IBM Software Group named Marketshare Leader for middleware in India

IBM’s integration, collaboration, systems management and development software combined led India Market in 2010 with 31.4% market share

IBM India today announced that Gartner Inc has named IBM Software Group as the India marketshare leader in the business integration, collaboration, systems management and development software categories ** in 2010 with 31.4 percent market share and grew at 15.4 percent vis-à-vis 2009, based on revenue.

According to the report, IBM Software Group** led the India market in 2010 with 31.4 percent market share and grew at 15.4 percent vis-à-vis 2009.

IBM Software Group the largest middleware company in the world today is providing organizations with smarter software to tackle with some of their most complex business and industry challenges, while helping drive profitable growth. Everything from cars, appliances, roadways, power grids, clothes, and even natural systems such as agriculture and waterways are increasingly instrumented, interconnected and infused with intelligence.

According to the report, IBM maintained its 2010 leadership as the leading software vendor in India with 55.3 percent market share in the application infrastructure and middleware (AIM) software segment based on total revenue for 2010, extending its lead to more than three times that of its closest competitor. According to Gartner, IBM grew 16.5 percent in 2010, higher than the overall market. The India application infrastructure and middleware software market grew 12.7 percent to $228.2 million.

According to the Gartner report, IBM holds the number one market share position in India in key sub-markets growing faster than the overall IT market. For example, the Business Process Management Suite (BPMS) segment grew at 4.9 percent in 2010. IBM was also named the number one vendor in India for BPM software with a 43.3 percent share, growing at 20.2 percent vis-a-vis 2009. BPM software enables companies to develop and implement processes that help their businesses be more agile and grow.

“Clients work with us because we help them deliver real results. IBM has consistently built high value capabilities, unmatched by our competitors, to help clients transform their businesses. And we back this up with delivery expertise, resources with skills and experience to translate our cutting-edge technology into better business outcomes.” said Pradeep Nair, Director, Software Group, IBM India / South Asia 

Gartner reported that IBM continues to be number one in other growing and key areas including the Message Oriented Middleware market, the Application Severs market, the Transaction Processing Monitor market, SOA Governance Technologies, Enterprise Service Bus Suites and Integration Appliances market.  IBM's continued market share leadership in middleware has been a key reason for the company's strong growth.

In addition, Gartner has named IBM the India market share leader in the application development software segment based on total revenue for 2010. According to the report (1), IBM was the leading software vendor with 31.7 percent market share and grew by 6.8 percent in 2010. Besides its overall lead, according to the Gartner report, IBM holds the number one market share position in key sub-markets. For example, the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) segment grew at 11.6 percent in 2010 and IBM was the number one vendor in ALM software with a 60.6 percent share, according to Gartner.

**Includes Application Infrastructure and Middleware, Application Development, IT Operations, Security, Storage Management and Web conferencing & Team collaboration

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