LEADING CONSULTING CONFIRMS
There are a number of global and/or continent- wide IT consulting firms, each of which employ tens of thousand of staff and are a major force in the world wide IT industry. Many are quoted on the relevant stock exchanges in the countries that they operate, and are not infrequently larger than the companies to which they contract their IT consultancy work.In Europe, The leading UK consulting firms are Logica CMG , based in London with over 40,000 consultants and in France there is Capgemini, based in Paris, with in excess of 75,0000 consultants and in Holland Atos Origin, with over 45,000 consultants and in Germany, Siemens IT Solutions and Services, based in Munich, with over 40,000 consultants.
In Asia, India heads the list of countries with major IT consultancies with Tata Consultancy Services, based in Mumbai, with over 100,000 consultants, Infosys, based in Bangalore, with over 75,000 consultants and Wipro Technologies, based in Bangalore, with over 68,000 consultants.
The USA has over 20 major IT consulting firms, the largest of which are: IBM Global Business Services, based in New York, with 320,000 consultants, Accenture, based in Bermuda, with 146,000 consultants; Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, based in New York, with 135,000 consultants: and Electronic Data Systems, based in Texas with 132,000 consultants.