Top 8 software companies in the world | Techs Advisors

If you’re in the business of software, you have your pick of top companies to choose from when deciding where to invest your time and money. While many of these companies produce the same type of products, they each have their own history, style, and areas of emphasis that make them stand out from the crowd. Here are eight top software companies to consider as you think about where to spend your time in this industry.

1) Microsoft

Founded 1975, with a current valuation of $488.26 billion. Microsoft was originally founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, though it has since moved on to Steve Ballmer as CEO. The company is best known for its Windows OS, but also provides a variety of productivity software. Although Microsoft is huge, some smaller competitors have risen to challenge it—most notably Google.

2) Google

The company began with a search engine built by Larry Page and Sergey Brin when they were both PhD students at Stanford University. The technology behind Google is one of software’s most important innovations since Microsoft Office, having powered over 100 billion searches (and growing). As businesses realize how much information they’re missing without a social media presence, Google has developed new tools to help businesses stay competitive in an increasingly online marketplace. Here are some of its most innovative offerings

3) Apple

Apple has not just revolutionized portable music players and smartphones, but has also launched tablets, televisions, and desktop computers into an entirely new market. Over 500 million iPods have been sold to date—no small feat. The company is certainly innovating from within by launching its own cloud-based services (which it’s reportedly planning to release across other Apple devices), as well as acquiring new technologies that complement its existing services. It should be noted that Apple is more than just Steve Jobs: A number of smart business minds have contributed to its success over time, including Ron Johnson and Laurene Powell Jobs Steve's widows. It's simply astounding how many products they've managed to release while staying relevant with a ton of technological advances.

4) Autodesk

Autodesk is a multinational software corporation that develops and markets computer-assisted design and engineering software. Headquartered in San Rafael. Autodesk is an American publicly traded company (Autodesk, Inc.) with internationals subsidiarie. The company has been listed as Fortune 500 since 2012. Autodesk ranks 245 on Forbes' Global 2000 list for 2016. It is a Fortune Magazine 2013 Top 100 Best Companies to Work For Winner, taking #100 position.

5) Adobe

Adobe is a publishing and marketing platform company. The company has set its focus on four segments: digital media, digital marketing, e-business and enterprise digital experience. Adobe’s products are widely used by graphic designers, digital advertisers, web developers and corporate communication departments. The company was founded by John Warnock and Charles Geschke in son 1982. In 1985 it introduced Photoshop 1.0 for Macintosh computers, which helped revolutionize digital photography on computers and became a major product of the company.

6) Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services is a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms to individuals, companies and governments. It offers several distinct services, including infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and content delivery network services. AWS’s most popular products are its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) for server-side hosting of applications and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) for data storage.

7) Facebook

Facebook is one of today’s top tech platforms. It has a massive user base and tons of data, so it’s an obvious choice for any platform looking to build a scalable business. Facebook has a reputation for being super tough to get into and they require you to have a large number of users before they will consider approving your application. Don’t get discouraged if you don’t hear back from them—the more users you have, the better chance you have at getting approved!

8) SAP

SAP (Systems, Applications and Products) is a leading business software company providing enterprise resource planning (ERP), business intelligence (BI), and related services to customers worldwide. It has its corporate headquarters in Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, with regional headquarters in Eberswalde, Beijing, Toronto, Chicago and Sydney. SAP is currently one of the top 10 technology companies worldwide. SuccessFactors: SuccessFactors provides products for human capital management (HCM). The cloud-based HR suite includes online recruiting tools and social networking services that let employees connect with each other around career opportunities. SAP intends to merge SuccessFactors' cloud HR products into their own S/4 HCM product family.