A reader asked if he could trust the numbers on 2009 Software Top 100 at www.softwaretop100.org/list2009.php. I looked it over, and the numbers seemed somewhat off for being a 2009 edition (compiled in August). Fer instance:
Each entry has a link. When I clicked, I found that the numbers for "2009" are actually for Fiscal Year 2008 or older, which could be as much as 18 months out of date.
As for the Siemens (UGS) entry, it's an old revenue from an earlier years (pre-Siemens) that is shown.
#16 Autodesk -- revenues of $2.3 billion.
#40 Siemens (UGS) -- revenues were flat at $800 million.
Each entry has a link. When I clicked, I found that the numbers for "2009" are actually for Fiscal Year 2008 or older, which could be as much as 18 months out of date.
As for the Siemens (UGS) entry, it's an old revenue from an earlier years (pre-Siemens) that is shown.
Hi, this is normal procedure. Annual reports for 2008 are published in the beginning of the following year (2009), so the 2009 list, which is published in the summer of 2009 can only be based on 2008, never on 2009.
As soon as the 2009 annual reports are published, the 2010 edition is compiled and published (July 2010).
In the specific case of UGS/Siemens, Siemens acquired UGS, but Siemens does not publish software revenues seperately, hence an estimate had to be made (in this case a flat one).
I hope this clarifies the issue at hand, if any questions, please let me know.
Posted by: Balder Verberne | Mar 12, 2010 at 02:27 AM