Unit 12 — American IT Companies

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This unit describes 15 large American IT companies that all IT students and professionals should be familiar with.
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Adobe Advanced Micro Devices Amazon Apple Cisco Dell Facebook Google Hewlett-Packard Intel International Business Machines Microsoft Nvidia Oracle Symantec Western Digital
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For some reason, most of the large IT companies in the world are American. For instance Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, etc. As an IT professional, you are expected to know about big IT corporations, revenue, profits, budgets, and other economic matters. Why? Because these things affect your capacity to perform your tasks. The economy tends to go in cycles. In an up cycle, you will get resources…
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Our Computer Design and Layout class professor advised us that most industry professionals use Adobe software.
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Symantec is famous for their antivirus software which protects computers from malware.
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Benjamin Curtis, the popular "Dude, you're getting a Dell" spokesperson was fired in 2003 after he was arrested on drug possession charges in New York City.
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  • Which company has the most revenue? Why do you think they have so much revenue? Is this number likely to increase or decrease in the future?
  • Why do some companies like Apple and Microsoft have such a high profit margin? Does this mean they are taking advantage of people? Do you trust a company with a high profit margin? Or are they cheating?
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