Ingram Micro (NYSE: IM) is a global information technology (IT) wholesale distributor, providing sales, marketing and logistics services for the IT industry worldwide. Ingram micro distributes and markets technology products worldwide from the industry's computer hardware suppliers, networking equipment suppliers, software publishers, and other suppliers of computer peripherals, physical security, and mobility hardware worldwide. With over 100 distribution centers worldwide, It offers a variety of systems, such as rack, tower and blade servers, desktops and components to customers in over 150 countries. Ingram Micro reported 2010 revenue of $34.6 Billion.
Crucial Technology is a division of Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU). Micron is a manufacturer and marketer of semiconductor devices, principally dynamic random access memory (DRAM), Nandi Flash memory (NAND Flash and NOR Flash memory), as well as other innovative memory technologies, packaging solutions and semiconductor systems for use in leading-edge computing, consumer, networking, embedded and mobile products. In addition, the Company manufactures semiconductor components for complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors and other semiconductor products. Micron Technology reported 2010 revenue of $8.4 Billion.
Adaptec is division of PMC-Sierra, Inc. (NASDAQ: PMCS). PMC-Sierra is an Internet infrastructure semiconductor solutions provider. The Company designs, develops, markets and supports semiconductor solutions through a network of offices in North America, Europe and Asia. It has approximately 730 semiconductor devices that are sold to equipment and design manufacturers, who in turn supply their equipment to service providers, carriers and enterprises globally. It operates in five segments: Enterprise Storage: Fiber Access; Wireless Access; Metro Transport and Aggregation; and Printer and Enterprise Networking. PMC-Sierra reported 2010 revenue of $635.1 Million.
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) is a provider of products, technologies, software, solutions and services to individual consumers, small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) and large enterprises, including customers in the government, health and education sectors. Its operations are organized into seven segments: Services, Enterprise Storage and Servers (ESS), HP Software, the Personal Systems Group, the Imaging and Printing Group (IPG), HP Financial Services (HPFS), and Corporate Investments. In October 2010, it acquired ArcSight, Inc., a security and compliance management company. HP reported 2010 revenue of $126.3 Billion.
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) (NYSE: IBM), is an information technology (IT) company. It operates under five segments: Global Technology Services (GTS), Global Business Services (GBS), Software, Systems and Technology, and Global Financing. GTS primarily provides IT infrastructure services and business process services. GBS primarily provides professional services and application management services. IBM's Software segment consists primarily of middleware and operating systems software. IBM provides clients with business solutions requiring advanced computing power and storage capabilities. Global Financing invests in financing assets and leverages with debt. IBM reported 2010 revenue of $99.8 Billion.
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) (NYSE: AMD), is a global semiconductor company. The Company primarily offers x86 microprocessors, for the commercial and consumer markets, embedded microprocessors for commercial, commercial client and consumer markets and chipsets for desktop and notebook personal computers (PCs), professional workstations and servers. It also offers graphics, video and multimedia products for desktop and notebook computers, including home media PCs, professional workstations and servers and technology for game consoles. The Company has two segments, Computing Solutions and Graphics. The Computing Solutions segment includes microprocessors, chipsets and embedded processors and related revenue. The Graphics segment includes graphics, video and multimedia products and related revenue, as well as revenue received in connection with the development and sale of game console systems that incorporate its graphics technology. AMD reported 2010 revenue of $6.4 Billion.
Kingston is the world's independent memory leader. Kingston offers more than 2,000 memory products that support nearly every device that uses memory, from computers, servers and printers to MP3 players, digital cameras and mobile phones. Kingston serves an international network of distributors, resellers, retailers and OEM customers on six continents. The company also provides contract manufacturing and supply chain management services for semiconductor manufacturers and system OEMs. iSuppli ranks Kingston as the world's number one memory module manufacturer for the third-party memory market with 46% market share. Kingston reported 2010 revenues of $6.5 Billion, the highest in its 23 year history.
Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT) is a diversified company that has 11 business segments. Information and Telecommunication System segment provides system integration services, servers and communication devices. Electricity System segment provides nuclear, fire, hydraulic and wind power generation systems. Social and Industrial System segment provides industrial machinery and plants. Electronic Device and System segment offers liquid crystal displays (LCD) and semiconductor manufacturing devices and others. Construction segment provides hydraulic shovels and wheel loaders. High Functional Material segment offers electric wires, cables and semiconductor materials. Automotive System segment provides engine management and in-car information systems. Component and Device segment offers hard disk drives and LCDs. Digital Media and Consumer Product segment provides optical disk drives and refrigerators. The Financial Service segment provides leasing and loan services. The other segment manages real estate. Hitachi reported 2010 revenues of $112.4 Billion.
Seagate Technology plc (Seagate) (NASDAQ: STX) designs, manufactures, markets and sells hard disk drives. The Company produces a range of disk drive products addressing enterprise applications, where its products are primarily used in enterprise servers, mainframes and workstations; client compute applications, where its products are used in desktop and notebook computers; and client non-compute applications, where its products are used in a variety of devices, such as digital video recorders (DVRs), and other consumer electronic devices, such as personal data backup systems, portable external storage systems and digital media systems. The Company sells its disk drives primarily to major original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), distributors and retailers. Seagate reported 2010 revenues of $11.3 Billion.
Western Digital Corporation (WD) (NYSE: WDC) designs, develops, manufactures and sells hard drives. It sells its products worldwide to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and original design manufacturers (ODMs) for use in computer systems, subsystems or consumer electronics (CE) devices, and to distributors, resellers and retailers. Its hard drives are used in desktop computers, notebook computers, and enterprise applications such as servers, workstations, network attached storage, storage area networks and video surveillance equipment. Its hard drives are used in CE applications, such as digital video recorders (DVRs), and satellite and cable set-top boxes (STBs). The Company sells its hard drives as stand-alone storage products by integrating them into finished enclosures, embedding application software and offering the products as WD-branded external storage appliances for personal data backup and portable or expanded storage of digital music, video and other digital data.