"The 2009 Software 500 results show that revenue growth in the software and services industry was healthy, with total Software 500 revenue of $491.3 billion worldwide for 2008 representing 8.8 percent growth from the previous year," said John P. Desmond, editor of Software Magazine and Softwaremag.com.
“The Software 500 helps CIOs, senior IT managers and IT staff research and create the short list of business partners,” Desmond says. “It is a quick reference of vendor viability. And the online version to be posted soon at www.Softwaremag.com is searchable by category, making it what we call the online catalog to enterprise software.”
"Our continued growth is further validation that our customers experience substantial business benefits from the Steelwedge S&OP solution," said Glen Margolis, CEO and founder of Steelwedge Software, Inc. "We will continue to innovate and provide our customers with the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) solutions they need to increase their revenue and competitive advantage."
The Software 500 is a revenue-based ranking of the world's largest software and services suppliers targeting medium to large enterprises, their IT professionals, software developers and business managers involved in software and services purchasing.
The ranking is based on total worldwide software and services revenue. This includes revenue from software licenses, maintenance and support, training and software-related services and consulting. The financial information was gathered by a survey prepared by King Content Co. and posted at www.Softwaremag.com, as well as from public documents.
About Digital Software Magazine, Digital Software Magazine the Software Decision Journal, has been a brand name in the high-tech industry for 30 years. Softwaremag.com, its Web counterpart, is the online catalog to enterprise software and the home of the Software 500 ranking of the world's largest software and services companies. Software magazine and Softwaremag.com are owned and operated by King Content Co.
About Steelwedge Steelwedge Software, Inc. is the leading innovator of Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) solutions that help companies leverage their investments in SAP and Oracle to create and collaborate on sales and operations plans (S&OP); develop better collaborative sales forecasts; develop supply plans; and improve operational performance. Leading S&OP customers include Hewlett Packard, Honeywell, General Electric, Sara Lee and Juniper Networks.
