2014's Most Profitable Software Companies
BANGALORE: Software is the most profitable industry in the economy. Companies that are into software productions have the largest turnovers in terms of revenue. These companies benefit from making computer languages that make life easier and better. In this generation with the amount of innovation and change, software industries will continue to thrive.
Microsoft: The largest and most profitable software company is Microsoft. Founded by Bill Gates operating from a garage back in the day, has grown to become a worldwide industry that has revenue of $77.8 billion. It is one of the most valuable companies on planet earth. Microsoft gave the world operating systems that have slowly revolutionized the technology around the globe from simple BASIC operating system to the latest Windows 8.1. The company has offices all over the world. It recently bought Nokia and has rebranded itself into the mobile industry with their windows phones.
Oracle corporations: This software company deals with developing software for management purposes. They also build tools for database management like enterprise resource planning, customer relations management and supply chain management. The company was founded by Larry Ellison. back in 1977. The company has total revenue of $37.1 billion as per the 2013 reports. The company has a famous slogan “can’t break it, can’t break in”. The company is headquartered in Redwood city, California, U.S.
CA Technologies: The American based software company develops systems software that runs in mainframe, distributing computing, virtual machine and cloud computing. The company has total revenue of $4.5 billion as per 2014 reports. CA holds more than 400 patents worldwide and is located in over 45 countries. This company has acquired a lot of companies over the years and the latest one was the acquisition of Layer 7 Technologies worth $155 million, in 2013. The company has had its shares of lawsuits over the years.
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