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Top 100 Key Players companies in Open source
by Most News Heat in the world in 2018

The Open source top 100 is Discovery PatSnap’ annual ranking of the top 100 Most News Heat Open source Key Players in the world. 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.
The open-source model is a decentralized software development model that encourages open collaboration. A main principle of open-source software development is peer production, with products such as source code, blueprints, and documentation freely available to the public. The open-source movement in software began as a response to the limitations of proprietary code. The model is used for projects such as in open-source appropriate technology, and open-source drug discovery.

Key Players

Fast-growings

Startups & Unicorns

New Entrants

Ranking Year:

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

Region:

Global

China

Japan

India

United States

South Korea

Germany

United Kingdom

Australia

Netherlands

Switzerland

France

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
Google LLC
California, United States
Advertising,Enterprise software,Search engine,
...[+2]
news: 6,571
2
Microsoft Corp.
Washington, United States
Software,Operating system,Cloud computing,
...[+2]
news: 5,242
3
Apple, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Computer hardware,Peripheral,
...[+2]
news: 2,659
4
Amazon.com, Inc.
Washington, United States
E-commerce,Content creator,Data processing,
...[+2]
news: 2,577
5
International Business Machines Corp.
New York, United States
Software,Computer hardware,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 2,356
6
Intel Corp.
California, United States
Semiconductor,Software,Computer hardware,
...[+2]
news: 1,924
7
Oracle Corp.
California, United States
Software,Enterprise software,Information technology consulting,
...[+2]
news: 1,443
8
Meta Platforms, Inc.
California, United States
Broadcasting,Publishing,Pre-money valuation,
...[+2]
news: 1,326
9
GitHub, Inc.
California, United States
Cloud computing,Software,Revision control,
...[+2]
news: 1,243
10
Red Hat, Inc.
North Carolina, United States
Software,Middleware,Operating system,
...[+2]
news: 1,219
11
Apache Corp.
Texas, United States
Natural gas,Petroleum industry,Natural resource management,
...[+2]
news: 1,194
12
Cisco Systems, Inc.
California, United States
Computer hardware,Enterprise software,Internet Protocol,
...[+2]
news: 1,177
13
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
South Korea
Computer hardware,Semiconductor,Software,
...[+2]
news: 1,008
14
VMware, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Virtualization,Cloud computing,
...[+2]
news: 973
15
HP, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Computer hardware,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 930
16
Dell, Inc.
Texas, United States
Computer hardware,Thin client,Software,
...[+2]
news: 739
17
YouTube LLC
California, United States
Music,HTML5,Web page,
...[+2]
news: 683
18
Mozilla Corp.
California, United States
Software,Bug tracking system,EyeTap,
...[+2]
news: 615
19
AT&T, Inc.
Texas, United States
Wireless,Telecommunications,Mobile device,
...[+2]
news: 587
20
Rackspace OpenStack
Texas, United States
Open API,Metal
news: 549
21
Gartner, Inc.
Connecticut, United States
Information management,Business intelligence,Emotional intelligence,
...[+2]
news: 494
22
Netflix, Inc.
California, United States
Mainland China,Cable television,IPTV,
...[+2]
news: 470
23
QUALCOMM, Inc.
California, United States
Telecommunications,Wireless,Mobile device,
...[+2]
news: 463
24
Yahoo
Virginia, United States
Advertising,Search engine,Search engine optimization,
...[+2]
news: 457
25
Adobe, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Enterprise software,Computer vision,
...[+2]
news: 434
26
SAP SE
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Software,Cloud computing,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 433
27
Nokia Oyj
Southern Finland, Finland
Mobile device,Internet of Things,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 429
28
Verizon Communications, Inc.
