The Society for Technical Communication is a non-profit professional organization for technical communicators. We have over 20,000 members worldwide. Our members are technical wirters, editors, graphic artists, and trainers, and we have over 3000 members in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The Networking Guide provides information about companies that use technical communicators.
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3Com Corporation, Santa Clara
3DO Co., Redwood City
Abekas Video Systems, Inc., Redwood City
Abiotic Systems, Palo Alto
AC Transit, Oakland
Accolade, San Jose
Acer America Corporation, San Jose
ACI US Inc., Cupertino
Acropolis Systems, Milpitas
ACSYS (was Netronix), Petaluma
Actel Corporation, Silicon Valley?
Acuson, Mountain View
ADAC Laboratories, Milpitas
Adaptec, Inc., Milpitas
Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Menlo Park
Adept Technology, Inc., San Jose
Adobe Systems, Inc., Mountain View
ADP, San Ramon
Advanced Computer Communications (ACC), Cupertino
Advanced Micro Devices, Sunnyvale
Advanced Software Automation, Santa Clara
Affymetrix, Santa Clara
Aim Technology, Santa Clara
Aion Corp, Palo Alto
Airco Coding Technology-Division of Temescal, Fairfield
Aircraft Technical Publishers, Brisbane
Alantec, Inc., San Jose
Allied Telesis Corporation, Mountain View
ALPS Electric (USA), Inc., San Jose
Altera, San Jose
Altos Computer Systems, San Jose
Alza, Palo Alto
Amdahl Corp., Sunnyvale
American Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco
American Institute for Research, Palo Alto
American President Companies,Ltd., Oakland
American Telecorp, Redwood Shores
Ampex Corp., Redwood City
Amtel Corp., San Jose
Analog Devices, Santa Clara
Andor America, Cupertino
Answer Computer, Inc., Santa Clara
Antares Microsystems, Los Gatos
Appian Technology, Sunnyvale
Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino
Apple Computer, Inc., Information Services and Technology, Cupertino
Applied Biosystems, Perkin-Elmer Division, Foster City
Applied Imaging Corp., Santa Clara
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara
Applied Signal Technology, Inc., Sunnyvale
Applied Technical Solutions, Inc., San Jose
Approach Software Corp., Redwood City
APT Appoint, Inc., Dublin
Aptix Corporation, San Jose
Aptronix, San Jose
Areal Technology, San Jose
Arix Corporation, Sunnyvale
Arrowgraphics, San Francisco
Asante Technologies, San Jose
Ascent Logic Corporation, San Jose
Ashlar, Sunnyvale
ASK Computer Systems, Mountain View
Aspect Telecommunications Corporation, San Jose
AT&T, Sunnyvale
Atari Games Corporation, Milpitas
ATM Systems, Foster City
Aurum Software, Santa Clara
Auspex Systems, Santa Clara
Austek Microsystems, Fremont
Autodesk, Inc., Emerging Businesses Group, Sausalito
Autodesk, Inc., Product Development Group, Sausalito
Automation Systems, Sunnyvale
Avistar Systems, Palo Alto
Axiom Information Consulting, San Francisco
Aydin Corporation (West), San Jose
Bank of America - System Engineering, San Francisco
Bank of the Orient, San Francisco
Barclays Law Publishers, South San Francisco
Basys Automated Systems, Sunnyvale
Bechtel Group Inc, San Francisco
Beckman Instruments, Spinco Division, Palo Alto
Becton Dickinson Immunocytometry Systems (BDIS), San Jose
Bell Atlantic Health Care Systems, Inc., Greenbrae
Benjamin/Cummings Publishing, subsidiary of Addison-Wesley, Redwood City
Berkeley Decision Systems, Santa Cruz
Bio-Engineering Research Lab, Berkeley
Bio-Rad Labs, Hercules, CA
BioGenex, San Ramon
Biomation, Cupertino
Biovation, Hercules
BIT (Business Information Technology), Concord
Blueberry Software, Sebastopol
BMS Computer Inc., Walnut Creek
Boole & Babbage, Inc., San Jose
Borland International, Scotts Valley
Brio Technology, Inc., Mountain View
Brobeck Corp., Richmond
Broderbund Software, Novato
Brown & Caldwell, Walnut Creek
C-Cube Microsystems, Milpitas
Cadence Design Systems, San Jose
Caere Corporation, Los Gatos
CAI, Pacheco
California Automobile Association (CSAA), San Francisco
Campall Engineering, Concord
CapCom USA, Inc., Sunnyvale
Casablanca Works, Greenbrae
Castle Rock Computing, Cupertino
CellNet Data Systems, San Carlos
Cellular One, Sacramento
Center for Software Development, San Jose
Centigram Communications Corp., San Jose
CH2M Hill, Inc., Oakland
Charles Schwab & Co., San Francisco
Chevron Corp., San Francisco
Chevron Information Technology, San Ramon
Chips and Technologies, San Jose
Cirrus Logic, Inc., Fremont
Cisco Systems, Menlo Park
Cisco Systems, Inc., San Jose
Claris Corporation, Santa Clara
Clayton Environmental Consultants, Pleasanton
Coherent Medical Lasers, Palo Alto
Comdisco Systems, a business unit of Cadence Design, Foster City
Compression Labs, Inc. (CLI), San Jose
Computer Curriculum Corp., Palo Alto
Computer Language Magazine, San Francisco
Computer Science Corp., San Mateo
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), Walnut Creek
Computerland Corporation, Pleasanton
Connective Strategies, Inc, Mountain View
Conner Peripherals, San Jose
Consilium, Mountain View
Consulting Associates, San Francisco
Cooperative Solutions, San Jose
Cornerstone Imaging, San Jose
Council on Education in Management, Walnut Creek
Creative Labs, Inc., Milpitas
Credence Systmes, Fremont
Cross Access Corporation, Santa Clara
Crum & Forster Corporation, San Francisco
Crystal Graphics, Santa Clara
CTB McGraw-Hill, Monterey
Cyberware, Monterey
Cylink, Sunnyvale
Daewoo Telecom, Ltd., Santa Clara
Data 3 Systems, Santa Rosa
Data Broadcasting, San Mateo
Datalex Inc., San Francisco
Dataquest, San Jose
DCS, Assess Products Divison, Petaluma
Decision Data Quantel, Hayward
Decists Corporation, Sebastepol
Delrina Corp., San Jose
Delta Dental Plan Of California, San Francisco
Delta Microsystems, Inc., Livermore
Deltanet, Inc, San Francisco
Desktop Strategies, Los Altos
DHL Couriers, San Mateo
Dialog Information Services, Inc., Palo Alto
Diamond Computer Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale
Digidesign, Inc., Menlo Park
Digital Link,
Distinct Corporation, Saratoga
Dolby Laboratories, San Francisco
Dolch Computer Systems, Milpitas
Domestic Automation, San Carlos
Dow Jones Telerate Systems, Palo Alto
DSC Communications Corporation, Petaluma
Dublin Group, San Francisco
DunsNet, San Jose
E-MU (or Sigma-Mu?), Scotts Valley
EA Systems, Alameda
Echelon Corp., Palo Alto
Elantec, Inc., Milpitas
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Palo Alto
Electronic Arts, San Mateo
Electronic Marketplace Systems, Inc., San Mateo
Electronics for Imaging (EFI), San Mateo
EnerAnalytics, San Ramon
Enterprise Technology, Inc., Sunnyvale
Entropic Speech, Inc., Cupertino
Epic Design Technology, Cupertino
Epson Technology Center,
ESL, Inc., Sunnyvale
Exar Corp., San Jose
Expervision, San Jose
Failure Analysis Associates, Menlo Park
Farallon Computing, Alameda
Faultline Software Group, Sunnyvale
Finigan MAJ(or T?), San Jose
Firemans Fund Creative Services, Novato
First Pacific Networks, San Jose
FMC Ground Systems Division, Santa Clara
Force Computers, Inc., Campbell
Fortune Systems, San Jose
Foxboro ICJ (or T?), San Jose
Fractal Design Corporation, Aptos
Frame Technology Corporation, San Jose
Fujitsu America, San Jose
Fujitsu Microelectronics, Inc., San Jose
Fujitsu Open Systems Solutions, Inc. (FOSSI), San Jose
Fujitsu Personal Systems, Inc. (FPSI), Santa Clara
Fujitsu Systems Business of America, Inc., Santa Clara
FXD/Telerate Inc., Mountain View
Gateway Group, Incorporated, Lafeyette
GEC Plessey Semiconductors, Scotts Valley
Genelabs, Redwood City
Genencor International, Inc., South San Francisco
Genentech, South San Francisco
General Business Records Corp., Berkeley
GeoWorks, Berkeley
Geraro & Associates, Berkeley
Geron Corp., Menlo Park
Glare/Guard® Division; Optical Coating Laboratory (OCLI), Santa Rosa
Global Village Communications, Menlo Park
Grid Systems Corp., Fremont
Gupta Technologies, Menlo Park
Guy F. Atkinson Co., South San Francisco
HaL Computer Systems, Ltd., Campbell
Harding Lawson Assoc., Novato
Harper Group, San Francisco
Harris & Associates, Concord
Harris Corp., Farinon Div., San Carlos
Harris Digital Telephone Systems, Novato
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto
Hewlett-Packard Company, Microwave Instrument Division,
Hi Tech Communications, San Francisco
Highland Digital Software, Palo Alto
Hitachi America, Ltd., Brisbane
Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc., Santa Clara
Hitachi Data Systems, Santa Clara
Hitachi Instruments, Inc., San Jose
Hitachi Micro Systems, Inc., San Jose
Hoefer Scientific Instruments, San Francisco
HSQ Technology, Inc., South San Francisco
IBM Corporation, Mountain View
IBM Santa Teresa Lab, San Jose
ICF Kaiser Engineers Inc., Oakland
IDD, Concord
IDG Books, San Mateo
Ikonic Interactive, San Francisco
IKOS Systems, Cupertino
Imatron, South San Francisco
IMCO Realty Services Inc., Santa Rosa
Independence Technologies, Fremont
Individual Software, Inc., Pleasanton
Indus Group, Inc, San Francisco
Infinity Financial Technology, Inc., Mountain View
InfoChip Systems (out of business?), Santa Clara
Informix Software, Menlo Park
Infosoft, Cupertino
Infotec Training Institute, Santa Clara
InfoWorld, San Mateo
Ingres (Division of ASK Computer), Alameda
Insight Development, San Ramon
Insignia Solutions, Mountain View
Insurnet, Inc., Walnut Creek
Integral Systems, Walnut Creek
Integrated Device Technology, Inc., San Jose
Integrated Systems, Santa Clara
Intel Corp., Santa Clara
IntelliGenetics, Inc., Mountain View
Intelmatec Corp., Fremont
Interactive Development Environments (IDE), San Francisco
Interactive Network, Sunnyvale
Interlink Computer Sciences, Inc., Fremont
International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley
International Network Services,
Intuit, Menlo Park
Island Graphics Corp, San Rafael
JDR Microdevices, San Jose
Jupiter Systems, Alameda
Kaiser Permanente, Walnut Creek
KLA Instruments Corporation, San Jose
KnowledgeSet Corp., Mountain View
KnowledgeWare, Redwood Shores
Kubota Graphics Corp., Santa Clara
LAM Research Co., Fremont
Landis & Gyr Energy Management, San Jose
Lanwan, Santa Clara
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories, Berkeley
Lawrence Livermore Laboratories, Livermore
Levi-Strauss & Co., San Francisco
Linear Technology Corporation, Milpitas
Liposome Technology, Inc., Menlo Park
LiveWorks Inc. (Xerox), Palo Alto
Lockheed Missiles and Space Co., Palo Alto
Logitech, Fremont
Longs Drug Stores, Walnut Creek
LORAL Fairchild Imaging Sensors, Milpitas
LORAL Rolm Computer Systems, San Jose
LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas
Lucas Nova Sensor, Fremont
Lucid Inc, Menlo Park
Lucky Stores, Inc., Dublin
MacroMedia, San Francisco
MacWorld, San Francisco
MAINSoft Corp., Sunnyvale
Manual 3 International, San Jose
Market Intelligence Research Company (MIRC), Mountain View
MasPar Computer Corporation, Sunnyvale
Matthew Bender and Co., Inc., Oakland
Maxoptix, San Jose
Mayfield Publishing, Mountain View
MCI Telecommunications, Hayward
MDL Information Systems, Inc., San Leandro
MedaSonics, Fremont
MediaTel,
Medicus Systems Corp., Alameda
Megatest Corporation, San Jose
Merisel FAB, Pleasanton
Metaphor Computer Systems, Mountain View
Metaware, Santa Clare
Metcalf & Eddy, Inc., Redwood City
Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Oakland
Micro Focus, Palo Alto
Micronics Computers, Inc., Fremont
Microtec Research, Santa Clara
Miller Freeman, Inc., San Francisco
MindWorks Corp., Sunnyvale
Mitsubishi Electronics America, Inc., Sunnyvale
Molecular Design Ltd., San Leandro
Monitor Software, Los Altos
Morrison Knudsen Corp., Pittsburg
Morrison Knudson Engineers, San Francisco
Mountain Network Solutions, Scotts Valley
mt. xinu, Berkeley
Mylex Corporation, Fremont
National Semiconductor Corp., Sunnyvale
Navigation Technologies, Sunnyvale
NCR Sharebase, San Jose
nCUBE, Foster City
NEC Electronics, Inc., Mountain View
Nellcor, Pleasanton
Nestle Beverage Company, San Francisco
NET Express Inc, Foster City
NetLabs, Los Altos
Netronix, Petaluma
Network Equipment Technology (NET), Redwood City
Network General Corp., Menlo Park
Nexgen Systems, San Jose
NeXT Computer, Redwood City
Nikon Precision, Inc, Belmont
North American Mortgage Company, Santa Rosa
Novell, Sunnyvale
O'Brien-Kreitzberg & Assoc. Inc., San Francisco
O'Reilly, Sebastopol
Octel Communications Corporation, Milpitas
OKI Semiconductor, Sunnyvale
Okidata, San Jose
Opcode Systems, Menlo Park
Operations Control Systems (OCS), Palo Alto
OPTi Inc., Santa Clara
Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores
Orbit Semiconductor, Inc., Sunnyvale
Osborne-McGraw Hill, Berkeley
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), San Francisco
ParaGraph International, Sunnyvale
Paxall Parsons Machinery, Hayward
PC World Communications, San Francisco
PeopleSoft, Walnut Creek
Perkin Elmer, Applied Biosystems Div., Foster City
Peterbilt Motors, Newark
Philips Semiconductors, Sunnyvale
Phoenix Leasing, San Rafael
Physics International, San Leandro
Pixar, Richmond
Portfolio Technologies, Inc., Newark
Positive Communications, Inc., Pleasanton
PRC, Inc. , Walnut Creek
Precedence, Inc., Santa Clara
Premenos Corp., Concord
Prism Solutions, Inc., Sunnyvale
ProCASE Corporation, Santa Clara
Protocol Engines (PEI), Mountain View
Public Management Institute, San Francisco
Publishing Power, Palo Alto
Pure Software, Sunnyvale
Pyramid Technology, San Jose
Quality Semiconductor, Inc., Santa Clara
Quantic Industries, Inc., San Carlos
Quantum, Milpitas
Queen Of The Valley Hospital, Napa
Quickturn Design Systems, Mountain View
Radar Devices, Inc., San Leandro
Radius, Inc., San Jose
Rambus, Inc., Mountain View
Raster Ops Corporation, Santa Clara
Rational Software Corporation, Santa Clara
RayChem, Menlo Park
Read-Rite, Milpitas
Recognition International, Inc., Software Division, Sunnyvale
Red Brick Systems, Los Gatos
ReMACS, Pleasanton
Remedy Corporation, Mountain View
Renaissance Software, Los Altos
Resumix, Santa Clara
Robert Cloud Associates, Berkeley
Rockwell International Science Center, Palo Alto Lab, Palo Alto
Ross Systems, Inc., Redwood City
Safeway, Oakland
Samsung Semiconductor, San Jose
San Francisco Systems, San Francisco
Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore
SAP America, Inc., Foster City
SBE, Inc., Concord
SBE, Inc., San Ramon
SBT Corporation, Sausalito
Schlumberger Technologies, San Jose
Scientific Applications International Corporation, Pleasanton
Scopus Technology, Emeryville
Seagate Technology, Scotts Valley
Servio Logic Corporation/N-Dex Labs, Alameda
Shaklee Corporation, San Francisco
Sharebase Corporation, Los Gatos
Shared Medical Systems (SMS), Oakland
