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IBM vs QAD

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IBM
Based on 3179 reviews.
QAD
Based on 2 reviews.
Overview
International Business Machines Corporation is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation, with headquarters in Armonk, New York. IBM manufactures and markets computer hardware, middleware and software, and offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. The company originated in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company through a merger of the Tabulating Machine Company, the International Time Recording Company, and the Computing Scale Company.
QAD is a software company that provides Enterprise Resource Planning software to manufacturing companies around the world. The company's product suite is called QAD Enterprise Applications. QAD Cloud ERP is the software as a service or cloud computing model of QAD's product suite. QAD sells its products and services to companies in six main manufacturing industries: automotive, consumer products, high technology, food and beverage, industrial equipment and life sciences. As of December 2013, QAD software is in use at 5,300 manufacturing sites in more than 95 countries.
Sample Customers
IBM Maximo
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., DTE Energy, Swedish Match, Projetech, Fingrid, East Coast
QAD Enterprise Asset Management
SOLAFT
QAD Process Intelligence
1. AP Moller Maersk 2. ABB 3. Accenture 4. Adidas 5. Aetna 6. Airbus 7. AIG 8. Allianz 9. Amazon 10. American Express 11. AmerisourceBergen 12. Amgen 13. AnheuserBusch InBev 14. Apple 15. AstraZeneca 16. ATT 17. Autoliv 18. Bayer 19. Bechtel 20. BHP Billiton 21. Boeing 22. BNP Paribas 23. Cisco Systems 24. Coca-Cola 25. Comcast 26. ConocoPhillips 27. Constellation Brands 28. Danone 29. Dell 30. Deutsche Bank 31. Dominion Energy 32. EON
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Top Industries
Educational Organization
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Financial Services Firm
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Computer Software Company
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Manufacturing Company
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Computer Software Company
18%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Educational Organization
9%
Financial Services Firm
7%
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