Puerto Rico has been a prime market for business software since the early start of the digital revolution. All major vendors of business software applications are established on the island, providing service to a growing portfolio of Puerto Rican-based subsidiaries and affiliates of important global enterprises.
The commercial software market comprises a wide range of products and services. At the top of the line are companies like Microsoft Corporation, whose best-selling products, Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software, each has achieved near-ubiquity in the desktop computer market. Adobe Systems, another major player in the commercial software systems market, offers such well-known products as the Adobe creative suite (Adobe Acrobat, GoLive, Illustrator, InDesign and Adobe Photoshop, among others), Adobe Production Studio, Macromedia Studio.
Xerox Corporation manufactures and sells office equipment including photo copiers, Xerox Phaser printers, and multifunction printers as well as production equipment including workflow software under the brand strategy of FreeFlow.
A substantial market exists in modern Puerto Rico for computer-related products and services. Computers programmers and systems analysts are always in demand. Colleges and universities are busy training newer generations of professionals in the ever-expanding digital field.