Company Watch

Company: Akamai
www.akamai.com
Revenues: $859.8 million

Innovation: Cloud Computing: Optimizing the Internet; Computer Security: Operates a private data ­network

Company: Amazon.com
www.amazon.com
Revenues: $24.5 billion

Innovation: Media: Leading the new wave of e-readers; Computer Security: Sells cloud-based storage and processing

Company: EMC
www.emc.com
Revenues: $14.0 billion

Innovation: Owns a critical encryption technology

Company: F-Secure
www.f-secure.com
Revenues: $179.2 million

Innovation: Specializes in security software for smart phones

Company: Google
www.google.com
Revenues: $23.7 billion

Innovation: Redesigning the operating system

Company: Hewlett-Packard
www.hp.com
Revenues: $114.6 billion

Innovation: Pays researchers a bounty for security information

Company: McAfee
www.mcafee.com
Revenues: $1.9 billion

Innovation: Building a one-stop shop for computer security

Company: Microsoft
www.microsoft.com
Revenues: $58.4 billion

Innovation: Its popular software is a favorite target for hackers

Company: Symantec
www.symantec.com
Revenues: $6.0 billion

Innovation: Relies heavily on partnerships to distribute its products

Company: Trend Micro

Innovation: Targets small businesses