I will say IBM is one of the top. However, it is a double-edged sword. They invented the PC as we know it, but they invented FUD. They were one of the only companies that could provide a "one stop shop" for every computing need, from the network to the PCs to backups, pretty much everything. Yes, you would pay for that, but you only needed one phone number to call if something, be it hardware, networking, the OS, the database, or the application broke.

These days, I would assert IBM seems like Tata or Infosys with a big R&D division. They have so many technologies that they could, should they so choose, do a lot for the enterprise. For example, if they made Spectrum Protect free or cheap like Veeam, with ease of backing up to Softlayer Swift, this might be something that enterprises would embrace. Or, if they made a tape drive technology priced for SMBs. However, IBM seems to be wanting to compete with the Deloitte or Accenture, and not leverage their heavyweight IP base.

I will give my nod to Google as one of the top innovators. Things like their Google Authenticator code which is open source have been very useful. Offering a platform that is not MS Exchange for E-mail and collaberation is also useful.

Facebook is good at optimizing, be it fault resistant backend applications, squeezing as much ads in as people will tolerate, and similar.

As for innovations, there really isn't anything Facebook does that can't be done by another protocol. Walls can be done by Wordpress. Groups can be done by forums, NNTP, or E-mail lists. PM can be done via a number of different methods. Facebook is good at putting that all in one spot.

Weird... Forbes comes through loud and clear with uBlock Origin + NanoDefender.

AMD has some interesting CPU level protections in place. The RAM encryption (SME/SEV) is a nice thing, because it protects against leaks from VM to VM, as well as if the hypervisor has bugs. For a VM farm, this looks very interesting. I just hope AMD keeps playing in the enterprise sector, as competition here is always a plus.

I wish Chrome would offer a "click to activate" button for autoplay crap. It gets annoying, so much that I wind up just using a VM [1] for all my Web browsing which ensures that any sound played never is heard. Sites like C-Net are notorious for this. It also wouldn't hurt to have a bandwidth guard. If the item is bigger than a certain size, don't download it. [1]: A VM also gives some additional niceties like containing damage done by malware, and the ability to restore to a previous snapshot very quickly, so if a browser or add-on has a hole in it, things are mitigated.