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Application Server Software Platform

Published by: Global Industry Analysts

Published: Jul. 1, 2009 - 379 Pages


Table of Contents


I.INTRODUCTION, METHODOLOGY & PRODUCT DEFINITIONS

Study Reliability and Reporting Limitations

Disclaimers

Data Interpretation & Reporting Level

Quantitative Techniques & Analytics

Product Definition and Scope of Study

II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1.INDUSTRY OVERVIEW

Application Server Software Platform - A Curtain Raiser

Global ASSP Market: Current and Future Analysis

The Journey from “Plain Vanilla” Application Servers to Application Platform

Select Application Server Software Platforms

Commoditization Jeopardize Profitability

Product Bundling - An Antidote to Commoditization

Role of Application Servers in E-Business

Web Application Servers: Meeting e-Business Requirements

Web-Based Applications

Programs and Data Integration

Workload Management

Security Management

2.APPLICATION SERVERS - A BACKDROP

Changing Market Dynamics

Evolution and Maturity of Java EE

SOA - A Prevailing Software Architecture

Growth of EDA

Consolidation of Data Centers

Elasticity and Virtualization

3.ENTERPRISE APPLICATION SERVERS (EAS)

EAS - A Review

Advantages of EAS

Growth Drivers for Enterprise Application Servers

4.TRENDS & ISSUES

Virtualization/Consolidation - A Solution to Server Sprawl

Extreme Transaction Processing (XTP) - An Evolving Technology

Both Boon & Bane to EASs

Emergence of New Class of Application Server

OSGi - Redefine Java Application Server

Standardization Grips UNIX Market

5.OPEN SOURCE SOLUTIONS - MOVING UP THE LADDER

Market Participants

Major Players Join Open Source Bandwagon

A Peek into Select Popular Open Source Application Servers

Open Source Software Market Gains Despite Economic Crisis

Linux - Making Way for Other Open-Source Software

6.COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

The Big Four Leads the Pack….

Table 1: Worldwide Application Server Software Platform (ASSP) Market (2006 & 2007): Market Share of Leading Players by Revenues - IBM, BEA Systems, Oracle, Microsoft and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)



Table 2: Worldwide Unix and Linux-Based ASSP Market (2008): Market Shares of Leading Players by Revenues - Oracle/BEA Systems, IBM, Hitachi and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)



Table 3: Worldwide Unix and Linux-Based ASSP Market (2006 & 2007): Market Shares of Leading Players by Revenues - BEA Systems, IBM, Oracle, Hitachi and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)



Table 4: Worldwide Windows-Based ASSP Market (2008): Market Shares of Leading Players by Revenues -Microsoft, Oracle/BEA Systems, IBM and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)



Table 5: Worldwide Windows-Based ASSP Market (2006 & 2007): Market Shares of Leading Players by Revenues - Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, BEA Systems and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)



Table 6: Worldwide Mainframe-Based ASSP Market (2006-2008): Market Shares of Leading Players by Revenues - IBM, NEC, Fujitsu, Micro Focus and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

An Insight into Select Application Server Software Platforms

Oracle Application Server

Oracle WebLogic Server

IBM WebSphere Application Server

Red Hat’s JBoss Application Server

Fujitsu’s Interstage Application Server

7.MIDDLEWARE AND SERVER MARKET

Middleware - An Overview

Table 7: Worldwide Middleware Market (2007 & 2008): Revenues by Segment including Application Server Software Platforms, Process Automation Middleware, Transaction Processing Monitors, Enterprise Service Bus and Connectivity Middleware, Event-Driven Middleware, and Integration and Process Automation Middleware (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Market Leaders

Table 8: Worldwide Middleware Market (2008): Market Shares of Leading Players by Revenues - IBM, Oracle/BEA Systems, Microsoft, TIBCO and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Servers - An Insight

Table 9: Worldwide Server Market (2005-2008): Percentage Breakdown of Revenues by Operating System - Windows Servers, Unix Servers, Linux Servers, and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)



Table 10: Worldwide Server Market (2008): Market Shares of Leading Vendors by Revenues - IBM, HP, Dell, Fujitsu and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)



Table 11: Worldwide Server Market (2008): Market Shares of Leading Players by Shipments - HP, Dell, IBM, Sun Microsystems, Fujitsu and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Windows-based Server

Table 12: Worldwide Windows Server Market (2008): Market Shares of Leading Players by Revenues - HP, Dell, IBM and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

UNIX-based Server

Table 13: Worldwide Unix Server Market (2008): Market Shares of Leading Vendors by Revenues - Sun Microsystems, IBM, HP and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Mainframe-based Server

Linux-based Server

Table 14: Worldwide Linux Server Market (2008): Market Shares of Leading Vendors by Revenues - HP, IBM, Dell, and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

8.APPLICATION SERVER - AN OVERVIEW

Application Server: A Middle-Tier in 3-Tier Architecture

Primary Features of Application Servers

Types of Application Servers

Java Application Server

A Framework of J2EE Platform

APIs & Java Application Servers

Enterprise Javabeans (EJB)

Servlets

JDBC

Table 15: Leading J2EE-based Application Servers Ranked by Penetration Rate (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Microsoft .NET Application Server

9.SELECT PRODUCT INNOVATIONS/ INTRODUCTIONS

Oracle Rolls Out Oracle® WebLogic Server 10g R3 Application Server

Oracle Releases Oracle® Communications Converged Application Server

BEA Partners with VMware on Java Virtualization for Enterprises

Sun Microsystems and Kaazing Introduce Web 2.0 platform

Tatara Launches ‘Tatara CDMA-1xRTT Convergence Server’

