Broadcom vs iQuate

Broadcom Corporation is an American fabless semiconductor company in the wireless and broadband communication business. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California. Broadcom was founded by a professor-student pair Henry Samueli and Henry T. Nicholas III from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1991. In 1995, the company moved from its Westwood, Los Angeles, office to Irvine, California. In 1998, Broadcom became a public company on the NASDAQ exchange and now employs approximately 11,750 people worldwide in more than 15 countries.

iQuate is a software company which has its headquarters in Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 2002, iQuate develops software to discover and report on what software is deployed on a device. This information is often used within Software Asset Management or License Management projects and practices, typically within very large organisations. iQuate has achieved a number of international "firsts" within its field, and has received a number of notable award nominations.