World's Top Software Companies

Bangalore: Companies around the world are enjoying a steady growth, irrespective of which country they belong to. And when we consider the software companies, they are showing unprecedented progress in the present global scenario.

Most of the IT companies have widened worldwide networks, which has further enhanced their growth in revenue, technology and in innovation. And in the case of tech giants of the world, they are making it sure that they are moving towards their goals all the more fast.

Check out the world’s top 20 technology companies ranked by the Global Software Top 100 list. These software companies are ranked by Michel van Kooten of Software Top 100 as per their annual software revenues and undoubtedly Microsoft topped it.







#1 Microsoft


Software Revenue: $54,270 mn


Software Revenue Growth: 10.6 percent


Microsoft, the multi-national company that develops a wide range of software products, has topped the list of Global Software Top 100 with the software revenue exceeding $50,000 million. The share of the software revenue of the company is 80.5 percent in the total revenue of the company is $67,383 million.


The most profitable products of this software king are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software. Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft rose to dominate the home computer (personal computer) operating system market with firstly MS-DOS in the mid 1980s, followed by the Windows line of operating systems.  Windows continues to be the flagship product of the company with its most recent version Windows 8; though released in August 2012, it will be delivered in October. The software company, headquartered in Redmond, Washington, the company now has three business divisions: the Microsoft Platform Products and Service Division, the Microsoft Business Division and the Microsoft Entertainment and Devices Division.

IBM

#2 IBM


Software Revenue: $22,485 mn


Software Revenue Growth: 5.1 percent


IBM, the multi-national computer, technology and IT-consultancy company, has a software revenue of $22,485 million (as of 2011), which is around 22.5 percent of the total revenue of the company ($99,870 million). Headquartered in Armonk, New York, the company was founded by Herman Hollerith in 1896; the name IBM was given to it only later. The company produces both software and hardware products and offers services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. As of now, IBM is the largest IT services company and the second largest software company in the world. The company received the most United States patents in the year 2009 for up to seventeen consecutive years. The major products of the company are Websphere, DB2, Lotus, Tivoli and Cognos.

Oracle



#3 Oracle


Software Revenue: $20,958 mn


Software Revenue Growth: 12.8 percent


The multi-national computer technology corporation, Oracle, has appeared on the Global Software Top 100 list at the third position with a software revenue exceeding $20,000 million. It is 69.4 percent of the total revenue of the company ($30, 180) as of 2011. Oracle develops enterprise software products and particularly database management systems. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, United States, the company employs more than 73,201 people worldwide as of 2009 statistics, Larry Ellison being its Chief Executive Officer. The corporation has enlarged its share of the software market through organic growth and through numerous high-profile acquisitions, which includes People Soft and BEA Systems. The company is hailed as the third largest software company in the United States and in the world; and it is also the second largest enterprise software company in the world.

SAP

#4 SAP


Software Revenue: $12,558 mn


Software Revenue Growth: 10.5 percent


SAP AG is a multi-national software development and consulting corporation and it grabs the fourth position on the list of world’s top 100 software companies with software revenue of $12,558 million which is much lesser to Oracle that stands just one position ahead of it on the list. This software company has 75.4 percent software revenue share among the total of $16,654 million. The corporation provides enterprise software applications to businesses of all sizes. Founded in 1972 in Mannheim by the former IBM engineers, Dietmar Hopp, Hans-Werner Hector, Hasso Plattner, Claus E Tschira and Claus Wellenreuther, the software firm is best known for its flagship product SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). This company is headquartered in Walldorf Germany. And it is the largest European software company in the world and the largest enterprise software company in the world, leaving behind Oracle.



 Ericsson


#5 Ericsson


Software Revenue: $7,274 mn


Software Revenue Growth: -4.2 percent


Though Ericsson has the fifth position in the list of world’s top 100 software companies ranked by their software revenue, it has shown a decrease in the software revenue of 4.2 percent than the previous years’ statistics. The company now claims a software revenue of $7,274 million which 24 percent of the total revenue generated by the company ($30,307 million). The company was founded in 1876 by Lars and Magnus Ericsson as a telegraph equipment repair shop. Presently, Ericsson is a Swidish provider of telecommunication and data communication systems, including mobile networks. Ericsson is headquartered in Kista, Stockholm Municipality and it has offices and operations in more than 175 countries. The Sweden office of the company employs more than 75,000 employees, making it one of the largest companies in the country. The company has the status of the worldwide market leader of telco networks and it is the fifth largest software company in the world.


