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Application Server Markets Expected To Reach $5.2B By 2009

Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Application Server Market Opportunities, Market Forecasts and Market Shares, 2004-2009" to their offering.

Application servers represent a way to implement high availability systems. High-availability software markets bring stringent requirements for maintaining the support and confidence of the overall technical computing market.

Application servers offer seamless private and public business process management. They allow companies to maximize e-business opportunities by leveraging existing resources to improve speed-to-market and anticipate IT changes as their business changes.

IBM and BEA dominate application server markets. BEA had been the market share leader by a wide margin but as J2EE architecture has been adopted, IBM achieved a commanding market leadership position as both companies provide significant advantage to users.

IBM market leadership position is secure, based on leveraging existing customer bases, providing robust functionality, and training the sales forces, these are the dominant forces in the segment. BEA has significant market advantage in its bench marking.

Application server markets at $1.5 billion in 2003 are expected to reach $5.2 billion by 2009. Market growth will parallel increased use of the Internet to achieve operating efficiency. Industry consolidation also drives market growth as systems are used to link applications from various divisions.

With 400 million Web sites already in existence and growing, the need for application servers is growing. For companies that have created successful sites, the traffic is expected to continue to grow creating demand for application servers.

Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs) provide the primary server-side enterprise Java component architecture. They enable developers to design and develop customizable, reusable business logic. EJBs provide scalable, portable, server-side components for interacting with any kind of client.