List of Computer Companies

29West Inc., now part of Informatica, is a computer networking software company based in the Chicago area. It specializes in Message Oriented Middleware. 29West has offices in the Chicago area, New York City, London, and Tokyo. TIBCO Software, Tervela, Solace Systems, and IBM are major competitors. Informatica bought 29West on March 22, 2010. Informatica now develops and sells its products as "Ultra Messaging". Banks, trading firms, and exchanges use 29West's products.

4FrontSecurity provides information security infrastructure and services in the United States. On October 15, 2002, it released its Information Management System software. Symantec acquired 4FrontSecurity on February 23, 2007. The 4FrontSecurity Assessment Manager is now part of Symantec's CCS Suite, called the Response Assessment module. This tool builds questionnaires about security standards like Sarbanes-Oxley, ISO, HIPAA, GLBA, and others. It shows a graph of user answers to these questionnaires, weighted by difference.

4i2i Communications Ltd. supplies semiconductor IP cores, software, and board-level solutions for video coding, error correction coding, and broad-band modems. The company heads from Aberdeen, Scotland, with offices in Edinburgh, Scotland, and San Jose, California, USA. It focuses on video compression technology and sells video IP cores. 4i2i video cores include High Profile H.264 decode and encode supporting HDTV resolution video. NASA uses 4i2i video codec IP from its Jet Propulsion Laboratory to help astronauts send digital video pictures.

Access Computer was the name for the Access Matrix, a portable computer introduced in 1982 by a United States computer company, 'Access Matrix Corp'. The company changed its name to 'Actrix Computer Corp' because of copyright issues. The computer line name changed to Actrix; this means "'Access maTrix'."

Active 24 is an independent pan-European provider of Internet hosting services. The company offers hosted solutions combining scalable, standardized products for small and medium-sized companies and private individuals. Founded in Oslo, Norway, in 1998 as Active ISP, the company grew steadily. It acquired Carambole, Millenicum, and Loopia in Sweden; Ladot in the Netherlands; VI in the UK; Globe Internet, Internet Club, and CP Online in the Czech Republic; and Cybernetix in Poland. Active launched in the summer of 2006.

AdaCore builds open source tools and expertise for developing mission-critical, safety-critical, and security-critical software. Flagship products include the GNAT Pro and SPARK Pro development environments, plus the CodePeer automatic code reviewer and validator. GNAT Pro, AdaCore's main offering, is commercial-grade open source Ada development. It supports all Ada versions and includes professional consulting, training, and maintenance services. AdaCore software products use either the GPL or GMGPL license.

Adobe Systems Incorporated is an American multinational computer software company. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California, United States. Adobe historically focused on creating multimedia and creativity software. Recently, it moved into rich Internet application software development. Adobe gained fame for Photoshop, the Portable Document Format, and the Adobe Creative Suite, as well as its successor, Adobe Creative Cloud. John Warnock and Charles Geschke founded Adobe in February 1982 after leaving Xerox PARC.

Afilias Limited operates the .info, .mobi, and .pro top-level domains. It also provides registry operator services for .org, .asia, .aero, and domain name registry services for countries worldwide, including .MN, .AG, .BZ, .GI, .IN, .ME, .SC, and .VC. Afilias also offered support for other domains, such as .SG and .HN.

agámi Systems created Information Servers, a new class of network storage, starting in 2003. agámi Information Servers (AIS) advance network attached storage (NAS). AIS systems give customers better functionality, increased performance and capacity, simpler management, and lower ownership costs.

Alienware is an American computer hardware subsidiary of Dell, Inc. Dell makes hardware for gaming. Alienware's physical look changes over the years. Nelson Gonzalez and Alex Aguila founded Alienware in 1996. The corporate headquarters sits in The Hammocks, Florida, near Miami.

Alphamosaic Ltd was a UK semiconductor company. It specialized in low power mobile multimedia processors using the VideoCore architecture. Robert Swann and Steve Barlow spun out Alphamosaic from Cambridge Consultants in 2000. The technology used a new 2D digital signal processor architecture for low-power video and image processing. This technology appeared in consumer devices like Samsung phones and the first Apple video iPod. Broadcom acquired Alphamosaic in September 2004 for $123m, forming its Mobile Multimedia group on the Cambridge Scienc

Altair Engineering builds product design, development, engineering software, and cloud computing software. James R Scapa, George Christ, and Mark Kistner founded Altair in 1985. Altair has had several locations near Detroit, Michigan, USA. The company now heads from Troy, Michigan, with offices across America, Europe, and Asia. Altair Engineering creates the HyperWorks suite of CAE software products.

Amiga Corporation was a United States computer company. It formed in the early 1980s as Hi-Toro. The company is famous for developing the Amiga computer, code-named Lorraine.

Amstrad is a British electronics company. As of 2006, Amstrad manufactures Sky Digital interactive boxes. Alan Sugar founded Amstrad in 1968 at age 21. The name is short for Alan Michael Sugar Trading. Amstrad first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1980. In the late 1980s, Amstrad held a large share of the UK PC market. Amstrad was a FTSE 100 Index constituent, but BSkyB wholly owned it since 2007. The company is based at Kings Road, Brentwood, Essex.

