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Helpfully the only significant consultancy firm with a name beginning with Q, Quest is largely a pure strategy house. Focusing on improving human performance and driving change the company has done well to establish itself, recently celebrating its 20th anniversary. Received top accolade at the 2008 MCA Management Awards.
Headquarters - Godalming, UK
No of Employees - 49,200
Key Clients - Unilever, Philips, Lufthansa
Graduate Scheme - No
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Satyam is an outsourcing, consulting and IT services company based in Hyderabad, India. Currently experiencing very strong growth in revenue, Satyam continues to acquire smaller Indian players and set up significant alliances with the likes of Microsoft and governments in emerging markets such as China and Brazil.
Headquarters - Hyderabad, India
No of Employees - 49,200
Key Clients - ArcelorMittal, 2010 and 2014 World Cup
Key Competitors - Tata, Infosys, Wipro
Graduate Scheme - Not in UK
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Siemens IT Solutions and Services is very much an exercise in joining up the strengths of the company. By having unique access to Siemens vast range of technology, the small consulting arm is able to offer some innovative approaches to management and IT problems. Works closely with Fujitsu.
Headquarters - Berlin, Germany
No of Employees - 480,000 (Siemens entire workforce, over 20,000 in UK)
Key Clients - NHS, ITV
Key Competitors - TietoEnator, T-Systems, Logica
Graduate Scheme - Yes
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A spin-off of the German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom, T-Systems was only founded in 2000. Operating in 24 companies, the firm has already seen fairly significant employee upheaval, though attrition and acquisition have combined to keep numbers fairly consistent. Recently allied with Cognizant for strategic purposes.
Headquarters - Frankfurt, Germany
No of Employees - 56,000
Key Clients - Airbus, Volkswagen, Shell
Key Competitors - Siemens, TietoEnator, Logica
Graduate Scheme - Yes
Not the firm that produced an astonishingly cheap car, but a consultancy specialist and Asia's largest information technology services firm. Tata, also known as TCS, is part of the Tata group conglomerate with interests in chemicals, telecoms and much else. Grew massively in the early 90s but has suffered a little recently, reporting net profit falls thanks to a strengthening rupee and the credit crunch.
Headquarters - Mumbai, India
No of Employees - 110,000
Key Clients - Government of India, Scottish Water, Nokia-Siemens, Chrysler
Key Competitors - Cognizant, Wipro, Infosys
Graduate Scheme - Restricted to selected campuses
Technology focused, Unisys has been providing IT solutions of some description for over a century, starting life as the American Arithmometer Company. More an IT company than a consultancy, Unisys is still acclaimed for its business solutions. The firm has experienced recent layoffs however - 10% of the company(3,600) left in March 2006.
Headquarters - Blue Bell, US
No of Employees - 31,000
Key Clients - US Government, Dell, Lloyds TSB
Key Competitors - SAIC, IBM, Accenture
Graduate Scheme - Yes
Internships - Yes
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Active in over 30 countries but mostly focused on Western Europe, Tieto is an international software development company based in Finland. A result of a 1999 merger between Finnish Tieto and Swedish Enator, the company has grown strongly since then and acquired all over Europe. Recently rejected a takeover offer.
Headquarters - Espoo, Finland
No of Employees - 15,600
Key Clients - KapStone, MasterCard, Swedbank
Key Competitors - T-Systems, Siemens, Logica
Graduate Scheme - No
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Possessing one of the flashiest website intros of any firm in this directory, Xchanging has mostly made a name for itself by sponsoring the University Boat Race. An outsourcing specialist, the UK company is a relatively small player in the consulting world - though it is beginning to make some waves with a strong client list and growing revenues.
Headquarters - London, UK
No of Employees - 4,200
Key Clients - Specialises in Insurance and Financial markets
Key Competitors - Xansa, Fidelity
Graduate Scheme - Yes
Globally recognised as a strong market player, Watson Wyatt is especially esteemed for its HR related policies, offering services such as benefit scheme analysis and developing reward and retention schemes. The firm has been going since 1878, and amazingly can still count its very first client amongst those in its extensive portfolio - 130 years later.
Headquarters - Arlington, US
No of Employees - 7,000
Key Clients - Vodafone, Fed-Ex, Barclays
Key Competitors - Accenture, Deloitte, HP
Graduate Scheme - Yes
Internships - Yes
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Having started corporate life producing edible oil, Wipro is now the third largest IT services firm in India - a huge market in the technological consultancy world. The company has an impressive array of clients across a broad range of sectors and has designed significant innovations in web browsing and mobile phone technology.
Headquarters - Bangalore, India
No of Employees - 80,000
Key Clients - Nortel, BP, Sony, Wal-Mart
Key Competitors - Cognizant, Genpact, Satyam
Graduate Scheme - No
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