Fabasoft vs Rocket Software

Fabasoft AG is a software manufacturer headquartered in Linz, Upper Austria. The company was established in 1988 by Helmut Fallmann and Leopold Bauernfeind. The name Fabasoft is an acronym of Fallmann Bauernfeind Software. The fiscal year of Fabasoft AG commences on April 1. The number of employees at the respective reporting date, March 31, has increased during recent years, from 100 staff in 2003 to 185 and 203. Corporate revenue also increased from EUR 16.94 million in the 20032006 fiscal year.

Rocket Software is a privately held software development firm with business and technology partnerships with IBM, EMC, and others. The company has more than 1200 employees, and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. Rocket Software was founded in Boston in 1990 with a focus on IBM DB2 tools. Rocket's products are in the analytics, data, storage, applications and networks areas, and run on platforms including mainframe, Linuxvirtualized systems.