Anacomp, Inc. is an American company specializing in computer services and document management. Three Purdue University professors founded it in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1968. The company now has its headquarters in Chantilly, Virginia. Anacomp combines ANAlyze and COMPute. Since its start, Anacomp has made many acquisitions and spin-offs, entering and leaving different business lines. By 2008, Anacomp's business focused mainly on service and document management. In 2010, Anacomp sold its CaseLogistix product line to Thomson Reuters.

APh Technological Consulting is a software company in Pasadena, California, USA. In 1976, they helped Mattel develop the Intellivision video game console and wrote most of its early games. APh also ported several games to the Atari 2600. APh developed a virtual version of the real estate MLS book. The system, called VLS, used laser disc technology to show photos and information of homes for sale in various markets. The discs got updated every few weeks.

Apricot Computers was a British company. In the mid-1980s, it produced desktop personal computers, including the Apricot PC and the Apricot Xi. These machines competed with the IBM PC and the Apple Macintosh.

ARC International PLC developed configurable microprocessor technology. Synopsys now owns ARC. ARC developed synthesisable IP and licensed it to semiconductor companies. The ARC, originally the Argonaut RISC Core, configures at design time using the ARChitect processor configurator. This core allows extensions. Extra instructions, registers, and functionality can be added, like Lego blocks. Customers analyze a task, look at it, and break down the operation.

Ardence, a Citrix Company, is a technology company based in Waltham, Massachusetts. It has representatives in Washington, D.C., Virginia Beach, VA, Chicago, IL, Denton, TX, and Europe, Middle East, Africa, and India. On December 20, 2006, Citrix Systems Inc. agreed to buy Ardence. Ardence develops a Software-Streaming solution and an Embedded OEM Development Platform. This software solution delivers Microsoft Windows, SUSE Linux, Red Hat Linux, and Turbolinux operating systems with all their applications on demand from.

The Ardent Computer Corporation made graphics minicomputers. These systems used the Intel i860 as graphics co-processors. The company merged and reorganized several times. Venture capital funders tried to find a market for their "graphics supercomputers." After unsuccessful machines, they used design parts for graphics subsystems in other workstations, like DEC machines. The company shut down completely in February 1995.

ARM Holdings plc is a British multinational semiconductor and software design company. Its head office is in Cambridge, England. ARM designs processors bearing the ARM name. It also designs software tools under the DS-5, RealView, and Keil brands, systems, chip infrastructure, and software. ARM dominates the processor market for mobile phones and tablet computers. It is arguably the best-known company from 'Silicon Fen'. Processors based on ARM designs or designed by licensees use ARM technology.

Art Technology Group was an independent Internet technology company. It specialized in eCommerce software and on-demand optimization applications. Oracle bought ATG on January 5, 2011. ATG remains in Cambridge, Massachusetts, operating as a subsidiary of Oracle. ATG provides eCommerce software and commerce optimization applications. ATG's solutions offer merchandising, marketing, content personalization, automated recommendations, and live-help services.

Assuria Ltd operates as a UK cybersecurity software technology company. The firm offers automated compliance and information assurance solutions, plus log management solutions. They sell these products globally, targeting financial services and government sectors.

AT&T Business Internet provides Internet access and services. ATTBI used to be IBM Global Network and also Advantis. ATTBI offers local access. It works in 59 countries. The extended access feature lets users reach 147 extra countries.

Atea, formerly Ementor, is a Nordic IT infrastructure company. It is based in Oslo, Norway. The company sells, installs, and supports products from Citrix, VMware, Apple, Cisco, HP, Microsoft, Lenovo, IBM, and others. As of October 2013, the company had about 6,600 employees and operated in 73 cities across Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. The company became Atea on January 1, 2009. On December 22, 2009, Atea AS bought the Norwegian company, Uni, which specialized in wireless and wired infrastructure, plus computer labs.

Attachmate Corporation is a software company. It focuses on secure terminal emulation, legacy integration, and managed file transfer software. This company is a subsidiary of the British software company Micro Focus International.

Authorize.Net is a payment gateway service provider. It lets merchants accept credit card and electronic check payments via their website and an IP connection.

HP Autonomy, formerly Autonomy Corporation PLC, is a multinational enterprise software company. It was founded in Cambridge, United Kingdom, in 1996. Initially, the company analyzed large-scale unstructured "big data." By 2010, it became the UK's largest and most successful software business. It used technologies from University of Cambridge research and built enterprise search and knowledge management apps using adaptive pattern recognition based on Bayesian inference and old methods.

