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Report: IBM Ranks Number One in Worldwide Enterprise Portal Software Market Share

Posted on: Wednesday, 9 August 2006, 12:00 CDT

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that market research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) has ranked IBM Websphere Portal as the number one portal software based on software license and maintenance revenue.

According to IDC, IBM led the worldwide enterprise portal software market for the fourth consecutive year, achieving double digit growth from 2004 to 2005.(1)

Highlights from the IDC market analysis include:

 --  IDC noted IBM's commitment to service-oriented architecture (SOA) and     collaboration technology, its availability of solution frameworks with     cross-industry and vertical-specific process capabilities, and the     company's portfolio of more than 1,500 back-end connectors to enterprise     systems. --  The IBM WebSphere Portal portfolio leverages IBM's SOA technology to     deliver role-based composite applications to improve information delivery     and collaboration. --  IBM offers portal software that spans a variety of "packaging" -- or     hardware -- options, from mobile devices to mainframes.      

"Portals are increasingly the entry points for employees to access and share information inside their companies or with third parties, regardless of where the data resides," said Ken Bisconti, vice president, Workplace, Portal and Collaboration Products, IBM. "The growth of Websphere Portal software is driven by customers deploying composite applications that deliver customized information on demand to employees," he added.

For additional information: www.ibm.com/websphere.

IBM, WebSphere and Workplace are trademarks of IBM Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. All other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.

(1) IDC, Worldwide Enterprise Portal Software 2006-2010 Forecast Update and 2005 Vendor Shares: When Less is More. #202688, Kathleen Quirk, July 2006.

 Contact: Elena Fernandez IBM Software Group +1-617-693-1606 elena_fernandez@us.ibm.com  Kevin Ruane Text 100 + 1- 617 399-4919 kevinr@text100.com

SOURCE: IBM

Source: MARKET WIRE

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