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STATS
A list of the top 10 IT companies worldwide 2019
Source: Alertify
| Company | Revenue (USD billions) |
| Microsoft Corporation | 53 |
| IBM | 79.14 |
| Oracle | 37.73 |
| Accenture | 34.90 |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 12.8 |
| SAP | 28.86 |
| Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) | 17.57 |
| Capgemini | 15.73 |
| Cognizant | 14.81 |
| Infosys | 10.21 |
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