Industrial sectors

Here are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector: largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector: involving refining, construction, and manufacturing; the tertiary sector: which deals with services (such as law and medicine) and distribution of manufactured goods; and the quaternary sector: a relatively new type of knowledge industry focusing on technological development such as computer programming, and biochemistry. A fifth, quinary, sector has been proposed encompassing nonprofit activities. The economy is also broadly separated into public sector and private sector, with industry generally categorized as private. Industries are also any business or manufacturing. Industries can be classified on the basis of raw materials, size and ownership.

Raw Materials: Industries may be agriculture based, Marine based, Mineral based, Forest based. Size: It refers to the amount of capital invested, number of people employed and the volume of production. Ownership: Industries can be classified into private sector, state owned or public sector, joint sector and co-operative sector

Industry in the sense of manufacturing became a key sector of production and labor in European and North American countries during the Industrial Revolution, which upset previous mercantile and feudal economies through many successive rapid advances in technology, such as the steel and coal production. It is aided by technological advances, and has continued to develop into new types and sectors to this day. Industrial countries then assumed a capitalist economic policy. Railroads and steam-powered ships began speedily establishing links with previously unreachable world markets, enabling private companies to develop to then-unheard of size and wealth. Following the Industrial Revolution, perhaps a third of the world's economic output is derived from manufacturing industries more than agriculture's share. Many developed countries and many developing/semi-developed countries (People's Republic of China, India etc.) depend significantly on industry. Industries, the countries they reside in, and the economies of those countries are interlinked in a complex web of interdependence.

Industry is divided into four sectors. They are: Sector Definition This involves the extraction of resources directly from the Earth; this includes farming, mining and logging. They do not process the products at all. They send it off to factories to make a profit.

Primary

This group is involved in the processing products from primary Secondary industries. This includes all factoriesthose that refine metals, produce furniture, or pack farm products such as meat. This group is involved in the provision of services. They include teachers, managers and other service providers. This group is involved in the research of science and technology. They include scientists.

Tertiary

Quaternary

As a country develops people move away from the primary sector to secondary and then to tertiary. Market-based classification systems such as the Global Industry Classification Standard and the Industry Classification Benchmark are used in finance and market research. These classification systems commonly divide industries according to similar functions and markets and identify businesses producing related products. Industries can also be identified by product: chemical industry, petroleum industry, automotive industry, electronic industry, meatpacking industry, hospitality industry, food industry, fish industry, software industry, paper industry, entertainment industry, semiconductor industry, cultural industry, poverty industry

labor-intensive industry - capital-intensive industry light industry - heavy industry

List of countries by industrial output

Industrial output in 2010 (Nominal) Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Country Output in millions of US$

European Union 4,070,558 United States China Japan Germany Brazil Italy 3,254,032 2,751,024 1,255,541 925,064 551,843 511,723

United Kingdom 496,688 France Russia India 495,845 495,197 439,858

Industrial output in 2010 (Purchasing Power) Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Country China Output in millions of US$ 4,620,096

European Union 3,727,500 United States India Japan Germany Russia Brazil Korea, South Mexico 3,267,840 1,157,156 997,740 825,840 753,402 579,216 577,998 519,480

United Kingdom 483,769

Quaternary sector The quaternary sector of the economy is a way to describe a knowledgebased part of the economy which typically includes services such as information generation and sharing, information technology, consultation, education, research and development, financial planning, and other knowledge-based services. The term has been used to describe media, culture, and government. The term is a further delineation of the three-sector hypothesis of industry in the sense that the quaternary sector refers to a part of the third or tertiary sector along with the quinary economic sector. It has been argued that intellectual services are distinct enough to warrant a separate sector and not be considered merely as a part of the tertiary sector. This sector evolves in well developed countries and requires a highly educated workforce. In the quaternary sector, companies invest to ensure further expansion. It is seen as a way to generate higher margins or returns on investment. Research will be directed into cutting costs, tapping into markets, producing innovative ideas, new production methods and methods of manufacture, amongst others. To many industries, such as the pharmaceutical industry, the sector is the most valuable because it creates future branded products which the company will profit from. According to some definitions, the quaternary other pure services, such as the entertainment industry. sector includes

The quaternary sector consists of those industries providing information services, such as computing and ICT (information and communication technologies), consultancy (offering advice to businesses) and R&D (research, particularly in scientific fields). The quaternary sector is sometimes included with the tertiary sector, as they are both service sectors. Between them, the tertiary and quaternary sectors are the largest part of the UK economy, employing 76% of the workforce.

