TOP 10 LEADING TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES 2013

The leading companies in 2013 dealing with the production of technology commodities and providing technological services;

#10 Facebook

Brand Value In 2012: $21,261 million
Brand Value In 2013: $33,233 million
Percentage Brand Value Change: -36 percent

Facebook is the world’s largest social network, with more than a billion users. Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook in 2004 while he was attending Harvard University. The company opened up for an IPO in 2012 and had a valuation of about $100 billion, becoming one of the largest tech companies in tech history.

#9 Samsung

Brand Value In 2012: $21,404 million
Brand Value In 2013: $14,164 million
Percentage Brand Value Change: 51 percent

Samsung Electronics is a South Korean multinational electronics company. It is the flagship subsidiary of the Samsung Group and has been the world's largest information technology company by revenues since 2009. It has gained prominent position in the mobile phone market - fuelled by its flagship Samsung Galaxy line of devices.

Samsung has been the world's largest maker of LCD panels since 2002, the world's largest television manufacturer since 2006, and world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones since 2011. Samsung Electronics displaced Apple as the world largest technology company in 2011 and now its Smartphones are largest selling phones in the world.

#8 Tencent

Brand Value In 2012: $27,273 million
Brand Value In 2013: $17,992 million
Percentage Brand Value Change: 52 percent

This Chinese tech giant is a more valuable company than Samsung or Facebook.

While Tencent Games is just part of Tencent Holding’s massive empire, it’s clearly recognizable that the company noticed steady growth in recent years. From online gaming to various software and platform technologies, the company recently struck its latest product success with WeChat, a mobile chatting app which is fast gaining popularity in Asia.

#7 SAP

Brand Value In 2012: $34,365 million
Brand Value In 2013: $25,715 million
Percentage Brand Value Change: 34 percent

"They're really into the big data," Yuan explained of the German tech brand, "So [the increase in value] is reflective of a consistent storyline: The growth of mobile shopping." SAP has the big data solutions enterprise companies need.

SAP AG is a German multinational software corporation that makes enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations. SAP is the leader in the market of enterprise applications in terms of software and software-related service.

The company's best-known software products are its enterprise resource planning application systems and management (SAP ERP), its enterprise data warehouse product – SAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW), SAP BusinessObjects software, and most recently, Sybase mobile products and in-memory computing appliance SAP HANA. SAP is one of the largest software companies in the world.

#6 Amazon

Brand Value In 2012: $45,727 million
Brand Value In 2013: $34,077 million
Percentage Brand Value Change: 34 percent

There are few competitors in sight for the retail giant that is Amazon.com. With its low prices, efficient customer service and rapid geographical growth, it stands to become the largest beneficiary of the e-commerce industry boom. Last year Fortune ranked CEO Jeff Bezos as its Businessperson of the Year on the back of the company's stellar growth, especially in its Amazon Web Services and Kindle divisions.

Amazon.com, Inc. is an American multinational electronic commerce company It is the world's largest online retailer. Amazon.com started as an online bookstore, but soon diversified, selling DVDs, CDs, video and MP3 downloads/streaming, software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food, toys, and jewelry. The company also produces consumer electronics—notably the Amazon Kindle e-book reader and the Kindle Fire tablet computer—and is a major provider of cloud computing services.

#5 GE

Brand Value In 2012: $55,357 million
Brand Value In 2013: $45,810 million
Percentage Brand Value Change: 21 percent

GE is an American multinational conglomerate corporation The company operates through four segments: Energy, Technology Infrastructure, Capital Finance and Consumer & Industrial. In 2011, GE ranked among the Fortune 500 as the 6th-largest firm in the U.S. by gross revenue, as well as the 14th most profitable. However, the company is currently listed the 3rd-largest in the world among the Forbes Global 2000, further metrics being taken into account.

#4 Microsoft

Brand Value In 2012: $69,814 million
Brand Value In 2013: $76,651 million
Percentage Brand Value Change: -9 percent

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing. Microsoft is the world's largest software maker measured by revenues. It is also one of the world's most valuable companies.

While revenues in the latest quarter were up 5.3 percent, the once dominant Microsoft is facing an uphill battle, as consumers are slow to adopt Windows 8. However, Windows, along with Office, continues to be its most profitable product and the company is experiencing growth in its enterprise-based divisions as opposed to its traditional consumer based market. Microsoft still has a few tricks up its sleeve with its ownership of the Xbox, Skype and its cloud based file-sharing/storage solutions. As users become more accustomed with Windows' presence across multiple platforms, the company is expecting to have solid, if not spectacular results.

#3 IBM

Brand Value In 2012: $112,536 million
Brand Value In 2013: $115,985 million
Percentage Brand Value Change: -3 percent

International Business Machines Corporation, or IBM, is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation. IBM manufactures and markets computer hardware and software, and offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology.

Despite a challenging industry environment, IBM continues to deliver solid revenues across several segments, showing particularly strong growth in data analytics, cloud computing and emerging markets. It also posted an 11 percent increase in the growth markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China.

#2 Google

Brand Value In 2012: $113,669 million
Brand Value In 2013: $107,857 million
Percentage Brand Value Change: 5 percent

Google lately has exceeded its own expectations in many areas from internet services to hardware to mobile and PC platforms. Also, this year the Android OS is expected to overtake Apple's iOS as the number one mobile operating system in the US and Canada; and Google Play is expected to overtake the Apple App Store in total number of apps for mobile and tablet. On top of that, display ads continue to be multibillion-dollar revenue generators for Google, not only from its search engine but also from YouTube and DoubleClick.

#1 Apple

Brand Value In 2012: $185,071 million
Brand Value In 2013: $182,951 million
Percentage Brand Value Change: 1 percent

Apple has had a rough time lately with its stock price in a free fall and the widely publicized failure of its Maps feature. However, it remains a financial juggernaut, posting $13 billion in net income last quarter, making it the most profitable company in the world during that period. The company has its fanatical customer base, and it still refuses to compete on price, making the iconic iPhone and iPad products that are still widely seen as prestige devices. Competition may be stiff, but so far it remains behind: In Q4 2012, the iPhone 5 was the world's best selling smartphone, followed in second place by the iPhone 4S.

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