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New Economy Goes Back to Basics.(Software Magazine's 19th Annual Software 500...

By FRYE, COLLEEN
Publication: Software Magazine
Date: Friday, June 1 2001

Software Magazine provides its 19th Annual Software 500 ranking of some of the world's largest software and IT services providers. Collectively, the Software 500 had $259.4 billion in software/services revenue in 2000, a 11% increase over 1999. Out of that $259.4 billion in software/services revenue, the top 10 companies accounted for $163 billion, or almost 63% of the Software 500 total. And 32 companies have achieved billionaire status in terms of software/services revenue alone. As a group, the Software 500 employed 1,940,316 people, an 8.59% growth in head count over 1999.

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