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Top 100 Key Players companies in Cloud storage
by Most Patent Citation in the United States in 2018

The Cloud storage top 100 is Discovery PatSnap’ annual ranking of the top 100 Most Patent Citation Cloud storage Key Players in the United States. Discovery has identified the top key players, startups & unicorns, fast-growings, news entrants in 2018, ranking from differnt perspectives, including patent filing intensity, academic research capability, news media heat. The company list is generated from various data types.
Cloud storage is a model of computer data storage in which the digital data is stored in logical pools. The physical storage spans multiple servers (sometimes in multiple locations), and the physical environment is typically owned and managed by a hosting company. These cloud storage providers are responsible for keeping the data available and accessible, and the physical environment protected and running. People and organizations buy or lease storage capacity from the providers to store user, organization, or application data.

Key Players

Fast-growings

Startups & Unicorns

New Entrants

Ranking Year:

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

Region:

Global

China

Japan

United States

Switzerland

United Kingdom

South Korea

Germany

Ranking:

Most Patent Filings

Highest Patent Value

Most Patent Citation

Most Research Publications

Most Literature Citation

Most Market Reports

Most News Heat

#
Company Name
Region
Tech Topics
Total
1
Commvault Systems, Inc.
New Jersey, United States
Software,Computer security,Management information systems,
...[+2]
patent citation: 4,062
2
EMC IP Holding Co. LLC
Delaware, United States
patent citation: 1,295
3
Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC
Washington, United States
Franchise agreement
patent citation: 1,154
4
Nutanix, Inc.
California, United States
Virtualization,Software,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
patent citation: 1,012
5
International Business Machines Corp.
New York, United States
Software,Computer hardware,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
patent citation: 459
6
Pure Storage, Inc.
California, United States
Cloud computing,Enterprise storage,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
patent citation: 438
7
Google LLC
California, United States
Advertising,Enterprise software,Search engine,
...[+2]
patent citation: 391
8
Cirtas Systems, Inc.
California, United States
Data center,Cloud storage,Cloud computing,
...[+2]
patent citation: 358
9
Intertrust Technologies Corp.
California, United States
Digital rights management,Software,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
patent citation: 342
10
VMware, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Virtualization,Cloud computing,
...[+2]
patent citation: 329
11
Cisco Technology, Inc.
California, United States
patent citation: 301
12
NetApp, Inc.
California, United States
Cloud computing,Data processing,Software,
...[+2]
patent citation: 295
13
Egnyte, Inc.
California, United States
File sharing,Enterprise software,Employee productivity,
...[+2]
patent citation: 276
14
Dynamic Network Services, Inc.
New Hampshire, United States
Cloud computing,Application firewall,Software as a service,
...[+2]
patent citation: 208
15
Oracle America, Inc.
California, United States
Cytidine monophosphate,Information technology consulting,Systems design
patent citation: 208
16
IceWEB Storage Corp.
Virginia, United States
Peripheral,Electronics,Computer hardware
patent citation: 200
17
Riverbed Technology, Inc.
California, United States
Wide area network,Software,Robotics,
...[+2]
patent citation: 179
18
IntelliVision Technologies Corp.
California, United States
Software,Data analysis,Signal processing,
...[+2]
patent citation: 171
19
Foundry Networks, Inc.
California, United States
Peripheral,Software,Traffic management,
...[+2]
patent citation: 149
20
Citrix Systems, Inc.
Florida, United States
Virtualization,Software as a service,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
patent citation: 136
21
Go Daddy Operating Co. LLC
Arizona, United States
Information technology consulting,Systems design
patent citation: 110
22
Veritas Technologies LLC
California, United States
Software,Database,Information technology consulting,
...[+2]
patent citation: 109
23
Foghorn Systems, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Internet of Things,Foghorn,
...[+2]
patent citation: 109
24
Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Nevada, United States
patent citation: 105
25
