Computer Associates International Inc. reported yesterday an unexpectedly strong 30 percent profit rise for its fiscal third quarter on continued strong sales of its corporate software.

Most corporate software is sold through big consulting firms, like I.B.M. or Accenture, but Google has yet to use a partner.

But Baan's business had declined drastically, in part because of past mismanagement and in part because of a general downturn last year in the market for new corporate software.

In 2009, Scentsy experienced a troublesome migration to new corporate software.

The browser is also important to Netscape's business of selling corporate software.

Until 2007, Aras sold their product as proprietary corporate software.

"Within a month, Ray was putting his thoughts on software-as-services on paper," noted Jeff Raikes, president of Microsoft's business division, which includes the Office products and corporate software.

Industry executives said this compared favorably with Microsoft's pricing for corporate software, which averages about $250 an employee a year.

All you're doing is the incumbent corporate software vendors continue to undermine our kids' education, Whirlio.

Custom Software for Corporations While PeopleSoft continues to fend off Oracle's takeover bid, a subplot is unfolding in the world of corporate software.