Top Ten (10) Best Known Offices In Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley was originally named for the numerous silicon chip manufacturers and innovators in the area. Now Silicon Valley is synonymous with high technology as many of the best in the Internet call it home. Following are the Top Ten Best Known Offices In Silicon Valley.

10. Symantec

- Symantec Corporation was founded in 1982 and is an international corporation which sells computer software, particularly in the realms of security and information management. Headquartered in Silicone Valley, Symantec has operations in more than 40 countries and is part of the NASDAQ 100 and Fortune 1000.

9. Oracle

- Oracle Corporation is one of the major companies developing database management systems (DBMS), tools for database development, middle-tier software, enterprise resource planning software (ERP), customer relationship management software (CRM) and supply chain management (SCM) software. Oracle was founded in 1977, and has offices in more than 145 countries around the world. As of 2005, it employed more than 50,000 people worldwide.

8. Intel

-Intel Corporation is the world's largest semiconductor company and the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in many personal computers. Founded in 1968 as Integrated Electronics Corporation and based in Silicon Valley, Intel also makes motherboard chipsets, network cards and ICs, flash memory, graphic chips, embedded processors, and other devices related to communications and computing.

7. Hewlett Packard

- The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly known as HP, is the world's largest information technology corporation (by revenue) and is known worldwide for its printers, personal computers, and high-end servers.

6. Cisco

- Cisco System,Inc. is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. Headquartered in the Silicon Valley, it designs and sells networking and communications technology and services under five brands, namely Cisco, Linksys, WebEx, IronPort and Scientific Atlanta.

5. Adobe

Adobe Systems Incorporated is an American computer software company headquartered in the Silicon Valley. Since 2001, Fortune magazine has ranked Adobe as an outstanding place to work. Adobe was rated the fifth-best U.S. company to work for in 2003, sixth in 2004, and 31st in 2007.

4. Ebay

- eBay Inc. is manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website where people and businesses buy and sell goods and services worldwide. In addition to its original U.S. website, eBay has established localized websites in several other countries. eBay Inc also owns PayPal, Skype, and other businesses.

3. Yahoo

- Yahoo! Inc. is an American public corporation and global Internet services company. It provides a range of products and services including a web portal, a search engine, the Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, news, and posting.

2. Apple

- Apple Inc. (formerly Apple Computer, Inc.) is an American multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing consumer electronics and closely related software products.

1. Google

- Google Inc. is an American public corporation, specializing in Internet search and online advertising. The company is based in Silicon Valley, and has 13,748 full-time employees.

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