Metrics 2.0: Worldwide Application Integration and Middleware Market Increased to $8.5B in 2005

$12.6 billions

Estimated worldwide enterprise software (ERP, CRM, SCM) market in 2006 (Gartner Dataquest)

Worldwide application integration and middleware (AIM) total software revenue totaled $8.5 billion in 2005, a 7.1% increase over 2004 revenue, according to Gartner, Inc.
In 2005, the top five vendors accounted for 69 percent of the total worldwide AIM market - IBM, BEA, ...

Worldwide 2005 Vendor Revenue Estimates for AIM Software, Based on Total Software Revenue (Millions of Dollars)
Company	2005	2005 Market Share (%)	2004	2004 Market Share (%)	2004-2005 Growth (%)
IBM	3,159.4	37.2	2,959.8	37.3	6.7
BEA Systems	1,232.5	14.5	1,163.3	814.7	6.0
Oracle	739.4	8.7	529.8	6.7	39.6
Microsoft	397.1	4.7	350.3	4.4	13.4
Tibco	314.4	3.7	289.9	3.7	8.5
Other Vendors	2,657.3	31.3	2,643.0	33.3	0.5
TOTAL	8,500.2	100.0	7,936.1	100.0	7.1

2005 geographic distribution of AIM spending:

United States represented over 41%
Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) accounted for 35%
Japan and Asia/Pacific represented 18%

In 2006, the worldwide AIM market is expected to grow at similar rates as the outlook for the market remains challenging amid intense competition from the large software and systems vendors.

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Worldwide Application Integration and Middleware Market Increased to $8.5B in 2005