Application Server Software Platform

Application Server Software Platform published by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. in July, 2009. This report consists of Pages: 379 and the price starts from US $ 3950.

Introduction

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.

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

• 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/

• Oracle Rolls Out Oracle(r) WebLogic Server 10g R3 Application Server
• Oracle Releases Oracle(r) 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

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