[ # ] Top 20 Fastest Growing Software Companies in 2007
/* Posted April 16th, 2008 at 4:52pm *//* Filed under News */
For our readers who program for a living, you may be interested to see how your company stacks up to this list of the top 20 fastest growing software companies with over $150 million annual revenue based on sales growth from 2006 to 2007.
| Rank | Company | Sales Growth, 2007 VS. 2006 | Revenue, Most Recent 4 QTRS | Net Profit, Most Recent 4 QTRS | Profit Change in 2007 |
| 1 | VMWARE | 88.4% | $1,325,811,000 | $218,137,000 | 154.0% |
| 2 | 56.4% | $16,593,000,000 | $4,204,000,000 | 36.6% | |
| 3 | SALESFORCE.COM | 50.6% | $748,700,000 | $18,356,000 | 3716.2% |
| 4 | NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS | 48.8% | $664,000,000 | $(28,000,000) | Not applicable |
| 5 | ANSYS | 45.8% | $385,000,000 | $82,000,000 | 485.7% |
| 6 | LAWSON SOFTWARE | 44.6% | $810,068,000 | $7,668,000 | Not applicable |
| 7 | REALNETWORKS | 43.8% | $568,000,000 | $48,000,000 | -66.9% |
| 8 | SAPIENT | 34.7% | $524,411,000 | $4,939,000 | -56.2% |
| 9 | SECURE COMPUTING | 34.6% | $237,905,000 | $(35,056,000) | Not applicable |
| 10 | BLACKBAUD | 34.6% | $257,000,000 | $31,000,000 | 3.3% |
| 11 | JDA SOFTWARE GROUP | 34.5% | $374,000,000 | $27,000,000 | 5953.8% |
| 12 | RED HAT | 33.6% | $492,264,000 | $75,065,000 | 12.5% |
| 13 | BLACKBOARD | 31.1% | $240,000,000 | $13,000,000 | Not applicable |
| 14 | TRIZETTO GROUP | 29.9% | $452,000,000 | $28,000,000 | 86.7% |
| 15 | MICROSOFT | 25.7% | $57,898,000,000 | $16,957,000,000 | 42.4% |
| 16 | ORACLE | 24.9% | $20,084,000,000 | $4,780,000,000 | 29.1% |
| 17 | CITRIX SYSTEMS | 22.8% | $1,392,000,000 | $215,000,000 | 17.5% |
| 18 | ADOBE SYSTEMS | 22.6% | $3,157,881,000 | $723,807,000 | 43.1% |
| 19 | DELTEK | 21.9% | $278,246,000 | $22,519,000 | 47.2% |
| 20 | INFORMATICA | 20.3% | $391,000,000 | $55,000,000 | 52.8% |
(source: ciozone.com)
So if you’re in the job market, you might want to consider jumping to one of these growing companies.
Subscribe via email
Leave a Reply
(* required)