Sat 28 Oct 2006
Big Blue Number Two in Software Sales
Posted by Greg under General, Performance, News
Craig Mullins of DB2Portal referenced a news piece I missed this week.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported today that IBM is officially the second largest software provider, bypassing former number two Oracle, but still behind number one Microsoft:
In its most recent quarter, IBM software generated $4.4 billion in revenue, and it’s the company’s main profit generator, with an 85 percent profit margin. Thirty-seven percent of IBM’s profit comes from software. In 2005, it sold $15.8 billion worth of software, topping the $14.4 billion that Oracle posted in fiscal 2006, which ended June 30.
So take THAT HP.
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October 29th, 2006 at 8:46 am
here’s a link to the actual article, good find