SOFTWARE COMPANIES.Ranked by L.A. County employees EXECUTIVE SUMMARY LED by Torrance-based Havas Havas is the second largest advertising group in France and is a "Global advertising and communications services group" and the sixth-largest global advertising and communications group worldwide, operating on the communications consulting market through three main operational Interactive, sales were up nearly across the board for L.A. County's 15 biggest software companies. "What oil was to the industrial revolution, software companies are to the 22nd century," said Bill Manassero, executive director of the Software Council of Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . When the aerospace and defense industries downsized several years ago, many software developers moved into the commercial sector, thus helping make Southern California a leading software region in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , with close to 6,000 software companies in the five-county region from Orange to Ventura Ventura (vĕnt  `rə), city (1990 pop. 92,575), seat of Ventura co., SW Calif., on the Pacific coast in a farm and oil region; inc. 1866. counties.The availability of ever-more-powerful computers at low cost is helping drive sales increases for many of the companies on the list. The Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the is also a factor; many established software companies are moving into the Web, either for distribution or use. For example, game companies like Havas Interactive make CD-ROMs allowing users to play against others over the Net. THE PACESETTER HAVAS INTERACTIVE FROM its 600,000-square-foot facility in Torrance Torrance, industrial and residential city (1990 pop. 133,107), Los Angeles co., SW Calif.; inc. 1921. It has large aircraft and electronics industries. Among its many manufactures are aircraft, electronics, communications equipment, aluminum products, steel, and , Havas Interactive oversees one of the largest entertainment and educational software groups in the world. The company's history is a complex one, illustrating a consolidation drive over the past few years in the software industry. It started in 1997 when two of L.A.'s biggest software companies, Davidson Da·vid·son , Jo(seph) 1883-1952. American sculptor best remembered for his vigorous portrait busts of Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Albert Einstein, among others. & Associates and Knowledge Adventure, were snatched up by CUC International CUC (Comp-U-Card) International Inc., a huge membership-based consumer services conglomerate with travel, shopping, auto, dining, home improvement and financial services offered to more than 60 million customers worldwide based out of Stamford, Connecticut and headed by Kirk , which folded them in with two other West Coast acquisitions (Sierra (company, games) Sierra - (Or "Sierra On-Line") A computer game developer founded in the early 1980s by Ken and Roberta Willams in the small mountain town of Oakhurst California. Sierra was named after the local mountian range, 15 miles from the famous Yosemite National Park. On-Line and Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment, a division of Vivendi Games, is an American computer game developer and publisher headquartered in Irvine, California. History Blizzard Entertainment was founded by Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham and Frank Pearce as Silicon & Synapse ) and called the division CUC CUC Cuban Convertible Peso (ISO currency code) CUC Columbia Union College (Takoma Park, MD, USA) CUC Canadian Unitarian Council CUC Canadian Ultimate Championships Software. CUC later merged with HES Inc., and the combined company was renamed Cendant Cendant Corporation was a New York-based provider of business and consumer services, primarily within the real estate and travel industries. Although the company was based out of New York City, the majority of Cendant's headquarters employees were located in Parsippany-Troy Hills, Corp. -- which was sold last January January: see month. to Paris-based Havas SA for $800 million in cash. Havas is a subsidiary of Vivendi
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Rank Firm Employees Revenues
* name * L.A. County (millions)
* address * companywide * 1998
* 1997
1 Havas Interactive [1] 1,000 $567
19840 Pioneer Ave. 3,000 $433
Torrance 90503
2 Candle Corp. 570 361
201 N Douglas St. 1,900 307
El Segundo 90245
3 CCH Inc. [2] 375 104
