The Alterdata Software, one of the biggest companies of countable and management software in Brazil, has more than 15,000 active customers and about 120.000 systems in use in the country. Alterdata has been listed again in the research by the Best Place to Work (TI and Telecom), realised for the Computerworld and the Great Place to Work Institute. The company has plans to extend its bases to São Paulo, where they (sem o had, senão fica past perfect) increased in 42% its sales in 1° semester of 2008, and to Brazilian north-eastern, with the inauguration of the branch office in Teresina (Piauí).