Sherpa Corp., San Jose
Siemens Oncology Care Systems, Concord
Siliconix, Santa Clara
SILMA INCorporated, Cupertino
Simpson Strong-Tie, San Leandro
Sitka, Alameda
SoftPlus, Cupertino
Software Publishing Corp., Santa Clara
Software Toolworks, Novato
Software Transformation, Cupertino
Sola Optical USA, Inc., Petaluma
Sony Computer Entertainment, San Jose
Sophia Systems and Technology, Palo Alto
SRI International, Menlo Park
Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC), Stanford
Stanford University Hospital, Stanford
Stanford University - Research Library, Mountain View
Stenograph , Alameda
Sterling Software, Palo Alto
Sterling Software, Foster City
Storage Dimensions, Milpitas
Straight Line Editorial Development Inc., San Francisco
StrataCom, Campbell
Stratus Computer, San Jose
Sun Microsystems, Mountain View
Sunguard (formerly Applied Financial Systems), San Mateo
Sunset Magazine, Menlo Park
Supercomputer Systems, Livermore
Supermac Technology, Sunnyvale
Surf Software, Santa Cruz
Sybase, Emeryville
Sybex, Alameda
Symantec, Novato
Symantec, Cupertino
Synergistech Communications, San Mateo
Synergy Semiconductor, Santa Clara
Synopsis Inc., Mountain View
SynOptics Communications, Santa Clara
Systemix, Inc., Palo Alto
Systron-Donner Corp., Concord
Syva Corp. , Palo Alto
Taligent, Inc., Cupertino
Tandem Computers, Cupertino
Taos Mountain Software, Mountain View
Taylor Made Office Systems, Inc., Walnut Creek
TDS Healthcare Systems Corp., San Jose
Technology for Communications International, Fremont
Teknekron Communications Systems, Inc, Berkeley
Telco Systems, Inc., Fremont
Telebit Corporation, Sunnyvale
Temescal (Airco Coding Technology), Fairfield
Tencor Instrument Corp., Mountain View
Teradyne, Walnut Creek
TGV Inc., Santa Cruz
The Doctor's Company, Napa
Thomas Co., Concord
Thought Communications, Inc., San Jose
Tiburon Systems, Inc., San Jose
Toshiba America MRI, South San Francisco
Travlos Associates, Burlingame
Triad Systems Corp., Livermore
Triangle Group, Aptos
Trident Microsystems, Mountain View
Trimble, Sunnyvale
Triton Biosciences, Alameda
TrueTime, Inc., Santa Rosa
TRW Business Intelligence Systems, Sunnyvale
TRW Financial Systems, Oakland
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Menlo Park
U.S. Leasing Corporation, San Francisco
U.S. WindPower, Livermore
UB Networks, Inc., Santa Clara
Ultra Network Technologies, San Jose
Ultradata, Pleasanton
Ultratech Stepper, San Jose
UNISOFT Corporation, San Bruno
Unison Software, Sunnyvale
Unisys Client-Servver Systems, San Jose
Univ. of California - Berkeley, Berkeley
Univel, Inc., San Jose
URS Consultants, Inc., San Francisco
Vanstar Corp. (new name for Computerland), Pleasanton
Varian Aerograph Group, Walnut Creek
Varian Associates, Palo Alto
Veritas Software, Santa Clara
Verity, Mountain View
Vertex (Toshiba), San Jose
Videonics, Inc., Campbell
Virtual Micro Systems, San Mateo
VISA, San Mateo
Visigenic Software, Inc., Santa Rosa
Visix Software, San Francisco
VLSI Technology, Inc., San Jose
Voysys Corp., Fremont
VWR Scientific, Brisbane
Walker Interactive, San Francisco
Watkins-Johnson, Scotts Valley
West American Bank, San Rafael
William Nesbit & Associates, Santa Rosa
Winbond Electronics North America Corp., San Jose
Wind River Systems, Alameda
WordStar, Novato
Working Data Solutions, ?
Worldwide Information Network (WIN), Palo Alto
Xerox Business Services, Sunnyvale
Xerox IMPACT, Palo Alto
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose
XSoft (Xerox), Palo Alto
Z-Code Software, Novato
Zadian Technologies, San Jose
Zeta Graphics, Martinez
Ziff-Davis, Foster City
Ziff-Davis Press, Emeryville
Zilog Inc., Campbell
Last updated October 17, 1996