The Top 10 Software Vendors: Positioning, performance and SWOT analyses

Table of Contents

• Market development
• Microsoft
• IBM
• Oracle
• SAP
• SunGard Data Systems
• Symantec
• CA
• EMC
• Amdocs
• Intuit

• What is this report about?
• Methodology

• Summary
• Overview
• Market size and growth

• Key trends in software market
• Shift towards virtualization
• Growing internet and data security market
• Consolidation
• Shifting business models

• Summary
• Company information
• History
• Recent financial performance
• Acquisitions and divestments
• Market positioning
• Growth strategies
• Focus on new product development
• Penetration into emerging markets

• SWOT analysis
• Strengths
  • Strong revenue growth
  • Broad offering
  • Strong R&D capabilities
• Weaknesses
  • Decrease in brand value
  • Overdependence on the US
• Opportunities
  • Emerging business units
  • Expansion into new markets
  • Software plus services
• Threats
  • Software piracy
  • Open source software
  • Intense competition

• Summary
• Company information
• History
• Recent financial performance
• Acquisitions and divestments
• Market positioning
• Growth strategies
• SWOT analysis
• Strengths
  • Leading position in middleware segment
  • Strong presence in emerging markets
• Weaknesses
  • Decline in revenues from Japan
• Opportunities
  • Next-generation storage technology portfolio
  • Restructuring of systems and technology group
• Threats
  • Stagnating other middleware business

• Summary
• Company information
• History

• Recent financial performance
• Acquisitions and divestments

• Market positioning
• Growth strategies
• Acquisition strategy
• Focus on SMB segment

• SWOT analysis
• Strengths
  • Leader in relational database engine market
• Weaknesses
  • Heavy dependence on the US
• Opportunities
  • Growing CRM software market
• Threats
  • Risk in government contracts

• Summary
• Company information
• History
• Recent financial performance
• Acquisitions and divestments
• Market positioning
• Growth strategies
• Expansion of traditional core businesses
• Development of new mid market business

• SWOT analysis
• Strengths
  • Leading market position
  • Strong global partner ecosystem
  • Strong R&D
• Weaknesses
  • Low presence in public sector
• Opportunities
  • Fast growing small and mid market segment
  • Upgrading and enhancing customer base
• Threats
  • Intense competition
  • Economic slowdown in the US

• Summary
• Company information
• History
• Recent financial performance
• Acquisitions and divestments
• Market positioning

• Growth strategies
• M&A activity
• New product development

• SWOT analysis
• Strengths
  • Strong performance of the HEPS division
• Weaknesses
  • Increasing costs and expenses
• Opportunities
  • Acquisition of Financial Technology Integrators
  • Growing IT spending in Western Europe
• Threats
  • Consolidation in the US banking industry

• Summary
• Company information
• History
• Recent financial performance
• Acquisitions and divestments

• Market positioning
• Growth strategies
• M&A activity
• Product development strategy

• SWOT analysis
• Strengths
  • Market leadership in security software
  • Strong emphasis on R&D
• Weaknesses
  • Declining profitability
  • Opportunities
  • Restructuring initiatives
  • Threats
  • Storage competition

• Summary
• Company information
• History
• Recent financial performance
• Acquisitions and divestments

• Market positioning
• Growth strategies
• Internal product development
• Strengthening partner relationships
• International expansion
• Strategic acquisitions

• SWOT analysis
• Strengths
  • Strong position in internet security suite market
  • Sales force reorganization
• Weaknesses
  • Weak liquidity position
• Opportunities
  • Restructuring of Asian operations
  • Investments in research activities
• Threats
  • Intense competition

• Summary
• Company information
• History
• Recent financial performance
• Acquisitions and divestments

• Market positioning
• Growth strategies
• Pursuing acquisitions
• Expanding operations in emerging markets

• SWOT analysis
• Strengths
  • Strong performance of VMware
• Weakness
  • Overdependence on direct channel partners
• Opportunities
  • Growing software storage market
• Threats
  • Dell' s acquisition of EqualLogic

• Summary
• Company information
• History
• Recent financial performance
• Acquisitions and divestments
• Market positioning
• Growth strategies
• Focus on the communications and broadband Industries

