IBM (International Business Machines) ia an american electronic corporation, one of the world's largest manufacturers of all types of computers and software, one of the largest providers of global information networks. The corporation ranks sixth in the list of the largest companies in the world. Headquartered in Armonk, New York, USA. The story begins in the 19th century. IBM manufactures and sells hardware and software, services (hosting, consulting) in the areas from mainframes to nanotechnology.

McAfee is a global organization with a 30-year history and a brand known the world over for innovation, collaboration and trust. The company was founded in 1987 as McAfee Associates, named for its founder John McAfee, who resigned from the company in 1994.
As a leading-edge cybersecurity company, McAfee provides advanced security solutions to consumers, small and large businesses, enterprises, and governments. Security technologies from McAfee use a unique, predictive capability that is powered by McAfee Global Threat Intelligence, which enables home users and businesses to stay one step ahead of the next wave of fileless attacks, viruses, malware, and other online threats. McAfee is: ■ 622 million total endpoints
■ 97 million enterprise endpoints
■ 525 million consumer endpoints
■ 69,000 enterprise customers
■ 7,000 employees
■ 189 countries
■ 151 Security Innovation Alliance partners
■ 80% of Fortune 100 firms
■ 75% of Fortune 500 firms
■ 64% of Global 2000 firms
■ 87% of world’s largest banks
■ 54% of Top 50 retailers
■ 1,550+ security patents worldwide

Microsoft Corporation is an multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington, that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, Microsoft Office office suite, and Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers. Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface tablet lineup. As of 2011, it was the world's largest software maker by revenue, and one of the world's most valuable companies.