Development Tools, Operating Systems & Utilities Software Industry Competitors

8D Technologies offers embedded software packages and custom software development. Its Cloud9 (C9) product is a Java-based platform for a variety of applications, several of which are aimed at the operation of parking garages and lots. The 8D ECO is a wireless computer unit and "e-payment system" that can be embedded into point-of-sale terminals for parking operations, automated teller machines (ATMs), and other uses....

Acclivity (formerly MYOB US) helps you mind your own business, providing accounting and financial management software for small and midsized businesses. Its products include MYOB AccountEdge (for tracking sales and purchases), MYOB FirstEdge (for the very small one or two-person businesses), and MYOB BusinessEssentials (for small businesses)....

AccuSoft believes that image is everything. The company provides high-performance imaging software development kits, imaging processing, and data analysis software. AccuSoft has customers in e-commerce, government and military contracting, insurance and financial services, medical imaging, pharmaceuticals, and project management; its client list has included the Central Intelligence Agency, Iron Mountain, MonsterDaata, and San Diego Gas & Electric....

ActiveState Software provides open-source packages and services for software programming. The company offers tools for the Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl, and XSLT programming and scripting languages. It targets customers in the computer, telecommunications, finance, insurance, pharmaceutical, and defense industries....

Agitar Software, founded in 2002, plans to shake up the software-testing market. The company provides software used by software developers to test for and reduce coding errors during the development process. Customers have included Bear Stearns, Cisco, EDS, GE Healthcare, Northrop Grumman, NTT DATA, and webMethods....

Aldon gets it done when it comes to developing and deploying software applications in an enterprise environment. The company's software provides tools for software configuration management, software development, and application distribution. Aldon also offers tools that help programmers keep up with changes in software maintenance and development....

Allegro Development can quickly get you up to speed in changing energy markets. The company provides software that clients in the energy industry use to mitigate risk, manage trading operations, and monitor inventories. Customers include oil and gas producers, crude oil traders, fuel distributors, power utilities, and power generators; its clients have included Astra Power, Atmos Energy Trading, the Lower Colorado River Authority, and the Seminole Electric Cooperative....

Altova makes software to help customers create and manage XML (eXtensive Markup Language), data administration, UML, and web services tools. Its flagship product is XMLSpy but the company has expanded into other areas and its product line now includes DiffDog, MapForce, SchemaAgent, SemanticWorks, StyleVision, and UModel, among others....

Applications In Internet Time (AIIT) wants to speed up your Web efforts. The company provides software and services used to create Web-based applications. AAIT's application development tools can be used to create data entry forms, reports, and worklists, all without generating any code....

Aquire can help you keep tabs on your workforce. The company's products include OrgPublisher (organizational charting software) and Unifi (analysis and management of workforce information). The company has more than 2,300 customers, which have included American Airlines, Barclays Bank PLC, BASF, Braun Gillette, Colgate-Palmolive, Nestle UK, Reliant Energy, and Shell Oil....

Black Duck Software hopes to help open source software fly. The company provides applications and services used by customers to speed up the software development process through the use of open source and third-party code. Black Duck's customers come from fields such as manufacturing, financial services, and retail; clients have included Intel, Motorola, Samsung, Siemens, and SAP....

BSQUARE is hip to intelligent computing devices (ICDs) and smart devices, including Internet appliances, handheld computers, TV set-top boxes, and gaming consoles. With BSQUARE's engineering and development services and software, equipment makers can integrate Microsoft's Windows operating systems into their products....

Certeon builds devices that are meant to accelerate the performance of enterprise applications across wide area networks. Its S-Series network appliance is Certeon's entry in the burgeoning WAN acceleration and optimization market. The product is intended to accelerate such enterprise-wide tools as Office and SharePoint, while providing a greater level of security....

Cigital offers software quality management (SQM) services and applications that help commercial and government clients assure software quality and improve software development processes. The resulting applications are more secure and reliable, the company asserts....

ComponentOne provides software and services that customers use to manage internal software development efforts. The company offers software "components," pieces of preprogrammed code, that work with Microsoft's Visual Studio, .NET Framework, and ASP.NET software development environments....

Mobile communications are core to many people these days, and Core Mobility is working with providers of wireless phone services and others in the industry to keep moving the ball on new services. The company offers embedded software clients, development tools that can be customized for projects, products, and services....

DataDirect Technologies, a division of Progress Software, provides data connectivity tools. The company's software connects business applications with database products from leading vendors, many of which embed DataDirect's components into their offerings....

To avoid application nightmares, software developers can turn to DreamFactory Software. The company's tools help developers from IBM, salesforce.com, and Grand Central Communications save time implementing Web services for sales, marketing, and project leaders....

Elsinore Technologies offers products that detect computer software development defects, with related services for custom software development, technical consulting, and training. The company's Visual Intercept line of applications is designed to work within Microsoft's software development environments....

Empirix provides testing and monitoring applications that manage and enhance the performance of Web and voice applications, contact centers, and communications networks. Customers have included BBC Online, General Motors, Midland Loan, Nintendo, and Waddell & Reed Financial....