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The top companies: 151-200

'97 rev. rank	'96 rev. rank	Comp.	'97 rev. in mill.	96-97 ch.	92-97 CA GR	'97 profits in mill.	96-97 ch.	92-97 CA GR	Profit rank	Mkt. Cap in mill.	# of emp.	96-97 ch	92-97 CA GR	R&D % rev in 96	R&D % in 97	Chair	CEO	Pres.	What it does	Notes
151	114	Boca Research	70	-54%	10%	-14.9			136	51	240			2%	4%	Robert W. Ferguson	Anthony F. Zalenski	Anthony F. Zalenski	PC controller boards
152	170	AXENT	70	91%		-18.6			142	318	396	30%		22%	18%	Richard A. Lefebvre	John C. Becker	John C. Becker	Enterprise-wide information security
153	131	FTP Software	68	-33%		-56.6			160	104				64%	40%	Glen C. Hazard	Glen C. Hazard		Internet software solutions, remote access, Internet access software
154	184	Yahoo	67	238%		-22.9			145	3,810				26%	17%	Jerry Yang	Tim Koogle	Tim Koogle	Global Internet media company
155	123	Gandalf Systems	66	-43%	-11%	-46.3			156	0	615	-24%		10%	20%	John F. Gamba	Richard Busto	Richard Busto	Remote access and internetworking solutions	Subsidiary, Mitel---Canadian company
156	155	Digital Link	66	27%	31%	1.9	-60%	0%	104	101	281	27%	22%	19%	17%	Vinita Gupta	Alan Fraser	Alan Fraser	Data communications access products for public & private WANs
157	151	Interphase	66	16%	8%	-1			116	43	250					Stephen Polley	Stephen Polley	Stephen Polley	ATM and FDDI adapters
158	137	Interleaf	65	-27%	-8%	-29.6			148	59	342			18%	23%	Rory J. Cowan	Jaime Ellertson	Jaime Ellertson	Document management publishing, consulting
159	158	Emulex	65	26%	-9%	1.6			105	70	332	-5%	-11%	22%	15%	Fred B. Cox	Paul F. Folino	Paul F. Folino	Printer, comm., remote access servers, server-based routers, host adapters for WAN/fibre channel
160	132	Zoom Telephonics	64	-36%	9%	-7.1			126	67	320	7%	32%	3%	7%	Frank Manning	Frank Manning	Frank Manning	Fax modems, routers, digital cameras, dialers
161	154	Transaction Ntwk. Svcs.	63	21%	74%	7.4	28%		86	207	125	14%	38%	5%	5%		John J. McDonnell Jr.	John J. McDonnell Jr.	Data communications networks, transport services
162	128	NetManage	62	-41%		-33.8			151	154							Zvi Alon	Zvi Alon	TCP/IP protocol stacks, terminal-emulation software
163	182	Open Market	61	172%		-58			161	572	500	43%		73%	56%	Shikar Ghosh	Gary Eichhorn	Gary Eichhorn	Internet Commerce, Information Commerce and Information management
164	193	American Comm. Svcs.	59	556%		-76.5			163	691	800					Tony Pompliano	Jack Reich	Jack Reich	Competitve local exchange carrier
165	146	Centura Software	58	-8%	12%	-0.6			114	28	180	-33%	-13%	17%	17%	Scott Broomfield	Scott Broomfield	Scott Broomfield	Web and client/server application development tools, mobile/workgroup databases and connectivity	Formerly Gupta
166	164	Applied Voice Tech.	58	31%						216	285	63%		9%	7%		Richard J. LaPorte	Richard J. LaPorte	Call processing, messaging, computer/telephone integration
167	167	Verilink	57	37%		4.2	54%		92	138				18%	16%		Leigh S. Belden	Leigh S. Belden	Integrated access devices, T1/E1 multiplexers, DSUs/CSUs
168	173	Edify	57	73%	104%	4			93	308	350	40%		18%	18%		Jeffrey M. Crowe	Jeffrey M. Crowe	Self-service software products via the Internet, corporate intranets and the telephone
169	159	PC DOCS Int'l.	55	8%	35%	1.1	-82%		107	107	472	22%		16%	26%	Rubin I. Osten	Rubin I. Osten	Rubin I. Osten	Enterprise document/information management	Canadian company
170	149	Wandel & Goltermann Tech.	55	-8%		0.4			109	81	275	0%	7%		20%	Peter Wagner	Peter Wagner	Peter Wagner	Electronic test and measurement equipment	Division, Wandel & Golterman Group (Ger.)*
171	166	XcelleNet	54	26%		3.1	NM		98	169						Dennis M. Crumpler	Dennis M. Crumpler	Corey M. Smith	Remote access utility software
172	186	MindSpring Enterprises	53	190%		-4.1			121	487	502	56%				Charles Brewer	Charles Brewer	Michael McQuary	Internet access services-dialup and web hoisting
173	147	Netopia	52	-15%		-0.5			113	64	244	20%		14%	17%	Reese Jones	Alan Lefkof	Alan Lefkof	Internet connectivity, collaborative software, LAN products	Formerly Farallon Computing