TYPES OF INDUSTRY 1. Banking 2.Communication 3.Health care 4.Hospitality 5.Media 6.Retail 7.Manufacturing-Technology & Designing 8. IT 9. Travel 10. Multimedia & Animation 11. Food industry 12. Poverty industry 13. Chemical industry & petroleum industry,

MAJOR IT INDUSTRIES:

WIPRO

Wipro Limited (BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO, NYSE: WIT) is a global information technology (IT) services company headquartered in Bangalore, India. According to the 2011 revenue, Wipro is the third largest IT services company in India and employs more than 122,385 people worldwide as of March 2011. Wipro is ranked 31 globally in 2011 in the list of IT service providers. It is 9th most valuable brand in India according to an annual survey conducted by Brand Finance and The Economic Times in 2010. It provides outsourced research and development, infrastructure outsourcing, business process outsourcing (BPO) and business consulting services. The company operates in three segments: IT Services, IT Products, Consumer Care and Lighting. Wipro Technologies, the global technology and consulting services division of Indian conglomerate Wipro Limited.

INFOSYS

Infosys Limited, formerly Infosys Technologies Limited, (BSE: 500209, NSE: INFY, NASDAQ: INFY) is a global technology services company headquartered in Bangalore (Bengaluru), India. Infosys is the second largest IT Company in India with 133,560 employees (including subsidiaries) as of March 2011. Infosys is ranked 28th globally in the list of IT services providing firms. It has offices in 33 countries and development centers in India, China, Australia, UK, Canada, Brazil and Japan. The company offers software products for the banking industry and a business process management service also provides end-to-end business solutions.

TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES

Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS) is an Indian IT services, business solutions and outsourcing company headquartered in Mumbai, India. It is the largest provider of information technology in Asia and second largest provider of business process outsourcing services in India. TCS has offices in over 47 countries with more than 142 branches across the globe and is a subsidiary of textiles and manufacturing conglomerate Tata Group.

LARSEN & TOUBRO INFOTECH

Larsen & Toubro InfoTech Ltd. (L&T InfoTech), one of the fastest growing IT Services companies, is ranked 10th by NASSCOM among the top (Indian) software and services exporters from India in 2010. A wholly owned subsidiary of the $12 billion Larsen & Toubro, India's Best Managed Company (as per the survey conducted by Business Standard in 2010), L&T InfoTech is differentiated by its unique Business-to-IT Connect.

SPECTRASENSORS INC

Spectra Sensors, Inc. is a manufacturer of opticalbased gas sensors for the industrial process, environmental monitoring and clean technology markets. The company's sensors measure the absorption of laser light at specific wavelengths to detect carbon dioxide and water vapor in industrial process control and environmental monitoring applications. Such applications include noncontact measurement of moisture, carbon dioxide, and other corrosives in the energy industry, petrochemical industry, arsenic and other impurities in drinking water (Water Quality), and airborne water vapor and other atmospheric measurements from commercial aircraft for the U.S. and International Weather Services (Atmospheric). Clean tech applications include identifying and harvesting methane (CH4) as a clean energy source, as well as mounting sensors on commercial airliners to enable realtime monitoring of weather conditions to avoid commercial flight delays totaling $1 billion per year in wasted time and fuel.

HCL Enterprise
HCL (Hindustan Computer Limited) is a global Electronics, Computing and IT Company based in Noida, India. The company comprises two publicly listed companies, HCL Technologies and HCL Info systems. HCL was focused on addressing the IT hardware market in India for the first two decades of its existence with some activity in the global market. On termination of the joint venture with HP in 1996, HCL became an enterprise which comprises HCL Technologies (to address the global IT services market) and HCL Info systems (to address the Indian and APAC IT hardware market). HCL has since then operated as a holding company.

POLARIS

Founded

in

1993

and

publicly-listed, Polaris

Software is the world's most sophisticated banking and insurance software company. Polaris is the chosen outsourcing partner for 10 of the top 15 global banks and 6 of the 10 top global insurance companies. Polaris offers state-of-the-art, comprehensive solutions for core banking, corporate banking, wealth & asset management and insurance. Over the last two decades, Polaris has implemented its solutions and services among 200 of the world's largest financial institutions. Polaris Software is also recognized by the world's top analysts (Forrester and Gartner) as global leaders in banking and insurance software.

IBM

International (NYSE: IBM) is a

Business

Machines (IBM) headquartered

multinational technology and consulting firm

in Armonk, New York. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging

from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. The company was founded in 1911 as the Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation through a merger of four companies: the Tabulating Machine Company, the International Time Recording Company, the Computing Scale Corporation, and the Bundy Manufacturing Company. CTR adopted the name International Business Machines in 1924, using a name previously designated to CTR's subsidiary in Canada and later South America. Its distinctive culture and product branding has given it the nickname Big Blue. In 2011, Fortune ranked IBM the 18th largest firm in the U.S., as well as the 7th most profitable. Globally, the company was ranked the 31st largest firm by Forbes for 2011. Other rankings for 2011 include #1 company for leaders (Fortune), #2 best global brand (Interbrand), #1 green company worldwide (Newsweek), #12 most admired company (Fortune), and #18 most innovative company (Fast Company). IBM employs more than 425,000 employees (sometimes referred to as "IBMers") in over 200 countries, with occupations including scientists, engineers, consultants, and sales professionals. PwC consulting (2002), spinning off companies like Lexmark (1991), and selling off product lines like ThinkPad to Lenovo (2005).