21250 Hawthrone Blvd. 6,500 90.5
Torrance 90503
4 Activision Inc. 300 312.1
3100 Ocean Park Ave. 800 154.6
Santa Monica 90405
5 MSC Software 250 125.4
815 Colorado Blvd. 840 132.8
Los Angeles 90041
6 Peereless Systems Corp. 210 25.4
2381 Rosecrans Ave. 230 16
El Segundo 90245
7 Trillium Digital Systems 161 14.7
12100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1800 26 15.1
Los Angeles 90025
8 Elite Information Systems 150 41.7
5100 W. Goldleaf Circle, Suite 100 260 31.1
Los Angeles 90056
9 Capital Management Sciences 120 21
11766 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300 135 18
Los Angeles 90025
10 NovaLogic Inc. 90 WND
26010 Mureau Rd., Suite 200 100 WND
Calabasas 91302
11 Tanner Research Inc. 88 8.6
2650 E Foothill Blvd. 2 6.5
Pasadena 91107
12 Structural Research & Analysis Corp. 60 11
12121 Wilshire Blvd., Seventh Floor 75 10
Los Angeles 90025
13 Unique Business System 60 7
2901 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 215 88 8
Santa Monica 90405
14 Creative Computer Applications Inc. 57 8.9
26115 Mureau Rd. 72 6.5
Calabasas 91302
15 Nova Development Corp. 38 12.8
23801 Calabasas Rd. 38 WND
Calabasas 91302
Rank Profile Products/software titles
* year established (partial list)
in L.A. County
* programmers
1 1982 Jumpstart, Half-Life, Starcraft
1,300
2 1976 Roma, BSP, OMEGAMON, Eba service
WND monitor, ccc management pac
3 1963 ProSystem fx, PACS, AuditVision,
200 AccuPlanner
4 1992 Cabela's Big Game Hunter,
WND Tony Hank Pro Skater
5 1963 MSC/Nastran, MSC/Partran,
WND MSC/Working Model
6 1982 printer ACISs, printer drivers, printer
155 controller design services, SDKs
7 1988 SS7, ATM, IP, wireless
60
8 1947 professional billing system,
20 accounts payable
9 1979 BondEdge, Bond Vu, InSite
30
10 1985 Tachyon Delta Force, Delta Force 2, F22
15 Lightning 3, F-16 Multirole Fighter, MIG 29
Fulcrum, Comanache Franchise
11 1988 L-Edit Pro, T-Spice Pro, S-Edit, W-Edit,
33 Tanner Tools Pro, MEMS Pro
12 1982 Cosmos/Works, Cosmos/Edge,
29 Cosmos/Design Star
13 1983 VideoTrace, FotoTrace,
20 PowerLab, RentTrace
14 1979 Laboratory Information
14 Systems, Cyber Lab II
15 1984 art explosion, print explosion,
WND animation explosion
Rank Types of software products Other data
* number of products
* (retail) price range
1 educational, productivity and 710
entertainment software $5-$900
2 enterprise application integra- 50+
tion systems, application and WND
middleware management
3 tax compliance, tax planning, 300
trial balance, practice 1,000-20,000
management
4 interactive entertainment WND
and leisure products 19.95-59.95
5 simulation and motion 20
software 5,000-30,000
6 embedded technology for WND
color and monochrome WND
printers and digital copiers
7 standards-based 70+
communications software WND
8 time and billing for pro- 15
fessional accounting WND
and law firms
9 investment management 3
software 300-1,750
10 action and simulation 25+
games for PC CD- WND
ROM
11 integrated circuit design soft- 6
ware for layour editing, design 6,000-50,000
verification, design simulation
12 engineering design 3
analysis 6,000+
13 software for point of sale 4
800-20,000
14 clinical information systems for 10+
lab, pharmacy and radiology 7,500-300,000
15 clip art and graphics 13
29.00-149.00
Rank Top local executive
* name
* title
* telephone number
1 Hubert Joly
ceo
(310) 793-0600
2 Aubrey Chernick
chairman, ceo
(310) 535-3600
3 Arthur C. Ruzzano
v.p. sales & mktg.
(800) 45-profx
4 Robert Kotick
chairman, ceo
(310) 255-2000
5 Frank Perja Jr.
chairman, ceo
(323) 258-9111
6 Edward Gavaldon
ceo
(310) 536-0908
7 Jeff Lawrence
ceo
(310) 442-9222
8 Christopher Poole
chairman, ceo
(323) 642-5200
9 Lorraine DiBacco
v.p. marketing
(310) 479-9715
10 John Garcia
ceo, president
(818) 880-1997
11 John Tanner
president
(626) 792-3000
12 Dr. Victor Weingarten
president
(310) 207-2800
13 Steven Besbeck
ceo, president
(818) 880-6700
14 Steven Besbeck
ceo, president
(818) 880-6700
15 Roger Bloxberg
ceo
(818) 591-9600
WND - World not disclose.
(1.)Formerly known as CUC Software.
(2.)CCH Inc. is a subsidiary of Netherlands-
based Wolters Kluwer N.V. The revenue figures
are those of the local software company only.
Note: The information on the list was
supplied by representatives of the companies
themselves. Companies are ranked by number
of L.A. County employees and 1998 revenues,
respectively. The survey was completed during
the week of November 1, 1999.
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