Nasuni Corp.
Massachusetts, United States
Cloud storage,File sharing,Network-attached storage,
...[+2]
patent citation: 103
26
eFolder, Inc.
Colorado, United States
Remote backup service,Cloud computing,Cloud service provider,
...[+2]
patent citation: 92
27
Adobe, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Enterprise software,Computer vision,
...[+2]
patent citation: 88
28
Intel Corp.
California, United States
Semiconductor,Software,Computer hardware,
...[+2]
patent citation: 82
29
Infinote Corp.
California, United States
Software,Data visualization,Deviation,
...[+2]
patent citation: 75
30
McAfee LLC
California, United States
Software,Network security,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
patent citation: 68
31
Honeywell International, Inc.
North Carolina, United States
Aerospace,Electronics,Market research,
...[+2]
patent citation: 65
32
Apple, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Computer hardware,Peripheral,
...[+2]
patent citation: 64
33
QUALCOMM, Inc.
California, United States
Telecommunications,Wireless,Mobile device,
...[+2]
patent citation: 60
34
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
Texas, United States
Information technology consulting,Systems design,Computer security,
...[+2]
patent citation: 56
35
Rackspace US, Inc.
Texas, United States
Data processing,Cloud database,Data preparation,
...[+2]
patent citation: 55
36
NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
New Jersey, United States
Health care
patent citation: 54
37
Pure Fishing, Inc.
South Carolina, United States
Fishing,Recreational fishing,Military camp,
...[+1]
patent citation: 50
38
Cloudifyd, Inc.
New York, United States
Cloud computing,Cloud database
patent citation: 48
39
Fortinet, Inc.
California, United States
Network security,Software,Mobile device,
...[+2]
patent citation: 46
40
Carbonite, Inc.
Massachusetts, United States
Software as a service,Enterprise software,Data processing,
...[+2]
patent citation: 45
41
LavaRipples LLC
Massachusetts, United States
Conversation,Software,Software development
patent citation: 45
42
Ericsson, Inc.
Texas, United States
Wireless,Telecommunications,Transmitter,
...[+2]
patent citation: 44
43
CloudOn, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Cloud computing,Social media,
...[+2]
patent citation: 44
44
Videoloft Ltd.
California, United States
Motion detection,Software,Wildlife,
...[+1]
patent citation: 43
45
Secturion Systems, Inc.
Utah, United States
Big data,Peripheral,Computer hardware,
...[+2]
patent citation: 43
46
PingStripe, Inc.
California, United States
patent citation: 42
47
Yahoo
Virginia, United States
Advertising,Search engine,Search engine optimization,
...[+2]
patent citation: 41
48
EntropyZero Consulting LLC
Virginia, United States
Software engineering,Information technology consulting,Systems design,
...[+2]
patent citation: 37
49
Western Digital Corp.
California, United States
Computer hardware,Navigation system,Software,
...[+2]
patent citation: 36
50
Serrala Solutions US Corp.
California, United States
Software,Information technology consulting,Information lifecycle management,
...[+2]
patent citation: 36
51
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
California, United States
Computer hardware,Peripheral,Electronics,
...[+2]
patent citation: 36
52
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
Minnesota, United States
Semiconductor,Automation,Electronic component
patent citation: 35
53
Nexenta By Ddn, Inc.
United States
patent citation: 32
54
Snowflake, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Data warehouse,Software as a service,
...[+2]
patent citation: 30
55
Digimarc Corp.
Oregon, United States
Software,Database,Content management,
...[+2]
patent citation: 29
56
COBAN Technologies, Inc.
Texas, United States
Computer security,Software,Systems design,
...[+2]
patent citation: 27
57
Unisys Corp.
Pennsylvania, United States
Software,Information technology consulting,Systems design,
...[+2]
patent citation: 25
58
Pryon, Inc.
North Carolina, United States
Digital transformation,Machine learning,Natural language processing,
...[+2]
patent citation: 25
59
Western Marine Electronics Co.
Washington, United States
Electronics,Sonar,National security,
...[+1]
patent citation: 23
60
Supercom IP LLC
Nevada, United States
patent citation: 23
61
Conduent Business Services LLC
Texas, United States
Electronic toll collection,Cloud database,Data processing,
...[+2]
patent citation: 22
62
Software AG USA, Inc.
Virginia, United States
Software,Business process management,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
