Classification according to the purpose of software development.
When the company develops software, the purpose of App is nothing more than two categories. One is to meet their own business needs, and the other is to provide customers with solutions. This is also what we usually call an outsourcing company.
Many well-known large companies mainly develop software to meet their business needs, such as Microsoft developing Windows operating system, Tencent developing QQ and WeChat.
Of course, there are many outsourcing companies, large and small, which need to develop software for many businesses to expand their business areas, but there is no full-time IT department to outsource software development services. Even some large outsourcing companies can refine the general repetitive business into solutions and gradually change from outsourcing companies to product-oriented companies.
Classification by business type
There is also a classification that everyone is more concerned about, which business types of companies will become software development companies.
First of all, commercial companies whose products such as games and online videos are entirely based on software will of course be software development companies.
In addition, companies such as banks, aerospace and other high-tech, machinery manufacturing and other companies that need computer help to carry out large-scale calculations will also have technical departments to develop professional software.
With the increasing influence of Internet technology, companies from all walks of life began to develop their own professional software to reduce labor costs and improve efficiency. For example, in the past, only professional accountants could file tax returns, and there were also professional software such as TurboTax and SpringTax to help ordinary people complete tax returns.
Perhaps one day, the answer to this question can be simply summarized in one sentence. Any type of company is an app software development company.