Hewlett-Packard

Hewlett-Packard

Company (NYSE: HPQ),

commonly referred to as HP, is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA. The company was founded in a one-car garage in Palo Alto by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard. HP however, is one of the world's largest information technology companies, operating in nearly every country. HP specializes in developing and manufacturing computing, data storage, and networking hardware, designing software and delivering services. Major product lines include personal computing devices, enterprise, and industry standard servers, related storage devices, networking products, software and a diverse range of printers, and other imaging products. HP markets its products to households, small- to medium-sized businesses and enterprises directly as well as via online distribution, consumer-electronics and office-supply retailers, software partners and major technology vendors. HP also has strong services and consulting business around its products and partner products.

WIPRO COMPANY PROFILE

Wipro Limited (BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO, NYSE: WIT) is a global information technology (IT) services company headquartered in Bangalore, India. According to the 2011 revenue, Wipro is the third largest IT services company in India and employs more than 122,385 people worldwide as of March 2011. Wipro is ranked 31 globally in 2011 in the list of IT service providers. It is 9th most valuable brand in India according to an annual survey conducted by Brand Finance and The Economic Times in 2010. It provides outsourced research and development, infrastructure outsourcing, business process outsourcing (BPO) and business consulting services. The company operates in three segments: IT Services, IT Products, Consumer Care and Lighting. Wipro Technologies, the global technology and consulting services division of Indian conglomerate Wipro Limited.

Diversification
Wipro InfoTech Wipro InfoTech is a leading manufacturer of computer hardware and provider of systems integration services in India and the Middle East region. The company's product portfolio includes desktop and notebook PCs, servers, data storage systems, and supercomputers. Its menu of technology services includes application development, data hosting, and technology procurement consulting. As an IT division of Bangalore-based technology services and consumer products conglomerate Wipro Limited, Wipro InfoTech maintains offices across India. It also has operations in Australia and Egypt, as well as in Saudi Arabia through a joint venture with DAR Al Riyadh Group. With its continued advancement in the IT market, Wipro made a foray into residential Internet services market via its joint venture with Royal Dutch Telecom. WeP

Peripherals (WeP) came to existence in 2000. Prior to that year, WeP was the peripherals systems division of Wipro InfoTech. In 2002, Wipro began with the acquisition of Spectra mind. This transaction was completed in 2003 when Wipro acquired 100% stake in the company. Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting was established in 2003. This division acquired the lease rights to Chandrika in the same year. Wipro launched two new products in 2003, Wipro eHelpline, a web based call management software and Wipro eAsset, an IT asset Management tool. Wipro BPO Wipro BPO employs over 22,000, of whom 3,150 are at its Hyderabad campus. The planned new recruitments will be from among science and commerce graduates and under-graduates. The majority of Wipro BPOs business comes from the US, followed by Europe. The rest of the world contributes only marginally to its top line. The company posted a turnover of $290 million in FY08. Founded in 2002, Wipro BPO has operations in Delhi, Pune, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Navi-Mumbai (Belapur) Greater Noida, Mysore and Kochi in India. It also has offices in Shanghai and Cebu in Asia and Curitiba in Brazil and Wroclaw in Poland. It has 44 clients in segments such as banking & capital markets, insurance, travel & hospitality, hi-tech manufacturing, telecom and healthcare.

PRODUCTS
Wipro Systems & Technology The core agenda of the Wipro Systems & Technology (WS&T) Division is based on "Open Computing". We believe that Open Computing breaks walls between technologies, people and processes to enable collaboration and innovation. Our ability in innovating and marketing products, infrastructure software and related services is built on a foundation of industry standard architecture and open technologies, thereby accelerating productivity for our customers' businesses. Wipro Products are designed with technology expertise gained globally and crafted using world class engineering infrastructure. With products that are a hallmark of quality, we take pride in helping you build a responsible computing environment. Count on us to be there with you as a partner all through the lifecycle.

Infrastructure Technology Solutions

Expanding businesses are on the constant search for the latest IT products that can help them come up with a comprehensive solution to drive home the competitive advantage. Asset productivity through implementation of integrated technology solutions help suit your domain specific needs. In the business of addressing enterprises for over 20 years, Wipro InfoTech partners with best of breed alliances to refurbish your IT infrastructure and extends a unique opportunity to leverage the latest technology products and services at competitive costs. Wipro InfoTech delivers customized enterprise products that are geared to address your technology infrastructure requirements. From a technology and business perspective, we study your IT environment to get a clear understanding of your requirements. Aligning your IT project with cost efficient resources and delivery timelines, we deliver enterprise products that include the following: Networking Solutions Enterprise Information Security

Emerging Technologies Enterprise Management

Contact Centre Infrastructure Platforms & Storage

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