Top NY software firms.(Brief Article)

Crain's will publish in the May 8 issue its first ranking of the largest software companies in the New York area, ranked by total full-time or full-time equivalent development personnel in the area. To qualify, a company must be headquartered in the New York area, and its primary or major secondary business must be selling software and/or information technology service to other companies or consumers.

The New York area includes New York City, as well as Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties i