ColdFusion Customer List

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This is a cross post from Steven's blog, but I thought it worthy of mention. Adobe has posted a list of some of the world's top companies that use ColdFusion:

World's Top Companies Use ColdFusion MX

Useful ammunition for people making the case for ColdFusion. (Quick brag moment - I was involved with two of those sites listed there!)

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Comment 1 by Kyle Hayes posted on 11/30/2006 at 12:59 AM

This has been up for a long time hasn't it?

Comment 2 by Kyle Hayes posted on 11/30/2006 at 1:00 AM

I think the statement alone "75 of the Fortune 100" companies use ColdFusion, proves itself.

Comment 3 by Raymond Camden posted on 11/30/2006 at 1:03 AM

Not sure. I saw it on Steven's blog today and wanted to help spread the word. :)

Comment 4 by Joe Zack posted on 11/30/2006 at 1:08 AM

What?!?!? They must have forgot to include MySpace! =P

Comment 5 by Joe Mastroianni posted on 11/30/2006 at 1:13 AM

Maybe it makes me a bad person, but I cringe every time I see "fuseaction=" or ".cfm" on MySpace.

Comment 6 by Steven Erat posted on 11/30/2006 at 1:25 AM

I just saw an internal bulletin highlighting this article, so I assumed it was new but I don't know for sure. I also searched MXNA for blog posts that might have mentioned it already, and found none.

Ben Forta maintains a similar list found here:
http://www.forta.com/cf/usi...

Comment 7 by Joshua Cyr posted on 11/30/2006 at 2:15 AM

Actually, at least some of the same info is in the CFMX 7 book. Not sure if the customer base is updated, but big names that I have worked on are not there such as Disney and CareerBuilder.

http://www.amazon.ca/Macrom...

Comment 8 by Steven Erat posted on 11/30/2006 at 3:00 AM

Just having this information on the Adobe website with the Adobe branding lends a great deal of credibility to ColdFusion for those skeptical decision makers. I would imagine that Adobe customers who were not former Macromedia customers may not be aware of the widespread server deployment or large developer base among these top companies, so, again, getting this information out there on adobe.com is a good thing, no matter how redundant.

The quick fact list is also very handy to have in the back pocket.

Comment 9 by Michael Long posted on 11/30/2006 at 5:24 AM

Yes, but to what extent? I've worked at several companies that published customer lists showing that IBM, GE, GM, and the like all "used" their products.

When in fact Joe over in the Denver plant ordered one to test, or Jane ordered a personal copy, but had it shipped to her work address.

Comment 10 by Dale Fraser posted on 11/30/2006 at 5:54 AM

I think MySpace use BlueDragon not Coldfusion

Comment 11 by Brian Rinaldi posted on 11/30/2006 at 7:17 AM

I am fairly sure this existed previously as it seemed awfully familiar...I am sure I saw this before, but it is certainly a valuable link. Perhaps it was recently updated.

Comment 12 by Brian Swartzfager posted on 11/30/2006 at 8:18 AM

One site that`s not on the list that`s worth mentioning is the <a href='http://www.voanews.com/engl... of America</a> site. I`m sure it gets a lot of traffic, and it certainly serves an international audience.

Comment 13 by Brian Swartzfager posted on 11/30/2006 at 8:21 AM

Oops, didn`t realize the comments translated URLs to links automatically: sorry about that.

Comment 14 by Raymond Camden posted on 11/30/2006 at 8:21 AM

Do you work on that site Brian? I did back in the days when it was a Spectra site. :)

Comment 15 by O?uz Demirkap? posted on 11/30/2006 at 8:29 AM

Surprise that Logitech is not listed.

http://www.logitech.com/ind...

Comment 16 by Mark Drew posted on 11/30/2006 at 1:13 PM

Gah... So.. American! Over the last two years I have worked with some massive clients here in the UK, some even use spry!. See: http://www.jaeger.co.uk and http://www.hackett.com for some eCommerce sites with Spry, http://www.butlins.co.uk (massive site), http://www.bwspeakers.com (dont work on that one anymore, but its still running Spectra!) as well as http://www.selfridges.com (didnt develop that one... but look after the engine).

Comment 17 by Andy Allan posted on 11/30/2006 at 2:11 PM

They really need to update that list as it is out of the date. The one obvious site that needs changed is eBags, as that now runs on BlueDragon.

So yeah, great that the list is there. Would be better if it was accurate.

Comment 18 by Joe Mastroianni posted on 11/30/2006 at 6:50 PM

I guess it could be argued that BlueDragon sites are still using "Coldfusion-like" technologies.

Comment 19 by Andy Allan posted on 11/30/2006 at 7:18 PM

True, but I doubt Adobe want to be promoting a competitor when they are talking about who is using CFMX.

Comment 20 by Ali posted on 11/30/2006 at 10:06 PM

They should add the City of LA on there.
They use CF extensively, granted it's on a lot of intranet apps.

Also Raytheon, uses it.

Those are pretty big mentions.

Then I will also be able to say that I have worked on at least 2 sites on the list ;)

Comment 21 by Tom posted on 11/30/2006 at 11:25 PM

Hate to pee in the nice white coldfusion snow of Adobe, however, why do all the links for the case studies end in a JSP page? Maybe they've forgotten to use their Coldfusion? I am just being facetious, even though I really find it amusing that Adobe would do that and diss their premier application server like that. Oh yeah, I worked on a few intranets coding coldfusion too with the Air Force. And yes, there are a boatload of servers on the classified networks too. Can't say more than that or they would have to cut my head off and put it in a safe! (Just kidding).
Tom

Comment 22 by Ken Dunnington posted on 12/1/2006 at 1:56 AM

I know I've seen that list before the merger, but it's a good reminder, and I've sent it (and Ben's list) to my sales drones. Some of those case studies are veeeeery out of date :) (Go Aspen!)

Comment 23 by Andy Allan posted on 12/1/2006 at 1:58 AM

I've asked Tim Buntel to see about getting this list brought up to date.

Comment 24 by Will posted on 12/1/2006 at 6:23 AM

Thank you for posting this Ray! Very worthwhile and informative!

Will

Comment 25 by Guy posted on 12/4/2006 at 5:32 PM

UK Houses of Parliament?

http://www.parliament.uk