We’ve been watching the software development industry for 10 years now. We’ve seen a lot of companies come and go, except for a few that have yet to not make a list. To illustrate how often a company, project, person or entity caught our eye, we compiled a list of the multi-all-stars, and those who had only one year of brilliance (so far).
10-Time All-Stars
CollabNet
ComponentOne
IBM
Microsoft
Oracle
Software FX
9-Time All-Stars
/n Software
Dundas Data Visualization
Eclipse Foundation
Infragistics
Perforce
Seapine
Serena
8-Time All-Stars
Apache Software Foundation
Intel
Klocwork
Sun Microsystems
Sybase
TIBCO
7-Time All-Stars
Altova
Apple
Embarcadero
Google
MKS
Parasoft
Subversion
Syncfusion
VMware
#!
6-Time All-Stars
Electric Cloud
Free Software Foundation
HP
InterSystems
MySQL AB MySQL
Progress
Quest
Salesforce.com
Telerik
5-Time All-Stars
ActiveState
Adobe Systems
BEA Systems
Black Duck
ComponentArt
Compuware
DevExpress
Green Hills
Magic Software
Rally
Ruby on Rails
TechExcel
Wind River
W3C
WSO2
4-Time All-Stars
AccuRev
Amazon
Amyuni
Aspose
Borland
Coverity
DataDirect Technologies
Fortify
Git
iTKO
JBoss Group
Linux Foundation
Macromedia
Mercury Software
Novell
Red Hat/JBoss
SafeNet
Sparx Systems
Telelogic
UrbanCode
VersionOne
webMethods
3-Time All-Stars
Android Project
Atlassian
AutomatedQA
Cloudera
Data Dynamics
Engine Yard
Fiorano Software
Gizmox
GrapeCity
Hadoop Project
Hudson/Jenkins
I-Logix
JackBe
Java Community Process
JetBrains
JRuby
LogicLibrary
LogiXML
Mindreef
MuleSoft
Object Management Group
OSGi
PalmSource
Popkin Software
PostgreSQL
PreEmptive Solutions
QNX Software
Rational/IBM Rational
Scala
ScaleOut
Segue Software
Selenium
Sleepycat
SpringSource
Trolltech
Xceed
VA Software
Visual Numerics
Wily Technology
2-Time All-Stars
Actional
Active Endpoints
Agitar
ARM
Artisan
Ascential Software
BPEL4WS Consortium
BuildForge
Business Objects
CA Technologies
ComponentSource
Drupal
dynaTrace
Eclipse IDE
Enea
EnterpriseDB
FarPoint Technologies
HTML5
ILOG
Ingres
Instantiations
Interactive Objects Software GmbH
iWay
Kovair
Krugle.net
Macrovision
McCabe Software
Merant
Mercurial
MetaCase
MetaMatrix
Micro Focus
Mono Project
Nevron
Nexaweb
OASIS
OpenMake
Ounce Labs
OutSystems
Pervasive Software
Quovadx
Select Business Solutions
SlickEdit
Software Freedom Law Center
Sonatype
Sonic Software
SpiritSoft
Telelogic
Telelogic AB
ThoughtWorks Studios
#!
One-Hit Wonders
2003
Crystal Decisions
Data Junction
Embedded Linux Consortium
FMS
HiT Software
Identify Software
International Organization for Standardization
Jcorporate
Mainsoft
Metrowerks
MigraTEC
Pragma Systems
Qualcomm
Rogue Wave Software
Sanctum
SteelTrace
TeamShare
THOUGHT
Togethersoft
Trolltech AB
United Linux
Web Services Interoperability Organization
2004
AppForge
ClientSoft
DataPower Technology
I AM Consulting
MetroWorks
O’Reilly Media
Open Source Development Labs
Paul Sarbanes and Michael Oxley
The SCO Group
Timesys
2005
‘The Bazaar’
Axalto
Bugzilla
Cyber Security Division Dept. of Homeland Security
eBay
Flashline
Scientific Component
Solmetric
TKO
Versant
Walmart
2006
Attachmate/WRQ
Catalyst Systems
Cenzic
ClearNova
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Enerjy
Exadel
Jesse James Garrett
Kenai
Koders
LaszloSystems
NetManager
NUnit
Object Management Group
RIM
RSS
Secure Software
2007
Axosoft
Backbase
BMC
Empirix
Esri
iRise
iVIS
Pragmatic
Ravenflow
Roy Fielding
SPI Dynamics
SysML
Texas Instruments
Watchfire
2008
CodeGear
Dojo Foundation
Eclipse Modeling Framework
Interware
Lombardi
Nokia
Solstice Software
Valgrind
WANdisco
2009
Alliance Software
Gomez
Hex-Rays
Intersoft Solutions
Programming Research
Red Gate
Veracode
2010
Agile Alliance
AmberPoint
AMQP
Django
Elementool
Nevron
NoSQL Movement
Rackspace
Skytap
SOA Software
Software AG
StackOverflow
Tasktop
Twitter
2011
Accusoft
Apigee
Appcelerator
AppFog
appMobi
Apprenda
Atalasoft
CloudBees
CUDA Project
dotCloud
EffectiveUI
GigaSpaces
GitHub
Heroku
Immersion
InstallAware
JNBridge
Koding
LEAD
LLVM
MapR
Mashery
Melissa Data
MongoDB
Node.js
OpenJDK
OpenStack
Orion Project
Rocket Software
Sencha
SmartBear
TX Text Control
uTest
Web Performance
Xamarin
Zephyr
ZeroTurnaround
For more on the SD Times 100, see this year’s list and our tribute to the decade’s top influencers.