174	188	Excite	50	239%		-30.2			149	781	200	208%					George Bell	George Bell	Web Search and retreval services
175		Graphnet	50			0			112	N/A	200				4%		Dr. Yaakov Elkon	Dr. Yaakov Elkon	Packet switching network
176	169	D-Link Systems	50	25%	38%					N/A	106	104%	29%	10%	10%	Ken Kao	Roger Kao	Roger Kao	Modems and multiplexers	Subsidiary, D-Link Corp. (Taiwan)*
177	178	ACT Networks	49	73%		1.5			106	111	250			18%	17%	Martin Shum	Martin Shum	Martin Shum	Voice over frame relay, wide-area network access products
178	187	Concentric Network	45	190%		-55.6			159	266	425	42%		16%	11%	Henry R. Nothhaft	Henry R. Nothhaft	Henry R. Nothhaft	Virtual private networks, dedicated access IP videoconferencing
179	168	Proxim	43	4%		0.1	-98%		111	155				12%	20%	David King	David King	David King	Spread spectrum radio networking products
180	156	ON	41	-21%		-7.1			127	19							Herman DeLatte	Herman DeLatte	Enterprise client management software
181	160	Apertus	37	-25%	10%	-14.5			135	19				27%	26%	Robert D. Gordon	Robert D. Gordon	Robert D. Gordon	Software for integrating diverse computer environments
182	172	Memotec Comm.	35	4%		8.7	-2%		84	N/A	202	-19%		16%	13%	Richard Drouin	Henry Epstein	Henry Epstein	Comm. networking prod., integrated solutions for WANs, data/voice comm.	Canadian company
183	181	Peregrine Systems	35	47%		5.8			90	N/A	180			33%	17%		Alan H. Hunt	Alan H. Hunt	Enterprise service desk software
184	153	Network Peripherals	35	-34%	37%	-22.4			144	92	152	-36%	25%	16%	28%	Glenn Penisten	Pauline Lo Alker	Pauline Lo Alker	Network adapters, ethernet and fast-ethernet switches
185		Infoseek	35							558	185					Steven T. Kirsch	Harry M. Motro	Beth Haggerty	Internet navigation
186	148	Artisoft	33	-45%	-15%	-2			119	43	270	-26%	-10%	12%	28%	Jerry E. Goldress	Jerry E. Goldress	T. Paul Thomas	Networking, remote communications, computer telephony
187	165	Netrix	33	-24%		-8.6			131	18				25%	25%		Lynn Chapman	Lynn Chapman	WAN switching
188	189	Real Networks	33	134%		-11.2			133	556						Rob Glaser	Rob Glaser	Bruce Jacobsen	Real-time media over the internet
189	180	Microlog	32	24%	10%	3.7	37%		95	22	300	12%	4%	12%	11%		Richard A. Thompson	Richard A. Thompson	Call center intergration, web integration
190	175	SEEQ Technology	31	0%	-3%	5	67%		91	93	70	0%	-18%	10%	10%	Alan Gregory	Phil Salsbury	Phil Salsbury	Data communications semiconductor products
191	183	Voicetek	29	32%	54%	-1.9			118	N/A	200	25%	38%	26%	26%	Sheldon Dinkes	Sheldon Dinkes	Sheldon Dinkes	Development and deployment platform for automated Call Center Services
192		PlainTree Systems	29							47	157					David Delaney	Bruce V. Walter	Bruce V. Walter	High performance LAN switching products	Canadian company
193	179	Equinox Systems	28	10%	6%	3.9	42%	9%	94	72	95	-1%	1%	10%	10%	William A. Dambrackas	William A. Dambrackas	William A. Dambrackas	Serial I/O products, Terminal Servers, Data Switching systems
194	192	Broadvision	27	145%		-7.4			129	333	225	52%		45%	26%	Pehong Chen	Pehong Chen	Pehong Chen	Online relationship management enterprise software
195	162	Proteon	27	-41%		-7.8			130	21				21%	22%	Howard C. Salwen	Daniel J. Capone	Daniel J. Capone	Remote access routers
196	191	First Virtual	26	100%						N/A	68	51%		31%	19%	Ralph Ungermann	Ralph Ungermann	Ralph Ungermann	Video Networking
197	177	Castelle	25	-17%	6%	-6.9			125	11	103	-16%	1%	8%	12%	Arthur H. Bruno	Roy V. Prasad	Roy V. Prasad	Print/fax servers/e-mail/gateways
198	185	Interlink Computer Sciences	25	27%		3.4			96	43	192			27%	31%		A. J. Berkeley	A. J. Berkeley	High performance network transport products/systems management applications
199	190	SBE	25	87%		3.3			97	20				38%	11%		William B. Heye Jr.	William B. Heye Jr.	Remote access and connectivity to small businesses and WAN connectivity for specialized high end systems
200	176	UNIFY	24	-20%		-0.9			115	17				19%	29%		Reza Mikailli	Reza Mikailli	High end client/server development environment for enterprise/Web development, RDBMS and 4GL for multi-database interfaces