TOP EUROPEAN SOFTWARE VENDORS METHODOLOGY

Data of the rankings has been provided by PAC at the request of AFDEL. PAC summarises the key principles of their methodology as follows:

The following countries are covered in the analysis of the Top European software vendors:

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, France, UK, Luxemburg, Greece, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Malta and Iceland.

“Software revenue” is defi ned as: license maintenance and support revenue (excluding consulting and integration services). For SaaS and Open Software vendors, subscription revenues are included within software revenue. PAC has conducted analysis of the European software industry since 1992. Both central and country-level databases, which include the revenue breakdown of various players according to PAC’s segmentation, are updated all year long through:

• Surveys of more than 1,000 software suppliers and diverse companies with software activity in Europe
• When appropriate PAC has relied on estimates according to worldwide/European /country revenue
• Market analysis and benchmarks

PAC cannot be held responsible for potential errors or omissions.

Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC) is a leading market research and strategic consulting fi rm for the software and IT services industry (SITSI). PAC’s mission is to advise IT companies on achieving domestic and international growth objectives through the planning, development, implementation, and ongoing support of successful strategies.