Hewlett Packard

#6 Hewlett Packard


Software Revenue: $6,669 mn


Software Revenue Growth: 7.9 percent


Hewlett Packard, popularly known and marketed as ‘hp’ is a consumer electronics corporation that has come in the sixth position on the list of Global Software Top 100, which is ranked by the software revenue of the companies. The company has $6,669 million software revenue making only 5.3 percent of the total revenue of the company, which is $126,562 million. Hewlett Packard is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States. The major product lines of the company include personal computer devices, enterprise servers, related storage devices, as well as a diverse range of printers and other similar imaging products. Hewlett Packard is considered as the largest technology company in the world and it had posted $91.7 billion in annual revenue in the year2006, greater than the $91.4 billion generated by the rival company, IBM. Hewlett Packard is the largest worldwide seller of personal computers, dominating the rival DELL as the market research firms Gartner and IDC has reported in January 2010. The company also acclaims the position of sixth largest software company in the world.


Symantec

#7 Symantec


Software Revenue: $5,636 mn


Software Revenue Growth: 1.3 percent


The computer technology corporation Symantec shows only a meager percent of software revenue growth this time with $5,636 million placing itself in the seventh position on the list of world’s top 100 software companies. Meanwhile the total revenue of the company is $6,013 million, in which 93.7 percent is the revenue generated by software products and services. Symantec is a multi-national company that develops security software. The technology firm is best known for its flagship product, Norton Security Software. Symantec is the largest security software company in the world and also the fifth largest software company in the United States.


Nintendo



#8 Nintendo


Software Revenue: $5,456 mn


Software Revenue Growth: -19.8 percent


Nintendo comes at the eighth position on the list of top software companies in the world. The software company, Nintendo has shown a reduction of 19.8 percent in their software revenue reaching at $5,456 million. The current software revenue makes 39.6 percent of its total revenue of $13,766 million. The primary business sector of the company is gaming software production, and the next major sector of the company is non-PC Games and Game Engines. The company employs more than 3,768 people in their offices.

 Activision Blizzard

#9 Activision Blizzard


Software Revenue: $4,447 mn


Software Revenue Growth: 3.9 percent


The technology firm, Activision Blizzard develops and publishes video games. And the software revenue, which is its only revenue generating sector, of the company is $4,447 million. This firm is the American Holding company for Activision and Blizzard Entertainment, majority of which is owned by the French corporation Vivendi SA. The well known games developed and published by the company are Guitar hero, Call of Duty and World of Warcraft. The merger happened in 2008 made Activision Blizzard one of the largest growing software companies of the Software Top 100. This firm was the second largest video game company in the world as of 2009.

EMC

#10 EMC


Software Revenue: $4,356 mn


Software Revenue Growth: 10 percent


The software revenue $4,356 million made EMC at the No. 10 position on the list of the top 100 software companies in the world. It is around 25.6 percent of the total revenue of the company that is $17,015 million. The primary business sector of the company is developing of Infrastructure software. Storage Management Software is another major sector from which the company derives its revenue. The company employs around 37,700 people in its offices.


 Nokia Siemens Networks

#11 Nokia Siemens Networks


Software Revenue: $4,229 mn


Software Revenue Growth: -6.6 percent


Nokia Siemens Networks has at the eleventh position on the list of Global Software Top 100 with the software revenue of $4,229 miliion. This is only 25 percent of its total revenue, which is estimated to be $16,918 million as of the year 2011. The company produces industry specific software and telco software from which it derives majority of its revenue. And the company employs around 60,000 people altogether. The company shows a reduction of 6.6 percent in its software revenue.


CA



#12 CA


Software Revenue: $4,136 mn


Software Revenue Growth: 3.1 percent


Formerly known as Computer Associates, CA is a multi-national computer software corporation which has software revenue of $4,136 million and software revenue growth of 3.1 percent. The software revenue of the company shares the 92.9 percent of its total revenue, which is $4,454 million. Headquartered in Islandia, New York, the company was founded by Charles Wang and Russ Artzt in 1976. The company develops and markets information technology (IT) management software. The company is one of the ten largest software companies in the United States.