patent citation: 22
63
Netskope, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Cloud computing security,Software as a service,
...[+2]
patent citation: 21
64
Cloud Sherpas, Inc.
United States
Cloud computing,Information technology consulting,Enterprise software
patent citation: 21
65
Novatel Wireless, Inc.
California, United States
Telecommunications,Wireless,Mobile device,
...[+2]
patent citation: 21
66
Signiant, Inc.
Massachusetts, United States
Software,Software as a service,File sharing,
...[+2]
patent citation: 21
67
Smart Mobile, Inc.
California, United States
Mobile device,Software,Software define network,
...[+2]
patent citation: 21
68
Robert Bosch Corp.
Michigan, United States
Shopping mall,Truck
patent citation: 21
69
Salesforce, Inc.
California, United States
Cloud computing,Software,Software as a service,
...[+2]
patent citation: 20
70
Verizon Patent & Licensing, Inc.
New York, United States
patent citation: 20
71
CA Technologies, Inc.
New York, United States
Software,Virtualization,Cloud computing,
...[+2]
patent citation: 19
72
Xerox Holdings Corp.
Connecticut, United States
Computer hardware,Software,Digital document,
...[+2]
patent citation: 18
73
Xerox Corp.
Connecticut, United States
Computer hardware,Electronics,Product group,
...[+2]
patent citation: 18
74
SurDoc Corp.
California, United States
Document processing,Document management system,Flash memory,
...[+2]
patent citation: 18
75
Microsoft Corp.
Washington, United States
Software,Operating system,Cloud computing,
...[+2]
patent citation: 17
76
Open Invention Network LLC
North Carolina, United States
Intellectual property,Enterprise software,Software vendor,
...[+1]
patent citation: 17
77
PKWARE, Inc.
Wisconsin, United States
Software,Data security,Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard,
...[+2]
patent citation: 16
78
Cryptyk, Inc.
California, United States
Blockchain,Data security,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
patent citation: 16
79
Box, Inc.
California, United States
File sharing,Cloud computing,Content management,
...[+2]
patent citation: 15
80
Spectra Logic Corp.
Colorado, United States
Computer data storage,Peripheral,Computer hardware,
...[+2]
patent citation: 15
81
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Telecommunications,Virtualization,
...[+2]
patent citation: 14
82
Dell USA LP
Texas, United States
patent citation: 14
83
ReDigi, Inc.
Massachusetts, United States
Music,Cloud database,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
patent citation: 14
84
NTI Corp.
United States
Construction engineering,Surface ship,Technical analysis,
...[+2]
patent citation: 12
85
Capitol Records LLC
California, United States
Video production
patent citation: 12
86
Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Massachusetts, United States
Network security,Cloud computing,Software,
...[+2]
patent citation: 10
87
Red Hat, Inc.
North Carolina, United States
Software,Middleware,Operating system,
...[+2]
patent citation: 10
88
Embecta Corp.
New Jersey, United States
Medical device,Dental Equipment,X-ray,
...[+2]
patent citation: 10
89
ABB Automation, Inc.
United States
Automation,Manufacturing engineering,Mechanical engineering,
...[+2]
patent citation: 10
90
Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
California, United States
Standardization,Wireless,Semiconductor,
...[+2]
patent citation: 9
91
Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
Missouri, United States
patent citation: 9
92
Sangfor, Inc.
California, United States
Information technology consulting,Systems design
patent citation: 9
93
Wolfram Research, Inc.
Illinois, United States
Software,Wolfram Language,Robotics,
...[+2]
patent citation: 8
94
Talis Biomedical Corp.
California, United States
Health care,Bioinformatics,Cardiovascular agent,
...[+1]
patent citation: 8
95
Joyent, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Cloud computing,Real-time web,
...[+2]
patent citation: 8
96
NComputing, Inc.
California, United States
Virtualization,Software,Computer hardware,
...[+2]
patent citation: 8
97
Ubiterra Corp.
Colorado, United States
Software,Cloud computing,Petroleum industry
patent citation: 8
98
Gemalto, Inc.
Pennsylvania, United States
Software,Enterprise software,Computer security
patent citation: 8
99
Samsung SDS America, Inc.
New Jersey, United States
Smart device,Internet of Things,Information technology consulting,
...[+2]
patent citation: 7
100
Qurasense, Inc.
California, United States
Menstrual cycle,Intrauterine device,Medical equipment,
...[+2]
patent citation: 7

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