Broadcom vs Software AG

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Broadcom
Based on 2276 reviews.
Software AG
Based on 194 reviews.
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Overview
Broadcom Corporation is an American fabless semiconductor company in the wireless and broadband communication business. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California. Broadcom was founded by a professor-student pair Henry Samueli and Henry T. Nicholas III from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1991. In 1995, the company moved from its Westwood, Los Angeles, office to Irvine, California. In 1998, Broadcom became a public company on the NASDAQ exchange and now employs approximately 11,750 people worldwide in more than 15 countries.
Founded in 1969, Software AG is an enterprise software company with over 10,000 enterprise customers in over 70 countries. The company is the second largest software vendor in Germany, the seventh largest in Europe. Software AG is traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol SOW and part of the technology index TecDAX. The company was founded in 1969 by a group of six young employees at the consulting firm AIV. ADABAS was launched in 1971 as a high performance transactional database management system. In 1979 Natural, a 4GL application development language, was launched. The company continued to open offices and subsidiaries in North America, Japan, UK, France, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium and Saudi Arabia. By 1987 Software AG had around 500 employees, 12 subsidiaries in Europe and offices in more than 50 countries. In 1999 Software AG was listed on Frankfurt Stock Exchange and soon after the company released Tamino Information Server and Tamino XML Server.
Sample Customers
Broadcom Clarity
Toyota Financial Services, GameStop, Polycom, Sky, Qantas, Cox Enterprises, Banco Mercantil, Borealis
CA Database Management for DB2 for zOS
Blue Hill Data Services
CA Datacom
Blue Hill Data Services Inc.
CA IDMS
Blue Hill Data Services Inc.
CA Database Administration Suite for z/OS
Clarity-IQ, Neovera
CA Mainframe Configuration Manager
State of Oregon, Greenchoice, Manheim, University of Verona, First Horizon
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Global bank
Brightside
State of Oregon, DHL, State of Oregon, Zowe
CA 2E
Indian State, Sky, State of Oregon
CA SQL-Ease
Hanwha, Sandvik, Vodafone Turkey, Sky
Endevor
Blue Hill Data Services Inc.
Layer7 API Management
1. IBM  2. Microsoft  3. Oracle  4. Salesforce  5. SAP  6. Cisco  7. Dell  8. HP  9. Adobe  10. VMware  11. Accenture  12. Capgemini  13. Deloitte  14. PwC  15. Ernst & Young  16. Infosys  17. TCS (Tata Consultancy Services)  18. Wipro  19. Cognizant  20. HCL Technologies  21. Tech Mahindra  22. Fujitsu  23. Hitachi  24. NEC  25. NTT Data  26. Ericsson  27. Nokia  28. Siemens  29. AT&T  30. Verizon  31. Vodafone  32. Orange
CA Plex
Vodafone Turkey, State of Oregon, DHL, Rogers Communication
CA XCOM Data Transport
Greenchoice, R+V Versicherung, Italian Interior Ministry, Vodafone Turkey
CA NetMaster File Transfer Management
Hill International, SAIF, Travelport, Sky
Alfabet IT Planning & Portfolio Management
FUJITSU, Coca Cola, ING, CreditSuisse, CosmosDirekt, GTA, Echo Entertainment Group, Electrolux, Cern
Adabas
Public Authority of Civil Information (PACI), Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM), Alliance Healthcare, Florida State College, Smals, Santander Consumer Bank Austria, Apollo-Optik
webMethods.io API
Clal
CentraSite
DigitalGlobe, Georgia Technology Authority, Oriflame, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM), BRFkredit, Saudi Telecom Company, HSBC Turkey, Orange UK, Telus Health Solutions
webMethods.io Integration
Autosen, A1 Digital, Cintas
webMethods Microgateway
Kiabi
Terracotta
Kiabi, Wipro Technologies, CERN, Essent, Nielsen
Terracotta BigMemory
News Digital
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Educational Organization
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Computer Software Company
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Manufacturing Company
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Financial Services Firm
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Computer Software Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
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