Electronic Arts

#13 Electronic Arts


Software Revenue: $3,413 mn


Software Revenue Growth: -8.4 percent


The video game developing and publishing company Electronic Arts, popularly known as EA, shows a reduction in its software revenue of 8.4 percent. The company has $3,413 million software revenue currently, which is the only revenue generating sector as far as the company is concerned. Electronic Arts a company that develops and publishes various video games was founded in 1982 by Trip Hawkins. The well known and successful products of the company include Battlefield series, Command & Conquer series and many other sports games under the EA Sports label. As of 2009, Electronic Arts was the third largest video game producing company in the world.

Adobe


#14 Adobe


Software Revenue: $3,177 mn


Software Revenue Growth: 13.6 percent


The software company, Adobe Systems, with software revenue of $3,177 has come at the 14th position on the list of Global Software Top 100 and the company has shown 13.6 percent growth in the software revenue. The software revenue makes 83 percent of the total revenue generated by the company and the total revenue of the firm is $3,826 million. Adobe Systems, which is a popular name among the users, is headquartered in San Jose, California, United States. The company was founded in 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke and it has over 8,500 employees as of the 2009 statistics. Adobe Systems is the worldwide market leader in multi-media and creativity software products. Well accepted products of the company include Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat and InDesign. Adobe Systems acquired Macromedia in the year 2005, adding Dreamweaver and Flash to its flagship product portfolio.


Alcatel-Lucent

#15 Alcatel-Lucent


Software Revenue: $2,561 mn


Software Revenue Growth: -4.6 percent


The software firm, Alcatel-Lucent shows a reduction in its software revenue of 4.6 percent. The software revenue of the company is $2,561 which around 12 percent in the total revenue generated by the company. the total revenue of the company is $21,374 million. The primary business sector of the company is industry specific software developing and the next major sector of revenue generation is developing telco software. The company employs 77,700 people in its offices.

Cisco


 #16 Cisco


Software Revenue: $2,383 mn


Software Revenue Growth: 11.5 percent


In the total revenue of $41,045 million of the software company Cisco, 5.8 percent comes from the software sector. The revenue derived from the software sector of the company is $2,383 and it has a growth of 11.5 percent.  The major business sector of the company is infrastructure software and the next prime sectors are network management software and call management software. The company employs 61,535 people in its offices.

Sony


#17 Sony


Software Revenue: $2,083 mn


Software Revenue Growth: 8.8 percent


The software company, Sony has $2,083 million software revenue showing an 8.8 percent growth. The software revenue of the company makes only 2.5 percent of its total revenue that is $83,039 million. The Primary business sector of the company is developing gaming software and the next major sector is non-PC games. And it has more than 1,200 employees working there at its offices.




 Hitachi


#18 Hitachi


Software Revenue: $1,939 mn


Software Revenue Growth: 22 percent


The software company, Hitachi has only $1,939 million software revenue that shows a 22 percent growth. The software revenue of the company makes only 1.7 percent of its total revenue that is $113,500 million. The Primary business sector of the company is information technology. And it has employed more than 390,725 employees.




Dassault Systems


#19 Dassault Systems


Software Revenue: $1,885 mn


Software Revenue Growth: 19 percent


The software company, Dassault Systems has $1,885 million software revenue showing an 19 percent growth. The software revenue of the company makes around 90 percent of its total revenue that is $2,090 million. Dassault is a French software company that offers technical design software. The company is the worldwide leading company in Product Lifestyle Management (PLM) and it also offers 3D software. It is the largest software company in France and the second largest software company in Europe.

Salesforce.com



#20 Salesforce.com


Software Revenue: $1,523 mn


Software Revenue Growth: 27.9 percent


The popular name, Salesforce.com has $1,523 million software revenue showing an 27.9 percent growth. The software revenue of the company makes more than 90 percent of its total revenue that is $1,628 million. The Primary business sector of the company is developing enterprise software and the next major sector is developing customer relationship management software.