New York, United States
Telecommunications,Wireless,Internet of Things,
...[+2]
news: 404
29
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Guangdong Sheng, China
Wireless,Software,Mobile device,
...[+2]
news: 391
30
NVIDIA Corp.
California, United States
Software,Graphics processing unit,Computer hardware,
...[+2]
news: 390
31
Amazon Web Services, Inc.
Washington, United States
Software,Web development,Information technology consulting,
...[+2]
news: 376
32
Cloudera, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Big data,Machine learning,
...[+2]
news: 368
33
Hortonworks, Inc.
California, United States
Big data,Software,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 365
34
EMC Corp.
Massachusetts, United States
Data center,Cloud computing,Software,
...[+2]
news: 363
35
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.
Texas, United States
Enterprise software,Information technology management,Software,
...[+2]
news: 353
36
Fortune Magazine
New York, United States
Journalism,News media
news: 347
37
LinkedIn Corp.
California, United States
Social media,Publishing,Broadcasting,
...[+2]
news: 335
38
eBay, Inc.
California, United States
E-commerce,Search engine,Common value auction,
...[+2]
news: 331
39
Infoworld Media Group, Inc.
California, United States
RSS,Emerging technologies
news: 329
40
Sony Group Corp.
Tokyo, Japan
Computer hardware,Software,Music,
...[+2]
news: 325
41
Docker, Inc.
California, United States
Cloud computing,Software as a service,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 311
42
Salesforce, Inc.
California, United States
Cloud computing,Software,Software as a service,
...[+2]
news: 291
43
AWS GmbH
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Environmental consulting,Artificial intelligence,Blockchain,
...[+2]
news: 288
44
Rackspace Technology Global, Inc.
Texas, United States
Cloud computing,Software,Data processing,
...[+2]
news: 287
45
Tesla, Inc.
Texas, United States
Electric vehicle,Electronics,Automotive engineering,
...[+2]
news: 283
46
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
Sweden
Telecommunications,Software,Mobile device,
...[+2]
news: 268
47
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
California, United States
Semiconductor,Software,Virtualization,
...[+2]
news: 263
48
Uber Technologies, Inc.
California, United States
Brand awareness,Public transport,Software,
...[+2]
news: 256
49
General Electric Co.
Massachusetts, United States
Energy management,Turbine,Electronics,
...[+2]
news: 254
50
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
New York, United States
Investment banking,Venture capital,Underwriting,
...[+2]
news: 254
51
Asset & Resource Management Co. Ltd.
Lagos, Nigeria
Asset management,Angel investor,Resource management,
...[+2]
news: 249
52
Ford Motor Co.
Michigan, United States
Truck,Public transport,Automotive engineering,
...[+2]
news: 248
53
HTC Corp.
Taiwan Province, China
Mobile device,Computer hardware,Virtual reality,
...[+2]
news: 248
54
LG Electronics, Inc.
South Korea
Computer hardware,Electronics,Telecommunications,
...[+2]
news: 247
55
Baidu, Inc.
Beijing Shi, China
Search engine,Artificial intelligence,Social network,
...[+2]
news: 232
56
Comcast Cable Communications LLC
Pennsylvania, United States
Digital cable,Home automation,Home security,
...[+2]
news: 228
57
Lenovo Group Ltd.
Beijing Shi, China
Computer hardware,Mobile device,Electronics,
...[+2]
news: 227
58
Toyota Motor Corp.
Aichi, Japan
Sport utility vehicle,Mobile device,Public transport,
...[+2]
news: 215
59
Sun Microsystems Laboratories
California, United States
Computer hardware,Software,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 215
60
Skype SARL
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Telecommunications,Mobile device,Software,
...[+2]
news: 205
61
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
Zhejiang Sheng, China
E-commerce,Shopping mall,Business-to-business,
...[+2]
news: 203
62
Fujitsu Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan
Cloud computing,Enterprise software,Information technology management,
...[+2]
news: 194
63
Informa Plc
United Kingdom
