Software company
A software company (also software manufacturer , software producer , software provider or software provider ) is a company in the software branch or software industry that deals with the programming and marketing of software such as B. employ operating systems , computer programs and application programs .
market
Special game software companies have specialized in the computer and console games market , while other software manufacturers program individual software , industry-specific software or supply the global market with standard software for personal computers . A special group of software providers has also developed for the enterprise application integration market .
Application service providers offer services related to certain software applications such as B. CAD or ERP systems. These companies work in a transition area between software and service companies.
Publishers or software publishers act as software providers and, as such, often take on the special tasks associated with the publication and marketing of everything to do with the marketing and sale of software products.
For the area of the Internet also exist a variety of special software providers, as well as Internet providers for access and operation (for example, Web hosting and e-mail ) of Internet offers.
In a broader sense, software companies can be divided into "pure" software companies, IT service providers , system integrators , system houses and consulting companies .
Standard software company market in Germany
In 2011, the following providers largely determined the German market for standard software:
| rank | Companies | Sales in Germany in million euros | Number of employees in Germany |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Germany GmbH *) | 2,800.0 | 2,700 |
| 2 | SAP SE | 2,347.0 | 16,172 |
| 3 | Oracle Germany BV & Co. KG *) | 1,060.0 | 2,500 |
| 4th | Datev eG | 880.8 | 6,839 |
| 5 | CompuGroup Medical AG | 195.9 | 1,576 |
| 6th | Adobe Systems GmbH *) | 190.0 | 250 |
| 7th | Software AG | 154.0 | 1,881 |
| 8th | Novell GmbH *) 1) | 140.0 | 400 |
| 9 | Infor Global Solutions Deutschland GmbH *) | 135.0 | 890 |
| 10 | SAS Germany GmbH *) | 128.0 | 500 |
- *) Sales and / or employee numbers are partially estimated
- 1) Including Austria and Switzerland as well as Suse Linux GmbH and NetIQ
Inclusion in this ranking is subject to precisely defined criteria. More than 60 percent of sales have to be generated with standard software production, sales and maintenance. This ensures that only companies are listed whose core business is located in the market under consideration.
Employee
For the purpose of creating and maintaining software, software companies employ computer scientists from various areas of software technology . These are, for example, software developers , software architects or software testers .
Marketing , sales and accounting staff are employed to market the software produced .
Software provider
A large number of software companies can still be found in American Silicon Valley . The largest software manufacturers worldwide include companies such as Microsoft , IBM , SAP and Oracle . As an Independent Software Vendor refers to software manufacturers who produce their products develop independently of the dominant industry giants and market.
The ten largest software providers worldwide according to the Software Top 100 .:
| rank | company | Head office | 2008 revenue from software activities ($ million) | Total Revenue ($ million) | Employee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | United States | 49,453 | 61,900 | 90,412 |
| 2 | IBM | United States | 22,089 | 103.630 | 426.751 |
| 3 | Oracle | United States | 17,560 | 22,102 | 108,429 |
| 4th | SAP | Germany | 11,604 | 16,111 | 53,513 |
| 5 | Nintendo | Japan | 7,245 | 19,886 | 5,095 |
| 6th | Hewlett-Packard | United States | 6.243 | 117,837 | 324,600 |
| 7th | Symantec | United States | 5,692 | 6.152 | 20,000 |
| 8th | Activision Blizzard | United States | 4,622 | 5,032 | 7,000 |
| 9 | Electronic Arts | United States | 4,268 | 4,268 | 9,000 |
| 10 | CA | United States | 3,936 | 4,305 | 13,800 |
The 11 largest European software providers according to the Truffle Report 2010 .:
| rank | company | Head office | 2009 sales from software activities (€ million) | Total sales (€ million) | Employee in development |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SAP | DE | 10,672 | 10,672 | 14,813 |
| 2 | Sage Group | UK | 1,614 | 1,614 | 2,248 |
| 3 | Dassault Systèmes | FR | 1,251 | 1,251 | 3,500 |
| 4th | Software AG | DE | 847 | 847 | 854 |
| 5 | Autonomy | UK | 820 | 820 | 670 |
| 6th | Misys | UK | 523 | 1,126 | 490 |
| 7th | SWIFT | BE | 471 | 480 | 646 |
| 8th | Asseco | PL | 455 | 702 | 5,355 |
| 9 | Micro Focus | UK | 453 | 453 | 255 |
| 10 | Visma | NO | 386 | 386 | 565 |
| 11 | UNIT4 | NL | 379 | 379 | 846 |
| 12 | Exact | NL | 323 | 323 | 472 |
| 13 | Sopra Group / Axway | FR | 320 | 1,094 | 1,000 |
| 14th | DATEV | DE | 301 | 672 | 1,250 |
| 15th | CompuGroup Holding | DE | 293 | 293 | 1,086 |
| 16 | Fidessa | UK | 267 | 267 | 300 |
| 17th | Temenos Group | CH | 266 | 266 | 588 |
| 18th | Murex | FR | 265 | 265 | 200 |
| 19th | Kofax | UK | 255 | 255 | 445 |
| 20th | Cegid | FR | 219 | 248 | 500 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lünendonk List 2012: Leading Standard Software Companies in Germany (PDF; 218 kB)
- ↑ softwaretop100.org ( Memento of the original from January 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Truffle Ranking 2010 ( Memento of the original from November 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 365 kB), 2009, (Title: Ranking of the Top 100 European Software Vendors )
