Application Server Software Platform

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