Partners: Siemens
For 161 years, Siemens has been synonymous with technological innovation and global business reach. Our wide array of products and services help our customers in industry, energy and healthcare to meet their challenges and stay competitive. Sustainable, profitable business is our priority because it enables us to create value for all our stakeholders: shareholders, customers, employees and the 190 countries in which we operate. Siemens is a leader in "green technologies," with about a quarter of our revenue coming from products and services that make a major contribution to environmental protection.
The United States is one of Siemens' largest markets. Nine of Siemens' worldwide businesses are headquartered here and annual revenue in the U.S. is $22.4 billion. Siemens companies in the U.S. employ 69,000 people in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. U.S. corporate headquarters are located in New York City. Worldwide, Siemens and its subsidiaries employ 428,000 people in 190 countries and reported worldwide revenue of $116.6 billion in fiscal 2008.
With global headquarters in Munich and Berlin, Siemens views innovation as the key to our continued success in business. In 2008, we invested approximately $5.7 billion in research and development worldwide. We generate more than 30 inventions every business day and—in close cooperation with our customers—transform them into new products, systems and solutions.
Venture Technologies partners with Siemens Information Technology group in support of our Unified Communications solution sets. The Siemens OpenScape platform is the backbone of a Unified Communications set of solutions we provide to our clients.