OpenCloud Releases Rhino 2.0

Axiom Software Unveils Axiom Stack Open Source Application Server

Oracle Introduces WebLogic Application Grid

IBM Introduces Latest Version of Application Server

Terracotta Unveils Terracotta Version 2.7

SpringSource Debuts Java Application Server

BEA Systems Rolls Out WebLogic Portal

Red Hat Makes Available JBoss EAP on Amazon EC2

IBM to Introduce WAS CE Version 2.1

BEA Systems Launches Latest Version of Application Server

Sun Microsystems and GlassFish Introduce ‘GlassFish V2’

Timbre Unveils ‘PAS-T4’ Profiler Application Server

QuikCycle Unveils New Application Server Products for Automated Testing

JBoss Unveils JBoss Application Server 4.2

Voice Objects Introduces Voice Objects 7.2

WS02 to Launch Application Server Version 2.0

BEA Systems Unveils WebLogic Server Virtual Edition

Toshiba Division Introduces New MicroMAS

Oracle Updates Oracle Application Server

Red Hat Releases JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.2

Sun Microsystems India Debuts Application Server for SMEs

BEA Systems Launches Web Logic Server 10

10.RECENT INDUSTRY ACTIVITY

Oracle Acquires Sun Microsystems

Oracle Acquires BEA Systems

Progress Software Acquires IONA Technologies

SpringSource Completes Acquisition of Covalent Technologies

Red Hat Acquires Amentra

IBM Completes AptSoft Corporation Acquisition

BroadSoft Acquires M6 Product Line of GENBAND

InfoCamere Deploys Red Hat’s Linux Software

GigaSpaces Collaborates with CohesiveFT

OpenCloud Announces Investment in Product Promotion

BEA Provides BEA WebLogic Server 10 on HP’s Blade Server

Microsoft and Novell Announce New Joint Virtualization Solution

Red Hat Collaborates with IBM

Stesud Selects Sun Solutions

Nortel Licenses Certicom Security Technology

Ericsson Partners with Sun

GoGrid Selects GigaSpaces XAP for Cloud Computing Service

Cisco and Microsoft Sign a Pact

Red Hat Completes Acquisition of MetaMatrix

Red Hat Opens New Offices in Mexico

IBM, Novell Join Forces

BEA Adopts Interface21’s Spring Framework

Completel Expands BEA WebLogic Infrastructure Capabilities

Swisscom Chooses Red Hat’s Solution Collection for SIMLUX Infrastructure

Red Hat Partners with Exadel

SNS Bank Adopts JBoss Application Server

GraphOn Joins Hands with Sedicom

Sun and Ericsson Sign Deal

Red Hat to Acquire Mobicents Technology

Red Hat Acquires JBoss

JBoss and Bull Announce Strategic Partnership

11.FOCUS ON SELECT PLAYERS

Adobe Systems Inc. (USA)

Borland Software Corp. (USA)

Fujitsu Ltd. (Japan)

Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)

International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) (USA)

Microsoft Corp. (USA)

Oracle Corp. (USA)

BEA Systems, Inc. (USA) - Acquired by Oracle in 2008

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (USA)- Acquired by Oracle in 2009

Red Hat, Inc. (USA)

SpringSource, Inc. (USA)

Sybase, Inc. (USA)

The Apache Software Foundation (USA)

TmaxSoft Co., Ltd. (South Korea)

12.GLOBAL MARKET PERSPECTIVE

Table 16: World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Application Server Software Platforms by Geographic Region - North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in US$ Million for Years 2006 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)



Table 17: World Historic Review for Application Server Software Platforms by Geographic Region - North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in US$ Million for Years 2000 through 2005 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)



Table 18: World 15-Year Perspective for Application Server Software Platform by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Dollar Sales for North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World Markets for Years 2003, 2009 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)



Table 19: World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Application Server Software Platforms by Operating Systems - Windows, Unix, Mainframe, Linux and Other Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in US$ Million for Years 2006 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)



Table 20: World Historic Review for Application Server Software Platforms by Operating Systems - Windows, Unix, Mainframe, Linux and Other Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in US$ Million for Years 2000 through 2005 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)



Table 21: World 15-Year Perspective for Application Server Software Platform by Operating Systems - Percentage Breakdown of Dollar Sales for Windows, Unix, Mainframe, Linux and Other Markets for Years 2003, 2009 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

III. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

Total Companies Profiled: 30 (including Divisions/Subsidiaries - 31)

Region/Country Players

The United States

Japan

Europe

Germany
The United Kingdom

Asia-Pacific (Excluding Japan)

Abstract

This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Application Server Software Platform in US$ Million by the following operating Systems - Windows-based ASSP, Unix-based ASSP, Mainframe-based ASSP, Linux-based ASSP, and Other OS-based ASSP. The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for the North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World. Annual forecasts are provided for each region for the period 2006 through 2015. A six-year historic analysis is also provided for these markets. The report profiles 30 companies including many key and niche players worldwide such as Adobe Systems Inc., Borland Software Corp., Fujitsu Ltd., Hitachi, Ltd., International Business Machines Corp., Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp., Red Hat, Inc., SpringSource, Inc., Sybase, Inc., The Apache Software Foundation, and TmaxSoft Co., Ltd. Market data and analytics are derived from primary and secondary research. Company profiles are mostly extracted from URL research and reported select online sources.

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