Global Software Top 100 - Edition 2010

29 September 2010 , Written by Michel van Kooten

This list contains the top companies in the software industry, ranked by annual software revenues. Software revenues are defined as revenues coming from sale of licenses, maintenance, subscription and support. Revenues from custom software development are excluded. Please read the research methodology if you wish to gain a deeper understanding of the way the list was composed. More information on the world's largest software companies can be found in this article with software industry analysis, trends and highlights. The previous (2009) edition of the Global Software Top 100 is available here. # Company Software Revenues mln US$ Software Revenue growth Total Revenues mln US$ Software Revenue share 1 Microsoft > 49,090 -1% 61,159 80% 2 IBM > 21,396 -3% 95,758 22% 3 Oracle > 18,582 6% 22,734 82% 4 SAP > 11,368 -2% 15,373 74% 5 Ericsson > 7,595 5% 29,014 26% 6 Nintendo > 6,799 -6% 17,762 38% 7 HP > 6,183 -15% 116,245 5% 8 Symantec > 5,565 -2% 5,992 93% 9 Nokia Siemens Networks > 4,529 -15% 18,114 25% 10 Activision Blizzard > 4,279 -7% 4,279 100% 11 CA > 4,012 2% 4,318 93% 12 EMC > 3,960 -6% 14,026 28% 13 Electronic Arts > 3,728 -13% 3,728 100% 14 Adobe > 2,796 -17% 2,987 94% 15 Cisco > 2,137 8% 36,633 6% 16 SunGard > 1,996 -1% 5,508 36% 17 Sony > 1,914 -27% 79,441 2% 18 BMC > 1,758 11% 1,888 93% 19 Alcatel-Lucent > 1,635 12% 21,835 8% 20 Konami > 1,594 -24% 2,887 55% 21 Hitachi > 1,589 -7% 99,818 2% 22 Dassault > 1,584 -1% 1,803 88% 23 Infor > 1,575 -5% 2,100 75% 24 Sage > 1,557 4% 2,336 67% 25 Autodesk > 1,557 -21% 1,764 88% # Company Software Revenues mln US$ Software Revenue growth Total Revenues mln US$ Software Revenue share 26 Intuit > 1,294 -6% 2,888 45% 27 Ubisoft > 1,249 -16% 1,249 100% 28 Apple > 1,218 8% 43,086 3% 29 Synopsys > 1,202 0% 1,353 89% 30 General Electric > 1,200 9% 156,783 1% 31 Salesforce.com > 1,191 24% 1,287 93% 32 SAS Institute > 1,155 2% 2,310 50% 33 Citrix > 1,140 -3% 1,614 71% 34 NCR > 1,117 -22% 4,612 24% 35 Wolters Kluwer > 1,045 13% 4,934 21% 36 Trend Micro > 1,029 5% 1,029 100% 37 VMWare > 1,029 -13% 2,024 51% 38 Nortel > 1,022 -46% 4,088 25% 39 McAfee > 964 21% 1,927 50% 40 Thales Computers > 928 5% 18,556 5% 41 Square Enix > 916 62% 1,832 50% 42 Take Two Interactive > 916 -37% 916 100% 43 THQ > 909 -1% 909 100% 44 Namco Bandai Games > 860 1% 4,213 20% 45 Software AG > 836 12% 1,221 69% 46 Sega Sammy Holdings > 836 -14% 4,248 20% 47 Check Point > 834 21% 924 90% 48 Qualcomm > 826 -7% 10,482 8% 49 Cegedim Dendrite > 825 8% 1,259 66% 50 Siemens > 800 0% 107,396 1% # Company Software Revenues mln US$ Software Revenue growth Total Revenues mln US$ Software Revenue share 51 Teradata > 772 -9% 1,709 45% 52 Capcom > 767 32% 994 77% 53 Sun Microsystems > 760 8% 10,211 7% 54 Wincor Nixdorf > 757 9% 3,305 23% 55 Novell > 751 -6% 853 88% 56 Cerner > 747 3% 1,672 45% 57 Cadence > 746 -18% 853 88% 58 Reynolds & Reynolds > 744 0% 967 77% 59 Shanda Interactive > 704 40% 768 92% 60 Open Text > 692 21% 852 82% 61 Fujitsu > 671 -5% 50,662 1% 62 Compuware > 656 -10% 935 70% 63 NetApp > 655 14% 3,558 18% 64 Red Hat > 622 18% 732 85% 65 Nexon Corporation > 608 70% 608 100% 66 Sybase > 593 3% 1,170 51% 67 Intergraph > 578 -5% 770 75% 68 Philips > 565 6% 33,406 2% 69 Nuance > 564 3% 976 58% 70 McKesson > 553 -3% 108,717 1% 71 NCSoft > 549 100% 549 100% 72 SAIC > 539 8% 10,781 5% 73 Solera Holdings > 534 8% 593 90% 74 Sterling Commerce > 526 0% 634 83% 75 F5 > 516 4% 689 75% # Company Software Revenues mln US$ Software Revenue growth Total Revenues mln US$ Software Revenue share 76 Avid > 509 -29% 629 81% 77 Autonomy > 493 47% 740 67% 78 Intel Corporation > 485 68% 35,172 1% 79 Kaspersky Lab > 480 33% 480 100% 80 Mentor Graphics > 477 4% 802 60% 81 PTC (Parametric) > 477 -24% 960 50% 82 Verint > 468 7% 702 67% 83 Sopra Group > 461 26% 1,576 29% 84 Lawson > 457 -1% 731 63% 85 Epic Systems > 451 0% 601 75% 86 Aspect Communications > 450 0% 600 75% 87 Progress > 445 -4% 495 90% 88 Rockwell Automation > 432 -24% 4,317 10% 89 Totvs > 429 51% 620 69% 90 Quest > 418 -11% 695 60% 91 Diebold > 413 -12% 2,718 15% 92 Pgi > 401 -4% 601 67% 93 Real > 401 -10% 562 71% 94 Misys > 393 -12% 1,073 37% 95 ESRI > 388 0% 776 50% 96 Ansys > 383 3% 517 74% 97 Google Inc. > 381 14% 23,651 2% 98 Inspur > 378 11% 3,784 10% 99 Acision > 375 0% 500 75% 100 FICO > 375 -7% 625 60%

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