Publishing,Information technology consulting,Business-to-business,
...[+2]
news: 194
64
BlackBerry Ltd.
Ontario, Canada
Wireless,Software,Embedded system,
...[+2]
news: 192
65
Juniper Networks, Inc.
California, United States
Systems design,Educational organization,Product marketing,
...[+2]
news: 191
66
General Motors Co.
Michigan, United States
Sport utility vehicle,Public transport,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 188
67
Forrester Research, Inc.
Massachusetts, United States
Business intelligence,Operational intelligence,Information management,
...[+2]
news: 187
68
PayPal, Inc.
California, United States
Mobile payment,E-commerce,Software,
...[+2]
news: 187
69
Walmart, Inc.
Arkansas, United States
Warehouse,E-commerce,Hypermarket,
...[+2]
news: 181
70
Autodesk, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Architecture,Construction engineering,
...[+2]
news: 177
71
Dropbox, Inc.
California, United States
File sharing,Cloud computing,Cloud storage,
...[+2]
news: 177
72
Broadcom, Inc.
California, United States
Semiconductor,Mobile device,Wireless,
...[+2]
news: 174
73
Motorola Solutions, Inc.
Illinois, United States
Wireless,Network security,Mobile device,
...[+2]
news: 172
74
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
New York, United States
Investment banking,Prime brokerage,Financial institution,
...[+2]
news: 171
75
Anahata Technologies Pty Ltd.
Western Australia, Australia
Software,Mobile device,Robotics,
...[+2]
news: 171
76
Citrix Systems, Inc.
Florida, United States
Virtualization,Software as a service,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 169
77
Mirantis, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Cloud computing,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 169
78
Xamarin, Inc.
California, United States
Software development,Cloud testing,Android (robot),
...[+2]
news: 169
79
Hera Anahata
Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Cosmetics,E-commerce,Health care
news: 168
80
NortonLifeLock, Inc.
Arizona, United States
Network security,Computer security,Software,
...[+2]
news: 162
81
Vodafone Group Plc
United Kingdom
Telecommunications,Mobile device,Unified communications,
...[+2]
news: 161
82
Deutsche Telekom AG
Bayern, Germany
Telecommunications,Mobile device,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 161
83
Pivotal Software, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Big data,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 160
84
CoreOS, Inc.
California, United States
Cloud data center,Software,Cloud computing,
...[+2]
news: 159
85
Gmail Help
United Kingdom
LEAPS,Web development
news: 158
86
Instagram LLC
California, United States
Social media,Social network,Image sharing,
...[+2]
news: 154
87
Accenture Plc
Dublin, Ireland
Construction engineering,Systems design,Software,
...[+2]
news: 152
88
The Walt Disney Co.
California, United States
Music,Cable television,IPTV,
...[+2]
news: 151
89
Spotify AB
Sweden
Music,Cloud computing,Mobile app,
...[+2]
news: 148
90
Tencent Holdings Ltd.
Guangdong Sheng, China
Online advertising,Social media,Advertising,
...[+2]
news: 143
91
Canonical Ltd.
United Kingdom
Software,Enterprise software,Home automation,
...[+2]
news: 137
92
Accel Partners LLC
California, United States
Venture capital,Small nuclear ribonucleoprotein polypeptide E,Business studies,
...[+2]
news: 136
93
Next Co-Founder
news: 135
94
Telefónica SA
Madrid, Spain
Telecommunications,Mobile telephony,Web development,
...[+2]
news: 134
95
NEA Management Co. LLC
California, United States
Venture capital,Software as a service,Medical equipment,
...[+2]
news: 134
96
Kubernetes LLC
California, United States
Cloud computing,Cloud database
news: 133
97
CNBC LLC
United States
News media,Digital media,Business Day,
...[+2]
news: 129
98
Siemens AG
Bayern, Germany
Power transmission,Electronics,Turbine,
...[+2]
news: 126
99
Thomson Reuters Corp.
New York, United States
Software,Publishing,Risk management,
...[+2]
news: 126
100
Cloud Foundry, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Containerization,Social network,
...[+1]
news: 123

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