.91 52.87 10 72,000
LogicaCMG 3,422 197 33.50 -106.62 8 30,000
Microsoft 44,282 12,599 11.26 20.43 10 71,553
Motorola 35,300 4,500 9.93 43.59 10 68,000
NEC 41,200 100 2.60 -77.78 10 154,180
Nokia 40,933 4,329 2.92 1.22 10 66,092
Oracle 14,400 3,400 15.03 14.01 10 55,000
Qualcomm 5,670 2,140 24.93 87.37 8 9,300
Samsung Electronics 60,059 7,980 13.18 4.13 10 123,000
SAP 10,043 1,765 9.39 58.85 9 37,700
Satyam Computer Services 1,135 281 38.90 44.55 6 30,000
Seagate Technology 9,200 840 13.04 11.66 7 56,040
Siemens Business Services 6,900 -877 -1.49 -568.68 5 39,000
SingTel Group 2,570 8,120 79.56 12.15 10 20,000
Sony 63,893 1,057 1.35 12.44 10 158,500
Sun Microsystems 13,068 -864 5.03 182.12 9 37,000
Symantec 4,140 157 43.73 7.79 9 16,000
Tata Consultancy Services 2,970 649 42.06 38.12 7 67,530
Toshiba 57,091 703 3.98 61.79 10 172,000
Unisys 5,759 -1,732 0.94 -1,536.61 9 35,000
Western Digital 4,341 395 16.93 37.97 6 24,750
Wipro 2,385 456 38.55 39.58 6 58,500
Yahoo 5,257 1,896 79.18 278.20 5 10,500

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