Accenture has been named to the Fortune Global 500 for the seventh consecutive year...

Accenture has been named to the Fortune Global 500 for the seventh consecutive year...

Accenture has been named to the Fortune Global 500 for the seventh consecutive year. The ranking of the world’s largest companies is based exclusively on revenue, for the fiscal year ending on or before March 2008.

Accenture ranks #392 this year, up from #394 last year. Accenture is listed with $21,453 million in gross revenue, up from $18,228.4 million in 2007.

Fortune ranks Accenture in a newly-created category this year, Information Technology Services, maintaining the #3 position the company had last year in Computer Services & Software. IBM (#1) and EDS (#2) joined Accenture in the new category.

Competitors Hewlett-Packard rank #41 overall, with IBM ranked #46 and EDS ranked #384 on the 2008 list.

Accenture was first named to the Fortune Global 500 in 2002 when, as a public company, it became eligible for the first time.