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66 SYNON CORP. Larkspur, Calif.
Software revenue for client/server application development tool provider Synon increased slightly last year--from $41.8 million in 1993 to $43.8 million. Similarly, total revenue grew from $62.6 to $66.8. The majority of packaged software sales--57%--occurred outside the U.S., bringing in $25 million.
Synon reported earnings of around $20 million from professional services. Primarily a vendor of tools for the AS/400, Synon's best-known offering has been its Synon/2E development environment.
The big news for the company in 1994 was the September release of Obsydian, an object-oriented development tool. Release 2.0, due mid-1995, is expected to support Unix servers.
Chairman William O. Grabbe
WW Software Revenue: $43.8M
Total Corp. Revenue: $66.8M
Revenue per Employee: $152.4K
67 NEXT COMPUTER INC. Redwood City, Calif.
Next seems to be living up to its promise to transform itself into a software provider, reporting a remarkable 32% increase in software revenue, from $10.3 million in 1993 to $43.4 million in 1994. Total...