AutoTester is a company in the software test automation market. Siblings Randy and Linda Hayes founded the company. The company claims to have made the first commercial test tool for the PC. Founded in 1985, it is based in Dallas, Texas. By June 2007 or earlier, AutoTester's phone was disconnected, and their website went offline in July 2007. Mismanagement of investment capital and poor software quality caused the company to stop operating. Products from AutoTester include: AutoTester, AutoTester ONE, AutoController, and Clients of AutoTester include: Coca

AVADirect Custom Computers, Inc. builds computers in Twinsburg, Ohio, near Cleveland. This American company makes highly customized systems. They offer business computers, gaming PCs, notebooks, Home theater PCs, Microsoft Windows and Linux servers, and high-end workstations. AVADirect acts as a GSA Schedule contractor. They partner with major hardware suppliers. They hold Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status. They are Premier Intel Channel Partners. This makes them one of few small manufacturers fully compliant.

Avalara, Inc. is a private company based in Bainbridge Island, WA. It develops cloud-based sales tax and compliance systems. Avalara started in 2004. Avalara is one of six Certified Service Providers for retailers.

Azul Systems provides enterprise server appliances. These appliances deliver compute and memory resources as a shared network service for transaction-heavy apps, like those on the Java™ platform. Azul Compute Appliances offer transparent, scalable infrastructure. This infrastructure supports demanding enterprise needs, boosting capacity and utilization cheaply compared to old computing models. Azul Compute Appliances pool capacity for shared networking.

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, makes software for designing, building, and operating infrastructure. Their software serves building, plant, civil, and geospatial markets. The software supports architecture, engineering, construction, and operations. Bentley Systems uses their tools to design, engineer, build, and operate large assets like roads, railways, bridges, buildings, power plants, and utility networks. The company reinvests 20% of its revenue into research and development. Bentley Systems is based in

Betacom started in 1966, specializing in audio and visual products. In 1992, Sir Alan Sugar's Amstrad bought a 29.9% stake in the company from Canon Street Investments PLC. A rights issue and subscription raised Amstrad's stake to 71.3%. Betacom, a UK-based domestic telephone supplier, gave Amstrad a presence in the growing telecommunications market. The next year, a share capital repayment and cancellation, via a scheme of arrangement, cut Amstrad's stake to 66.2%. In 1996, Amstra

Bigfoot Communications offers an Internet messaging service. It is based in New York, New York, USA. The company began in 1995 as an email forwarding service during the dot-com era. Bigfoot Communications survived the dot-com bust and became an Internet messaging player.

BlogSoft is a blogware provider based in Oslo, Norway. This company offers backend services for free blog tools on sites like ABC Startsiden, Spray Nettavisen, blogg.no, and blogg.se. BlogSoft also supplies solutions for moblogging, vlogging, and podcasting. In 2005, they launched the Norwegian ping service Bloggrevyen.

BlueArc Corporation makes computer network storage devices. It is headquartered in San Jose, California. Geoff Barrall, Jeff Pinkham, and Jon Meyer founded BlueArc in 1998. BlueArc started in the United Kingdom. The company moved its headquarters to the US in 2000, becoming a US corporation then. BlueArc kept an engineering facility in England. The company moved to San Jose in July 2001. Hitachi Data Systems acquired BlueArc on September 7, 2011. BlueArc products are network-attached storage systems. These systems sell as appliances with storage or as [rest of original text].

Borland Software Corporation handles software deployment projects. Borland was first based in Scotts Valley, California, then Cupertino, California, and now Austin, Texas. Micro Focus now owns Borland. Niels Jensen, Ole Henriksen, Mogens Glad, and Philippe Kahn founded Borland in 1983.

Elon Gasper and Nedra Goedert founded Bright Star Technology, Inc. in the early 1980s. Bright Star was a key player in multimedia technology. Bright Star titles include HyperAnimation, Alphabet Blocks, and the Talking Tutors series. Sierra Online acquired Bright Star in 1992, making it a cornerstone of Sierra's educational games department. Since then, several companies have used this name or a similar one.

Brightmail operated as an email filtering company in the United States. Symantec bought Brightmail on May 19, 2004, for $370 million cash. Sunil Paul founded the company in 1998 and raised $55M in venture capital rounds led by Accel, TCV, and Symantec. Enrique Salem was the CEO during the acquisition; he later became CEO of Symantec, Inc. Salem was deposed in 2012. Brightmail focused on anti-spam products. Symantec kept using the Brightmail name until 2011, when most products changed names or stopped existing.

Broadberry Data Systems acts as an independent IT hardware supplier and integrator. The company's main office is in Perivale, Middlesex, UK. Broadberry has a satellite sales office in the Midlands and two sales offices in the United States: one in Delaware and one in Florida.

BSL International, a United Kingdom software development house, built the fourth-generation programming language market by focusing on Nomad, FOCUS, and Ramis during the 1980s. Alan Bailey purchased Brooksave Limited in 1978 to run his solo practice as a software development contractor, building work measurement software and oil rig load modeling applications for Brown & Root. In the early 1980s, he added Bank of America's Nomad customers to his client list and later worked for Esso Petroleum building an application to sup.

BT Counterpane, formerly Counterpane Internet Security, Inc., sells managed computer network security services. American cryptographer Bruce Schneier founded the company in August 1999. Their "Enterprise Protection Suite" offers a service package including network scanning, security device management, and consulting based on their "Managed Security Monitoring" service. BT Group bought the company on October 25, 2006.