NC World Magazine Vendor Profiles Profiles of various computer software companies, from NC World Magazine. Profiles vary in length from a few words to a few paragraphs, and usually give some product information. This book is very entertaining, and contains a lot of humor. It is also a very interesting read about the origins of many of the silicon valley companies, and if you are interested in how some of these guys got it all started, but don't want to read something boring, then this is a very good choice. This book gives detailed profiles of the top 250 computer companies in the United States.
Data provided include detailed descriptions, histories and some financial data.
Published in 1997. This book also comes from Hoover's, and provides information about investing in Internet stocks. The book also offers in depth profiles of 101 publicly traded Internet companies. Details include forecast sales, forecast shipments, market share, installed base, and industry trends. You can search 1,000s of data entries abstracted from leading industry journals.