From the Publisher
For over 20,000 companies, Icon Group International uses a proprietary methodology to generate international benchmarks and measure gaps that might be revealed from such an exercise. First, for a given company Icon Group searches across over 26,000 firms for others producing similar products, offering similar services, or are in the same stage of the value chain for a particular industrial classification. We then collect the financials for each of these firms and standardize these into comparable categories (assets, liabilities, income and ratios). From there, we eliminate all currency effects by standardizing within each category and country. All benchmarks are updated quarterly.
From the Author
Icon Group publishes a number of other benchmarks for firms in related product areas, including: -- ACCELER8 TECHNOLOGY CORP. -- ADEPT TECHNOLOGY, INC. -- ADMIRAL PLC -- ADVANCED DIGITAL INFORMATION CORP. -- ALGORIEL -- ALPHA MICROSYSTEMS -- AMERICAN SOFTWARE, INC. -- ANALOGY, INC. -- APPLIEDTHEORY CORP. -- ARCHITEL SYSTEMS CORP. -- ASPEC TECHNOLOGY, INC. -- ASTEA INTERNATIONAL INC. -- AWARD SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL, INC. -- BANCTEC, INC. -- BASE TEN SYSTEMS, INC. -- BAY NETWORKS, INC. -- BLUEGATE OPTIMATISATION TECHNOLOGIES -- BRIGHTSTAR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY GROUP -- BRODERBUND SOFTWARE, INC. -- CAMBRIDGE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS (MA), INC. -- CARLETON CORP -- CARREKER-ANTINORI, INC. -- CEDAR GROUP PLC -- CGI GROUP INC -- CIBER, INC. -- CIE GENERALE DE BUREAUTIQUE INFORMATIQUE -- CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. -- CLARIFY INC. -- CMG PLC -- CODA GROUP PLC (THE) -- COMPAREX HOLDINGS LTD -- COMPTEK RESEARCH, INC. -- COMPUTER ENGINEERING & CONSULTING LTD. -- COMPUTER HORIZONS CORP. -- COMPUTER OUTSOURCING SERVICES, INC. -- COMPUTRON SOFTWARE, INC. -- CONDOR TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC. -- CREDIT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, INC. -- CSK CORP. -- DATA RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. -- DATA SYSTEMS & SOFTWARE INC. -- DATACRAFT ASIA LTD -- DATASTREAM SYSTEMS, INC. -- DELTA INFORMATICS SA -- DIAGONAL PLC -- DIGI INTERNATIONAL INC. -- DIGITAL COURIER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. -- DIGITAL LAVA INC. -- DIMENSION DATA HOLDINGS LTD -- DOCUCORP INTERNATIONAL, INC. -- DOCUMENT SCIENCES CORP. -- ECSOFT GROUP PLC -- EDB GRUPPEN A/S -- ELECTRONIC PROCESSING, INC. -- ELSCINT LTD. -- ENEA DATA AB -- ENTRUST TECHNOLOGIES INC. -- EVOLVING SYSTEMS, INC. -- EXCALIBUR TECHNOLOGIES CORP. -- F.I. GROUP PLC -- FI SYSTEM -- FORMULAB NEURONETICS CORP. LTD. -- FOURTH SHIFT CORP. -- FRONTEC AB -- FUJI SOFT ABC INC. -- GEAC COMPUTER CORP. LTD. -- GEO INTERACTIVE MEDIA GROUP LTD -- GEOWORKS CORP. -- HEYDE AG BERATUNG SOFTWARE INTEGRATION -- HNC SOFTWARE INC. -- IA CORP. I -- IES GROUP PLC -- IMPACT SYSTEMS, INC. -- IMRGLOBAL CORP. -- INDRA SISTEMAS, S.A. -- INES CORP. -- INFOBANK INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS -- INFORMATION ANALYSIS INC. -- INFORMATION ARCHITECTS CORP -- INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. -- INFOTEL -- INKTOMI CORP. -- INSTEM PLC -- INTELLIGENT ENVIRONMENTS GROUP PLC -- INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS CORP. -- INTELLIGROUP, INC. -- INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATION INC. -- INTERNATIONAL NETWORK SERVICES -- INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMN DATA SYSTEMS INC -- INTERNET TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC -- IQ SOFTWARE CORP. -- IXOS SOFTWARE AG -- J.D. EDWARDS & COMPANY -- KALAMAZOO COMPUTER GROUP PLC -- LEVEL 8 SYSTEMS, INC. -- LICENERGY A/S -- LOGICA PLC -- MAGIC SOFTWARE ENTERPRISES LTD. -- MANDATOR AB -- MASTECH CORP. -- MDIS GROUP PLC -- MERKANTILDATA ASA -- METRO INFORMATION SERVICES, INC. -- MICROLOGICA AG -- MICROMUSE INC. -- MKC-STAT CORP. -- MODACAD, INC. -- MSC SOFTWARE CORP. -- M-WEB HOLDINGS LTD -- MYSOFTWARE COMPANY -- NETOPIA, INC. -- NETSPEAK CORP. -- NETWORK GENERAL CORP. -- NETWORK SIX, INC. -- NETWORK SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC. -- NEW ERA OF NETWORKS, INC. -- NIPPON COMPUTER SYSTEM CO., LTD. -- NIPPON SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. -- NSB RETAIL SYSTEMS PLC -- ON TECHNOLOGY CORP. -- ONYX SOFTWARE CORP. -- ORDINA BEHEER NV -- PEOPLESOFT, INC. -- PODNIK VYPOCETNI TECHNIKY AS -- POLICY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS CORP. -- PSI AG -- QUALITY SOFTWARE PRODUCTS HOLDINGS PLC -- RADIUS PLC -- RATIONAL SOFTWARE CORP. -- REAL SOFTWARE NV -- RECOGNITION SYSTEMS GROUP PLC -- REMEDY CORP. -- RM PLC -- ROLFE & NOLAN PLC -- ROYALBLUE GROUP PLC -- S&T SYSTEM INTEGRATION & TECHNOLOGY DIST -- S3 INC. -- SAGE GROUP PLC (THE) -- SCANDINAVIAN PC SYSTEMS AB -- SCB COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, INC. -- SCIENCE SYSTEMS PLC -- SECURITY FIRST TECHNOLOGIES CORP. -- SEER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. -- SEGUE SOFTWARE, INC. -- SOFTECH, INC. -- ST COMPUTER SYSTEMS & SERVICES LTD. -- STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS RESEARCH CORP. -- SUMISHO COMPUTER SYSTEMS CORP. -- SUPERSCAPE VR PLC -- SYBASE, INC. -- SYNC RESEARCH, INC. -- SYSTEMS & COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CORP -- TADPOLE TECHNOLOGY PLC -- TEAMLOG -- TECHNISOURCE, INC. -- TEMPLATE SOFTWARE, INC. -- TENFOLD CORP. -- TETRA PLC -- TIMBERLINE SOFTWARE CORP. -- TOYO INFORMATION SYSTEMS CO., LTD. -- TRIPOS, INC. -- TSI INTERNATIONAL SOFTWARE LTD. -- TSR, INC. -- UBICS, INC. -- USCI, INC. -- VERISIGN, INC. -- VERTEL CORP. -- VIASOFT, INC. -- WALKER INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS, INC. -- WHITE PINE SOFTWARE, INC. -- WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC. -- WORLDTALK COMMUNICATIONS CORP. -- XILINX INC. -- XIONICS DOCUMENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. -- XYVISION INC. -- ZITEL CORP.