If components are the raw materials, tools and frameworks are the developer’s workspace. It is here that applications come to life, as developers choose their language, platform and deployment options. The number of companies cited in this category shows the growth of these alternatives to “heavy” platforms.

  • ActiveState
  • Apigee
  • Atlassian
  • Black Duck
  • CUDA Project
  • Django
  • Embarcadero
  • JackBe
  • JRuby
  • Mashery
  • Maven Project
  • Microsoft
  • OpenJDK
  • Oracle
  • Ruby on Rails
  • Scala
  • Sencha
  • SpringSource