World's Top 20 Software Companies



 

#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.