Gartner Says Worldwide Application Integration and Middleware Market Increased 7 Percent in 2005; Gartner Analysts to Examine the State of the Industry at Upcoming Gartner Application Integration and Web Services Summit, June 19-21 in San Diego.STAMFORD, Conn. -- Worldwide application integration and middleware (AIM) total software revenue totaled $8.5 billion in 2005, a 7.1 percent increase over 2004 revenue, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Gartner, Inc. "The application integration and middleware market is in a volatile phase because integration design patterns and technology are evolving rapidly," said Joanne Correia, research vice president at Gartner. "Software suppliers are making fundamental changes in their product architectures, embracing standards and verticalizing their offerings, new suppliers are entering the market, and weaker players have disappeared at a high rate. This complicates the task of application architects who must deal with shifting technology, supplier turnover and their own learning curves." In 2005, the top five vendors accounted for 69 percent of the total worldwide AIM market (see Table 1). IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) maintained a commanding lead in the market, with 37.2 percent market share in 2005. While IBM is the clear market share leader in message-oriented middleware Message-oriented middleware comprises a category of inter-application communication software that generally relies on asynchronous message-passing as opposed to a request/response metaphor. (MOM), integration suites, portal products and transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. middleware (TPM (1) See TP monitor. (2) (Transactions Per Minute) The number of transactions processed within one minute. See TPS. (3) (Trusted Platform M ), it faces fierce competition in enterprise service bus (ESB (Enterprise Services Bus) A message broker that supports Web services. See message broker, messaging middleware and Web services. ) and B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business software. BEA's continued strength in the application server segment helped solidify its spot as the No. 2 AIM software vendor worldwide. Oracle and Microsoft were the only top-tier vendors to post double-digit growth in 2005.
Table 1
Worldwide 2005 Vendor Revenue Estimates for AIM Software,
Based on Total Software Revenue (Millions of Dollars)
2005 Market 2004 Market 2004-2005
Company 2005 Share (%) 2004 Share (%) Growth (%)
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IBM 3,159.4 37.2 2,959.8 37.3 6.7
BEA Systems 1,232.5 14.5 1,163.3 14.7 6.0
Oracle 739.4 8.7 529.8 6.7 39.6
Microsoft 397.1 4.7 350.3 4.4 13.4
Tibco 314.4 3.7 289.9 3.7 8.5
Other Vendors 2,657.3 31.3 2,643.0 33.3 0.5
Total 8,500.2 100.0 7,936.1 100.0 7.1
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Source: Gartner Dataquest (May 2006)
Gartner Dataquest's Software research group has traditionally measured market share in terms of new license revenue. However, because of the emergence and increasing popularity of open-source software and buyer consumption models such as hosted and subscription offerings, Gartner has moved to measure market share in terms of total software revenue, which includes revenue generated from new license, updates, subscriptions and hosting, technical support and maintenance. Professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. and hardware revenue are not included in total software revenue. In 2005, the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. represented more than 41 percent of AIM spending, followed by Europe, the Middle East and Africa Europe, the Middle East and Africa, usually abbreviated to EMEA, is a regional designation used for government, marketing and business purposes. It is particularly common amongst North American based companies, who often divide their international operations into the (EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. ) with 35 percent of the market. Within EMEA, Western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). accounted for 31 percent of the market. However, emerging markets, such as Central and Eastern Europe The term "Central and Eastern Europe" came into wide spread use, replacing "Eastern bloc", to describe former Communist countries in Europe, after the collapse of the Iron Curtain in 1989/90. and the Middle East and Africa, are significantly outpacing Western Europe in terms of growth. Japan and Asia/Pacific represented more than 18 percent of the market in 2005. In 2006, the worldwide AIM market is expected to grow at similar rates as the outlook for the market remains challenging amid intense competition from the large software and systems vendors. "Organizations are faced with spinning forces, such as the constant influx of new systems, immovable legacy and internal politics that end up increasing the complexity of IT systems. While integration can simplify complexity to make the IT environment accessible to more users and usable in more contexts, budgets for "reducing complexity" have been difficult to obtain," said Ms. Correia. "Even when the budget holders have been convinced of the need for simplification, it still remains hard to obtain the right budget," Ms. Correia said. "We are seeing a paradoxical situation. Complexity of IT systems has risen, but historically this has not generated a spree of spending in application integration or new system software. However, we expect the software spending to continue to increase because corporations have started their movement of older systems to a service-oriented architecture based environment." Additional information is available in the Gartner report "Market Share: AIM and Portal Software, Worldwide, 2005." The report provides market share results for the AIM market in seven worldwide regions. The report is available on the Gartner Web site at www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?ref=g_search&id=492790. Gartner analysts will provide more detailed analysis on the future of the AIM industry at the upcoming Gartner Application Integration and Web Services Summit 2006 taking place June 19-21 at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina in San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. . The Gartner Application Integration and Web Services Summit is designed to help enterprises prepare for the challenges of the changing nature of software infrastructure and what it means for integration, Web services and architecture initiatives. This summit hits the critical spot between the strategic planning and tactical advice IT organizations need to benchmark strategies on Web services security, SOA (1) (Start Of Authority) The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records. (2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. , EDA (1) (Electronic Design Automation) Using the computer to design, lay out, verify and simulate the performance of electronic circuits on a chip or printed circuit board. , ESB, application process and data integration, standards and more. Additional information is available at www.gartner.com/us/aiwswc. Co-located with the Application Integration and Web Services Summit is the Gartner Enterprise Architecture Summit taking place June 21-23. 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