The following is Gartners view of the Application Infrastructure and Middleware market broken down by the big boys:
|
Company |
2007 Revenue |
2007 Market Share (%) |
2006 Revenue |
2006 Share (%) |
2006-2007 Growth (%) |
| IBM |
4,090.3 |
28.9 |
3,554.5 |
28.3 |
15.1 |
| BEA Systems |
1,323.9 |
9.3 |
1,224.7 |
9.8 |
8.1 |
| Oracle |
1,202.7 |
8.5 |
1,004.9 |
8.0 |
19.7 |
| Sterling Commerce |
442.6 |
3.1 |
436.5 |
3.5 |
1.4 |
| Microsoft |
425.7 |
3.0 |
300.6 |
2.4 |
41.6 |
| Others |
6,677.3 |
47.2 |
6,021.9 |
48.0 |
10.9 |
|
Total |
14,162.5 |
100.0 |
12,543.2 |
100.0 |
12.9 |
Interesting points that I note:
- IBM leads its closest rival by a margin of 3 to 1.
- I’ve never heard of Sterling Commerce. Ever
- There’s still 47% of the market fragmented into small pieces (sub 2%).
Gartner also predicts strong continuing demand in the integration space:
…vendors are shifting their traditional application infrastructure and middleware products mix toward ESBs and BPMS in response to the strong demand for products that support service-oriented architecture (SOA) and process-centric applications. Thirdly, the globalization and internationalization of companies are driving B2B integration requirements and sophistication.
