whats the difference in consulting v/s other IT service company?

[s jain]

hi,
In java/j2ee domain whats the difference is there in consulting company like accenture,capgermini,tcs...etc to some other IT service company(and non product).

[Amit Saini]

Aren't they the same?
Don't consulting companies like IBM GS and Accenture offer all sorts of IT Services?
Enlighten me too Ranchers!

[nithin nambiar]

consulting companies generally take up high end work. Generally they tend to be pretty complex in nature. they generally do the business design and technical design of a project and the development work they might outsource to a different company.
But you wont find pure consulting companies,almost all of the consulting companies offer IT services as well.
all depends on how the company wants to brand itself.