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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / OCTOBER 13, 2003: VOL. 2 NO. 41
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Systems/Enterprise:
APPLICATION DEPLOYMENT PLATFORM
SOFTWARE MARKET RECOVERING
According to IDC, the application deployment platform (ADP) software market
decreased 7 percent worldwide in 2002 compared to 2001, but is showing signs
of recovery based on a review of the first half of 2003. IDC believes that the
ADP market, which comprises both application and integration server platform
software markets, will reach $3.9 billion in revenues in 2003, showing a 0.6
percent increase from 2002. In 2007, application deployment platform software
market revenue performance is expected to have fully rebounded and reach
nearly $5 billion.
"It is not surprising that the overall application deployment platform
software market declined last year," said Dennis Byron, vice president of
IDC's Integration and Deployment Software service. "It has become a reflection
of the overall software and information technology markets because of its size
and pivotal role at the point where applications meet infrastructure and where
solutions meet systems."
IDC believes the major market drivers for the remainder of 2003 through
2007
include:
- The continuing dominance of heterogonous compute environments
- The move towards fuller platforms by developers and their management due
to
the ongoing complexity of implementing multiple point-to-point middleware
products
- The need for industry-specific, role-based, and/or size-of-target-
organization business process automation (BPA) functionality in application
deployment platform software.
Byron added, "The key for suppliers in this market rests on their ability
to
convince skeptical customers that application and integration server software
platforms can provide acceptable levels of return on investment by cutting the
time required to complete integration projects and decreasing the ratio of
services to license dollars in the overall project costs."
IDC's recently released study, Worldwide Application Deployment Platform
Market Competitive Analysis, 2002: With First-Half 2003 Review (IDC #30006)
provides details of 2002 software-revenue results in the applications
deployment platform software market including market shares for vendors. 2002
growth rates are presented with high-level commentary, and a competitive
analysis of leading suppliers. An updated forecast of this market is also
included for the years 2003-2007. In addition, this study takes a look at the
first half of 2003 as it compares to 2002.
To purchase this document, call IDC's sales hotline at (508)988-7988 or
e-mail
sales@idc.com.
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