Pathfinder Associates Named to Software Magazine’s 23rd Annual Software 500
Pathfinder Associates, LLC appears for the first time on Software Magazine’s 23rd Annual Software 500 list of the world’s leading software and services providers.
Chicago, IL (PRWEB) November 2, 2005
Pathfinder Associates announced today its inclusion on the Software 500, Software Magazine’s list of the world’s leading software and services providers, published as an online catalog at www. Softwaremag. com.
Pathfinder Associates, ranked No. 471 on the list with revenue growth of 94.4% and appearing on the list for the first time, is a fast growing star in the application design and development services industry.
“We’re delighted to be recognized among the world’s most notable software and service providers,” said Bernhard Kappe, CEO of Pathfinder Associates. “It’s an indication of the tremendous growth in demand at the intersection of design and technology and a validation of our strategy of integrating practical user experience design into agile software development.”
”The 2005 Software 500 results reflect shifts in the U. S. and world economies towards companies offering integration services and software as a service,” says John P. Desmond, editor of Software Magazine and Softwaremag. com. “The overall health of the software and services industries has improved, with revenue for the 2005 software 500 at $383.3 billion worldwide for 2004, an increase of 16.5 percent over the previous year. The industry continues to be dynamic, with nearly 100 new companies on the 2005 Software 500 list.”
Software Magazine and Softwaremag. com, the IT Software Journal, is focused on pointing CIOs, IT managers, IT staff and surrounding professionals to the product and service options available to help them address their business challenges.
The Software 500 is a revenue-based ranking of the world’s leading software and services suppliers targeting IT enterprises, their professionals, software developers and business managers involved in software and services purchasing. The list includes both private and public companies. The Software 500 is searchable on www. Softwaremag. com, free to all site registrants.
The ranking is based on total worldwide software and services revenue. This includes revenues from software licenses, maintenance and support, training and software-related services and consulting. Suppliers are not ranked on their total corporate revenue, since many have other lines of business, such as hardware. The financial information was gathered by a survey prepared by King Content Co. as well as from public documents and posted at www. Softwaremag. com.
About Software Magazine, The IT Software Journal, and Softwaremag. com
Software Magazine, The IT Software Journal, has been a brand name in the high tech industry for over 20 years. Softwaremag. com, its Web counterpart, is the online catalog to enterprise software and services and the home of the Software 500 ranking of the world’s leading software and services companies, now in its 23rd year. Software Magazine and Softwaremag. com are owned and operated by King Content Co. (http://www. softwaremag. com (http://www. softwaremag. com))
About Pathfinder Associates
Pathfinder Associates is a private professional services company expert in user experience design, application development, and infrastructure development. Pathfinder provides creative solutions localized to the needs of global customers.
Pathfinder’s customers include General Electric, Active Health Management, the Chicago Sun-Times, The Marmon Group, BEZ Systems, CenterPost, and optionsXpress. For more information, visit Pathfinder Associates on the Web at www. pathf. com.
Contact:
Paul Dittmann, Director
Pathfinder Associates, LLC
312-372-1058
Http://www. pathf. com (http://www. pathf. com)
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