Software Magazine is a software and IT

Information technology

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 magazine

Magazine

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Software 500 survey

Software 500 survey can be used to gauge the value of the commercial software industry

Software industry

The software industry includes businesses involved in the development, maintenance and publication of computer software using any business model...

. The Software 500 survey consists of data of the top 500 software companies, as ranked by Software Magazine. The Software 500 ranking is a revenue

Revenue

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-based ranking of the world’s largest software and services suppliers targeting enterprise IT

Information technology

Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...

 organizations. The list includes both private and public software companies. The publication takes into account revenue

Revenue

In business, revenue is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. In many countries, such as the United Kingdom, revenue is referred to as turnover....

 from software licenses, maintenance and support, training, software-related services and consulting.