• SWOT analysis
• Strengths
  • Market leader in the OSS market
• Weaknesses
  • Customer concentration
• Opportunities
  • Launch of Qpass Retail Suite
• Threats
  • Geopolitical risk

• Summary
• Company information
• History
• Recent financial performance
• Acquisitions and divestments
• Market positioning
• Growth strategies
• Customer-centric products
• Innovative new offerings

• SWOT analysis
• Strengths
  • Strong position in financial sector
  • Strong R&D activities
• Weaknesses
  • Geographic concentration
• Opportunities
  • Launch of Quicken Health
  • Focus on mid-market companies
• Threats
• Seasonal demand

• BMC Software
• Company information
• Adobe
• Company information
• Konami
• Company information
• BEA
• Company information
• HP
• Company information
• Misys
• Company information
• Novell
• Company information
• Software
• Company information
• Salesforce.com
• Company information
• Progress Software
• Company information
• Index

• Figure 2.1: Global software market size, 2002 - 2006
• Figure 2.2: Turnover of Top 10 players ($m) in 2006
• Figure 3.3: Microsoft financial performance ($m), 2004 - 2007
• Figure 3.4: Microsoft SWOT analysis
• Figure 4.5: IBM software financial performance ($m), 2003 - 2006
• Figure 4.6: IBM SWOT analysis
• Figure 5.7: Oracle financial performance ($m), 2004 - 2007
• Figure 5.8: Oracle SWOT analysis
• Figure 6.9: SAP software financial performance ($m), 2003 - 2006
• Figure 6.10: SAP SWOT analysis
• Figure 7.11: SunGard financial performance ($m), 2003 - 2006
• Figure 7.12: SunGard SWOT analysis
• Figure 8.13: Symantec financial performance ($m), 2004 - 2007
• Figure 8.14: Symantec SWOT analysis
• Figure 9.15: CA financial performance ($m), 2004 - 2007
• Figure 9.16: CA SWOT analysis
• Figure 10.17: EMC software financial performance ($m), 2004 - 2007
• Figure 10.18: EMC SWOT analysis
• Figure 11.19: Amdocs financial performance ($m), 2004-2007
• Figure 11.20: Amdocs SWOT analysis
• Figure 12.21: Intuit financial performance ($m), 2004 - 2007
• Figure 12.22: Intuit SWOT analysis

• Table 2.1: Overview of top 10 players ($m), 2006
• Table 3.2: Microsoft financial performance ($m), 2004 - 2007
• Table 3.3: Microsoft business segment performance ($m), 2005 - 2007
• Table 3.4: Microsoft geographical performance ($m), 2004 - 2007
• Table 4.5: IBM software financial performance ($m), 2003 - 2006
• Table 4.6: IBM business segment performance ($m), 2004 - 2006
• Table 4.7: IBM geographical performance ($m), 2003 - 2006
• Table 5.8: Oracle financial performance ($m) 2004-2007
• Table 5.9: Oracle business segment performance ($m), 2005 - 2007
• Table 5.10: Oracle geographical performance ($m), 2005 - 2007
• Table 6.11: SAP software financial performance ($m), 2003 - 2006
• Table 6.12: SAP business segment performance ($m), 2003 - 2006
• Table 6.13: SAP geographical performance ($m), 2003 - 2006
• Table 7.14: SunGard financial performance ($m) 2003-2006
• Table 7.15: SunGard business segment performance ($m), 2004-2006
• Table 7.16: SunGard geographical performance ($m), 2004-2006
• Table 8.17: Symantec financial performance ($m), 2004-2007
• Table 8.18: Symantec business segment performance ($m), 2005 - 2007
• Table 8.19: Symantec geographical performance, $m 2005-2007
• Table 9.20: CA financial performance ($m), 2004 - 2007
• Table 9.21: CA geographical performance ($m), 2004 - 2007
• Table 10.22: EMC software financial performance ($m), 2004 - 2007
• Table 10.23: EMC software segment performance ($m), 2004 - 2007
• Table 11.24: Amdocs financial performance ($m) 2004-2007
• Table 11.25: Amdocs business segment performance ($m), 2005-2007
• Table 11.26: Amdocs geographical performance ($m), 2005-2007
• Table 12.27: Intuit financial performance ($m), 2004 - 2007
• Table 12.28: Intuit business segment performance ($m), 2004 - 2007