Network Software Technographic Data | 825 Platforms, 603K+ Records | SparkDBi
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Network software technographic data identifies which companies run specific firewall, SSL, DDoS protection, or network security software, built from public web signature detection cross-referenced with verified company records. SparkDBi tracks 825 network software platforms across more than 602,000 verified company install records.
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SparkDBi's network software technographic data covers 825 tracked platforms, the second-largest category by platform count in SparkDBi's technographic database after Enterprise Applications, spanning firewalls, SSL and certificate management, DDoS protection, and wireless and unified communications software.
Because this category ranges from certificate-level SSL detection to enterprise firewall appliances, it works best filtered to a specific platform or vendor rather than requested as one undifferentiated list. A company detected running an SSL certificate and a company running an enterprise firewall appliance represent very different buying situations, even though both fall under network software.
Who Uses Network Software Technographic Data
Network security and firewall vendors target companies running a competing firewall platform like Comodo or Trustwave for displacement campaigns tied to a contract renewal cycle.
CDN and DDoS protection vendors target companies running F5 Silverline DDoS Protection for competitive comparison and RFP positioning as DDoS threats continue to grow in scale.
Wireless infrastructure vendors target companies running Aruba Networks for hardware refresh cycles tied to newer Wi-Fi standards.
Unified communications vendors target companies running Cisco Unified Communications for a UC platform modernization conversation as companies consolidate voice, video, and messaging tools.
Platforms and Company Counts
The network software category spans 825 platforms. The 25 highest-volume platforms by tracked company count:
| Platform | Verified Company Count |
|---|---|
| Comodo (All) | 114,352 |
| Confluence Networks | 84,994 |
| F5 (All) | 54,699 |
| F5 Silverline DDoS Protection | 54,187 |
| Aruba Networks (All) | 53,346 |
| Cisco (All) | 48,487 |
| Sucuri Software | 19,464 |
| Trustwave | 14,987 |
| Trustwave SSL certificates | 14,752 |
| EMC (ALL) | 12,931 |
| Sprint | 7,801 |
| Citrix GoToWebinar | 6,659 |
| Windstream | 5,294 |
| Websense | 5,186 |
| Citrix Web App Firewall | 4,334 |
| Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) | 4,159 |
| Websense Email Security Gateway | 3,711 |
| Juniper (ALL) | 3,649 |
| Cisco Email Security | 3,598 |
| CheckPoint | 3,435 |
| Reflexion Network | 3,014 |
| Lightspeed Systems | 2,683 |
| Palo Alto Networks | 2,673 |
| AT&T DNS | 2,304 |
| Cisco Unified Communications (UC) | 2,088 |
Shown above are the 25 highest-volume platforms. The remaining 800 platforms in this category are searchable on the main TechInstall Data Cards page or available filtered on request.
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How This Data Is Sourced and Verified
SparkDBi builds network software technology profiles from five signal types working together: active network and cloud infrastructure monitoring that identifies which firewall, SSL, and network security platforms a company's technical stack is actually running, workforce signals mined from job postings, resumes, and professional profiles that surface which network tools a company's IT and security team actually reference, public corporate disclosures including SEC filings and RFP or procurement documents that record formal vendor contracts, social and public-web signals, and cross-referencing against SparkDBi's own B2B executive contact database, which ties a detected platform back to a named, verified company rather than an anonymous domain.
The network software technographic dataset maintains 95%+ verified accuracy against known company records, refreshed on a bi-monthly cycle as companies adopt, migrate, or retire platforms.
Market Concentration in Network Software
This category shows meaningful concentration despite its large platform count. The top 5 platforms account for 60.0% of all tracked install volume, and the top 10 account for 78.3%, while the remaining 815-plus platforms in the long tail each represent a narrow, specific niche within network software.
For go-to-market planning, this means the top 10 platforms in this category represent the highest-volume targeting opportunities, while the long tail offers smaller but often less contested audiences for vendors willing to filter to a specific, less commonly targeted platform.
Industry Context
F5, tracked here through both F5 (All) and F5 Silverline DDoS Protection, was founded in 1996 and built its business around application delivery controllers and load balancers before expanding into security and DDoS protection. F5 acquired NGINX, the company behind the open-source web server and reverse proxy, in 2019 for approximately $670 million, a deal that bridged its traditional hardware-centric ADC business with modern open-source web infrastructure.
Aruba Networks, a wireless networking company, was acquired by HP in 2015 for approximately $3 billion and now operates as Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company. Cisco, also tracked in this category, has remained the largest networking equipment vendor globally by revenue for most of the past two decades, giving its footprint in this dataset outsized relevance across nearly every enterprise network.
Acquisition figures and company history in this section are drawn from public deal reporting, provided as market context alongside SparkDBi's own proprietary install-base counts above, not as SparkDBi-verified figures.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Network software technographic data identifies which companies run specific firewall, SSL, DDoS protection, or network security software, such as Comodo, F5, or Aruba Networks, so vendors can target accounts by their actual network security stack.
Comodo (All) carries the largest tracked footprint in this category at 114,352 company records, followed by Confluence Networks at 84,994 and F5 (All) at 54,699.
This category tracks 825 platforms, the second-largest by platform count in SparkDBi's technographic database after Enterprise Applications, spanning firewalls, SSL, DDoS protection, and wireless and unified communications software.
Yes. F5 Silverline DDoS Protection is tracked within this category alongside firewall platforms like Comodo and Cisco, and wireless infrastructure software from Aruba Networks.
SparkDBi combines five signal types: active network and cloud infrastructure monitoring, workforce signals from job postings and professional profiles, public corporate disclosures such as SEC filings and procurement records, public-web signals, and cross-referencing against SparkDBi's own B2B executive contact database to confirm the match belongs to a named, verified company.
Yes. SparkDBi can filter by any tracked platform in this category and deliver a company list with matching contact records, refined further by geography, employee count, or industry.
Yes. SparkDBi provides 50 sample company records filtered to your target platform before any commercial commitment.