CCID Consulting Reviews China’s Middleware Market
research, consulting and IT outsourcing service provider, and the first
Chinese consulting firm listed in
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Market Review
1. Market Size and Growth
As an important component of basic software, middleware software, OS and
database formed a huge industry worldwide, a market with the most rapid
development in
middleware product market reached
Figure 1: Size and Growth of China's Middleware Market, 2004-2008
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Source: CCID Consulting, Dec.2008
2. Market Characteristics
The whole market remains generally stable in 2008, mainly dominated by IBM,
ORACLE (BEA) and TongTech. IBM’s position is difficult to replace, that
although ORACLE acquired BEA, its market share is still behind after IBM. With
ORACLE still in the process of merging former BEA’s products and channels, the
market pattern remains more or less the same.
As for market segments, middleware expands in finance, telecom,
enterprise-grade markets. The top three middleware manufacturers in
different industry bases: IBM occupies finance industry; ORACLE (BEA) the
telecom industry; TongTech has breakthroughs in enterprise-grade market and e-
government fields. Although they have their own industry base, they also have
mutual penetration, e.g. IBM sets foot in telecom industry, TongTech has
achievements in finance industry. The global finance crisis has a greater
efftec on IBM than others. TongTech made considerable advances in the telecom
market, its TongTech’s TongIntegrator 3.5 in 2008 had good sales in 2008.
In 2008,
The market maintains rapid growth in 2008, but the growth rate slows down
In 2008, the sales revenue of
billion Yuan
rate of the whole software market. The global financial crisis affects
middleware market.
Market concentration further improves, the shares of IBM and ORACLE
account for over 50% of the total market
IBM still occupies the largest share of
After acquiring BEA, ORACLE becomes the second largest middleware. By the end
of 2008Q3, the market share of IBM and ORACLE account for 52% of the total
market.
environment, such as TongTech, Primeton and Kingdee.
Application field penetrates into traditional industries
In 2008, there are few new powerful products and technology in middleware
market. The major reasons are that on one hand, middleware technology are
becoming more mature, manufacturers’ pursue to technology return to the
rational track; on the other hand, because of market concentration, middleware
manufacturers slow down their product innovation. As for application field,
with the gradual saturation of key industrial application, middleware
manufacturers pay more attention to traditional industries’ application.
SOA speed up deployment, middleware becomes system integration weapon
In 2008, middleware market’s another characteristic is SOA has transferred
from a concept to real IT architecture scheme. Enterprise integration
manufacturers and enterprise software clients gradually accepted SOA, so more
and more enterprises and industrial clients consider adopting SOA solution
when they carry through information system integration and IT architecture,
such as Haier, Dongfeng Motor Corporation, Maritime Safety Administration and
Air Traffic Management Bureau. The major reasons are SOA’s gradual mature and
users’ consciousness improvement. Besides, facing a more complex and
ever-changing network, middleware plays an increasingly important role in
system integration.
Market Trend
In next three years, the size of
2008 will reach
Yuan
Chinese governments’ support to software industry is the powerful impetus
of
domestic demands; traffic, medical health, cultural and education are the
highlights. This action is benefit to middleware market’s penetration to
traditional industries.
stage, which has to implement informatization and strengthen informatization.
Besides, enterprise-grade market and e-government will be affected by the
action.
About CCID Consulting
CCID Consulting Co., Ltd. (hereinafter known as CCID Consulting), the
first Chinese consulting firm listed in the Growth Enterprise Market of the
Stock Exchange (GEM) of
affiliated with China Center for Information Industry Development (hereinafter
known as CCID Group). Headquartered in
up branch offices in
over 300 professional consultants after many years of development. The
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