According to the report, IBM also leads in the application server software platform market** with 19.1 percent share in 2000, a gain of more than seven points over 1999. With a 258 percent growth rate in 2000, WebSphere outperformed the industry, which grew 118 percent last year.***
IBM WebSphere software is IBM's family of integration software that provides the fundamental IT infrastructure companies need to embrace and adopt virtually any e-business initiative. This market is a US$14 billion opportunity with an expected 11 percent compound growth rate (CGR) over the next three years.
"Just three years old, WebSphere has quickly grown to become the cornerstone of many organizations' e-business infrastructure," said Brett Ison, WebSphere business unit executive, Software Group, IBM Asia Pacific.
"The WebSphere portfolio continues to build momentum as the bedrock for customers to drive down costs, improve efficiencies and, most of all, provides the ability to be winners in today's uncertain times. Its market leadership position, as reported by IDC, is testament of our customers' confidence in IBM and WebSphere."
Proven offering for e-business technology deployment IBM has clinched the leadership position for WebSphere in these market segments:
- The IDC report showed that IBM enlarged its market share from 40.1 percent in 1999 to 41.2 percent last year in the US$493.88 million enterprise connectivity software market. IBM's product in this segment is WebSphere Host Integration Solution.
The WebSphere Host Integration Solution consolidates the process of acquiring industry-leading software by providing a single point of contact for supporting easier implementation and configuration, and a single vendor solution for both client and server software. - In the US$45.83 million message-oriented middleware market, WebSphere MQSeries continued to lead in year 2000. IBM grew by 7.9 percent to retain its top position with a commanding 87.3 percent market share.
IBM MQSeries messaging products enable application integration by helping business applications exchange information across more than 35 different computing platforms by sending and receiving data as messages.
- IBM grew 90.8 percent in the US$111.77 million business management systems middleware market, and has a 25.9 percent market share. IBM products in this segment are WebSphere Business Integrator, MQSeries Integrator and MQSeries Workflow.
These WebSphere software offerings enable companies and systems integrators to create, execute and manage processes that span diverse applications and enterprises and to manage those processes as well as the underlying IT components as a single, complete, flexible solution for customers, business partners, suppliers and employees.
WebSphere momentum in Asia Pacific
"WebSphere has experienced success in many industries, including financial services, telecommunications, industrial and public sectors," said Mr. Ison."MQSeries, Host Integration Solutions and MQSeries Integrator are leaders because they offer leading edge function with rock solid reliability combined with superior return on investment compared with the competition."
WebSphere customers in the Asia Pacific region include the Australian Stock Exchange; Bank of Communications, China; Baoshang Group Corporation, Korea; Beihai Yinhe Hi-tech Industry Stock Company, China; Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking, Japan; Citibank, Singapore; Hyundai Motors, Korea; HSBC, Hong Kong; Industrial and Commercial Bank of China; ING Group, Australia; LG Fire, Korea; Mazda Motor, Japan; RawMart.com, Hong Kong; Siam Commercial Bank, Thailand; Singapore Immigration and Registration; Shiseido, Japan; Pizza Hut, Australia; Sumitomo Bank, Japan; Telstra, Australia; and VicRoads, Australia.
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