Apertus Ranked Among World's Top Software Companies.EDEN PRAIRIE Eden Prairie A city of eastern Minnesota, a residential suburb of Minneapolis. Population: 57,300. , Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 1996--Apertus Technologies Incorporated (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : APTS APTS Alexandra Palace Television Society (UK) APTS Advanced Public Transportation System APTS Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary (Texas) APTS Association of America's Public Television Stations ) today announced that it is one of only two Minnesota companies ranked among the world's largest software companies The Forbes Global 2000 includes the following list of the world's largest software companies. Relative rank Global rank Name Country Sales ($bil) Profits ($bil) Assets ($bil) Market Value ($bil) 1 54 Microsoft United States in the July issue of Software Magazine, a leading trade publication for the software industry. The magazine listed Apertus 69th, based on total worldwide packaged software revenues of $44.2 million for the 1995 calendar year. Lawson Software, based in Minneapolis, was ranked 53rd on software revenues of $69.5 million, according to the publication. "This is a significant achievement, when you consider that just five years ago, we were a terminal hardware supplier," said Robert Gordon, president and chief executive officer of Apertus. "It says we have succeeded in our effort to transition the organization to a world-class software company." Software Magazine listed Internet and data warehousing technologies among "hot" areas to watch. Apertus' Enterprise Access Web Edition and Enterprise Integrator products, respectively, address key requirements for those markets. Apertus Technologies Incorporated develops and markets enterprise-strength solutions that enable the access, integration, and management of data stored in systems distributed throughout a corporate enterprise. Headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. , Apertus has sales and service offices throughout North America and Europe. For more information about Apertus and its products, call (800) 793-3509, send e-mail to info@apertus.com, or visit Apertus' Web site at http://www.apertus.com. CONTACT: Apertus Press Relations: Beth Gallob, 612/828-0162 Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. : Don McIlwain, 612/828-0311 Padilla Speer Beardsley: Bob Brin, 612/872-3743 |
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