Workday, Inc.

Workday, Inc.

Workday, Inc. is a publicly traded enterprise software company founded in 2005 and headquartered in Pleasanton, California. The company trades on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbol WDAY. For its fiscal year ending January 31, 2026, Workday reported revenue of approximately $9.55 billion and has over 20,000 employees. The company was founded by David Duffield and Aneel Bhusri, who were previously with PeopleSoft.

Workday is an operating company that provides cloud-based software applications focused on financial management, human capital management (HCM), and planning. Its product suite helps organizations manage functions such as accounting, procurement, and expense tracking on the finance side. For human resources, its applications cover workforce management, payroll, time tracking, talent management, and employee experience. Workday serves a global customer base across various industries, including financial services, healthcare, education, and retail.

The company's patent litigation profile, based on the provided data, is that of an operating company defending its technology. Workday is listed as a defendant in one tracked case and has not appeared as a plaintiff. Its single case, Datacloud Technologies LLC v. Workday, Inc., was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

The plaintiff in Workday's tracked litigation, Datacloud Technologies LLC, is identified as a non-practicing entity (NPE) and a patent assertion entity. This context further supports Workday's position as an operating company being sued by an entity that primarily acquires and asserts patents rather than producing goods or services. Datacloud Technologies has filed numerous patent infringement lawsuits against other technology companies.