The software development life cycle includes the following:

  • Project Planning
  • Requirements Definition
  • Systems Design
  • Code Implementation
  • Code Integration
  • Testing
  • Deployment
  • Maintenance

Software development companies are primarily engaged in the business of providing one or more of the above services along with training and support.

Please note that submitting to the wrong category will significantly delay the listing and review of your site, and may even result in it''s deletion.

Please also note that there is a significantly long queue, so inappropriate submissions will likely result in VERY lengthy delays.

Please submit to the appropriate subcategory. If none of them match, you are likely submitting to the wrong category. Please be aware of the following:

Computer companies whose primary business is not custom software development or developer libraries should not submit to these categories. All companies that produce and sell their own software should submit to the software category representing your flagship product instead. These categories are found under Computers: Software

General "Information Technology" companies which offer a full range of IT solutions in addition to custom sofware development will not be listed here, please submit to the appropriate place under this category instead:
Business: Information Technology

Consultants and systems integrators should submit their sites to a subcategory under one of these two categories instead:
Computers: Consultants
Computers: Consultants: Systems Integrators

Finally, web developers and companies offering such services as hosting, web design, and multimedia development services are only accepted in subcategories under the following category:
Computers: Internet: Web Design and Development

Last Updated 21 Sept 2002 by wkallander

The companies listed in this category offer custom applications designed for the business desktop or business user.
Please submit only websites for companies that primarily implement custom software for business users.

Enterprise software may be submitted to the ERP category linked below.

Also, please note that developers primarily engaged in web development will only be listed under the Computers/Internet/Web_Design_and_Development/Designers category. Please submit applicable sites there.

This category will include only company sites that produce software technologies that provide a platform or foundation for Internet technologies.

Please note that submitting to the wrong category will significantly delay the listing and review of your site, and may even result in its deletion.

The web sites of companies whose primary business is not custom Internet software development will not be accepted here. General software developers should submit sites to Computers: Companies: Software Development

Web Application Developers are not accepted here.

Web Applications are web sites that perform the same function as software that you might otherwise run locally. They include client/server applications, and 3-tier database-backed applications like Content management Systems.

The companies that create web applications are called Web Application Developers. Submit these sites to one of the following categories:

The companies that serve web applications are called Application Service Providers (ASPs). Submit ASP sites to:

Companies that develop web services (SOAP, XML over HTTP) should submit sites to

Further, companies specializing in web site development are only accepted in subcategories under the following category:

To be listed here, a site must be significantly geared towards developing custom Internet applications, not web applications, including web services, or web sites.

Further, individual product pages are not accepted, only the root company web site is acceptable.

Mainframe computers are large monolithic systems, which usually require custom or specially written software applications. The companies in this category primarily engineer these applications.
Software development companies specializing in mainframe systems application development may list their sites in this category.
Custom software for industry and manufacturing
Developing software applications requires skills maintenance and training. The companies listed in this category provide skills training for personnel who program, develop, and/or test computer software applications.

Only companies whose primary business is in training software developers, testers, programmers, and other similar technical personnel may submit their sites here.

Network technicians training sites may be submitted here: Computers: Consultants: Network