IT Management: Google, Net App, SAS Top IT Companies to Work for in 2011
Google, Net App, SAS Top IT Companies to Work for in 2011
by Chris Preimesberger

No. 1: SAS
Develops business analytics software and services and is the largest independent vendor in the business-intelligence market. Headquarters: Cary, N.C.; 2009 revenue: $2.31 billion. Employees: 5,629. Website: www.sas.com

No. 4: Google
Search and Web services IT provider. Headquarters: Mountain View, Calif.; 2009 revenue: $23.6 billion; Employees: N/A; Website: www.google.com

No. 5: NetApp
Network storage maker for enterprise IT systems. Headquarters: Sunnyvale, Calif.;??Ã 2009 revenue: $3.9 billion; Employees: 5,455; Website: www.netapp.com

No. 10: DreamWorks Animation
Digital animation studio. Headquarters: Glendale, Calif.; 2009 revenue: $725 million; Employees: 1,994. Website: www.dreamworksanimation.com

No. 20: Cisco Systems
Enterprise IT networking and data-center-infrastructure developer. Headquarters: San Jose, Calif.; 2009 revenue: $36.1 billion; Employees: 36,612; Website: www.cisco.com

No. 33: Qualcomm
Wireless device and software maker. Headquarters: San Diego, Calif.; 2009 revenue: $11 billion; Employees: 12,520; Website: www.qualcomm.com

No. 44: Intuit
Business-productivity software maker. Headquarters: Mountain View, Calif.; 2009 revenue: $3.4 billion; Employees: 6,575; Website: www.intuit.com

No. 51: Intel
World's largest microprocessor maker. Headquarters: Santa Clara, Calif.; 2009 revenue: $35.1 billion;??Ã Employees: 42,694; Website: www.intel.com

No. 52: Salesforce.com
Cloud-based sales software provider. Headquarters: San Francisco; 2009 revenue: $1.3 billion; Employees: 2,725. Website: www.salesforce.com

No. 65: Adobe Systems
Graphics creativity software maker. Headquarters: San Jose, Calif.; 2009 revenue $2.9 billion; Employees: 4,788; Website: www.adobe.com

No. 72: Microsoft
Consumer and enterprise software maker. Headquarters: Redmond, Wash.; 2009 revenue $60.4 billion; Employees: 53,410; Website: www.microsoft.com

No. 79: National Instruments
Makes software for engineers and scientists to design, prototype and deploy systems for measurement, automation and embedded applications. Headquarters: Austin, Texas; 2009 revenue: $677 million; Employees: 2545; Website: www.ni.com ??Ã

No. 89: Brocade Communications
Enterprise IT networking hardware and software provider. Headquarters: San Jose, Calif.; 2009 revenue: $2 billion; Employees: 3,112; Website: www.brocade.com

No. 92: Rackspace Hosting
Enteprise IT hosting and cloud-services provider. Headquarters: San Antonio, Texas; 2009 revenue: $629 million; Employees: 2,405; Website: www.rackspace.com

No. 99: Accenture
Enterprise IT??Ãconsultancy and solutions integrator. Headquarters: New York City; 2009 revenue: $21.6 billion; Employees: 31,000; Website: www.accenture.com

