A move towards application server signals a fundamental shift in how information is handled. The prospect of digitizing much of the world's information and making it searchable poses the prospect of a quantum increase in the quantity of information available; an increase by a factor of 1,000. At the most basic level, application servers work on the cloud scale contemplated to change the world.

IBM WebSphere message broker complements the IBM WebSphere application server features to address key business environment challenges. Businesses have a diverse suite of applications that have been developed or acquired over a number of years, perform key business functions, and represent much of an enterprise's intellectual capital and business advantage. The breadth of the applications in a typical enterprise is significant. Applications run on a diverse range of platforms, with many different data formats and information exchange protocols.

SOA business integration foundation systems are a central aspect of application servers. IBM has consolidated its leadership position in SOA by providing integration software that is useful in reusing code. The ability to consolidate integration modules that perform useful platform capabilities provides a foundation architecture for building applications from existing modules of code. IBM SOA is the defacto industry standard software used in creating business integration foundation systems, leveraging a 70% share in SOA.

Application Server Key Benefits:

• Increase in channel productivity
• Automation of transaction processing systems
• Implementation of SOA
• Quick response to changing market conditions
• Elimination of manual processes
• 100% payback within one year
• Significant decreases in materials purchasing
• Significant decreases in inventory costs

Manufacturers need the same features to improve the functioning of the supply chain. Service interactions over the Web, e-mail, chat, and phone facilitate the design, inventory management, distribution, and shipment processes. The two distinct categories of application server are commercial grade mission critical systems and business class open source / Microsoft application servers. Commercial grade mission critical systems are significantly more expensive than the open source and Microsoft systems. Commercial grade mission critical systems have a high degree of complexity that is not needed in may Web site development situations.

The two distinct categories of application server are commercial grade mission critical systems and business class open source / Microsoft application servers. Commercial grade mission critical systems are significantly more expensive than the open source and Microsoft systems. Commercial grade mission critical systems have a high degree of complexity that is not needed in may Web site development situations. IBM WebSphere application server provides availability and security. Business depends on using the Internet to optimize cost. Reducing application infrastructure costs is achieved by the automation of process. WebSphere application server is used to build, deploy and manage robust, agile and reusable SOA business applications and services.

IBM WebSphere Message Broker provides features to address key business environment challenges. Businesses have a diverse suite of applications that have been developed or acquired over a number of years, perform key business functions, and represent much of an enterprise's intellectual capital and business advantage. The breadth of the applications in a typical enterprise is significant. Applications run on a diverse range of platforms, with many different data formats and information exchange protocols. Knowledgeable workers use application servers to help focus energies on high-value activities, driving new efficiencies, spending as little time as possible seeking and wading through information. The systems are used to automate the processes responsive to Internet channel transactions.

An enterprise-wide application server is useful for displaying html pages dynamically and conducting business on the Internet. Suppliers improve sensing, analytic and workflow capabilities by radically streamlined the way customers access and act on information. Balancing growing online channels with slowing growth in traditional channels is an universal marketing issue in the age of the Internet. Making all customer channels work better together, gaining market share and reducing costs are central concerns. The bulk of online sales growth is derived from existing online shopper customers spending more online.

A move towards application server signals a fundamental shift in how information is handled. The prospect of digitizing much of the world's information and making it searchable poses the prospect of a quantum increase in the quantity of information available; an increase by a factor of 1,000. At the most basic level, application servers work on the cloud scale contemplated to change the world. Companies are charged with keeping existing customers loyal and learning to upsell. Sales and coupons work online as well as in traditional marketing. Increasingly savvy and demanding online consumers are keeping competition high. Platform-neutral e-commerce optimization services are able to deliver a unified, personalized, and satisfying customer experience. Interactions are conducted over the Web presentations and shopping carts supplemented by phone calls, chat, mobile devices. Systems connect to stores using application servers to one continuous, ongoing relationship, rather than disconnected conversations.

Users get a transparent view of application performance, reliability and scalability. Extensive testing can be done before going into production. Users can test multiple architectures, variables, components, and configurations easily and independently. To proceed to deploy in the cloud, developers can push the debugged test environment live in a few simple steps.

Application server are being expressed as software fur e-commerce companies participate in the market. Application servers are used to support changes to code, using a syntax in place of a programming language, making systems more flexible. Automated process that is rigid is not supportive of competitive advantage. SOA Web services are being used in application server systems to permit flexible response to changing market conditions. Virtualization is another aspect of application server systems driving markets.

Real time analysis of information is being used to position companies to achieve competitive advantage. Application servers are a central aspect of the BPM initiative, providing up to date information in a usable format. Companies are implementing BPM solutions in the context of application server that provides syntax to business users. Real time analysis of information is being used to position companies to achieve competitive advantage. Application servers are a central aspect of the BPM initiative, providing up to date information in a usable format. Companies are implementing BPM solutions in the context of application server that provides syntax to business users.

According this study, innovation drives application server market growth in every industry, and innovation depends on implementation of automated business process in every instance. Application servers represent a way to give enterprises, small and mid size businesses a market presence. Ecommerce is at the center of a globally integrated enterprise. IBM is able to leverage its application server market dominance to support innovation, providing software that supports flexible response to changing market conditions. Application servers are complemented by SOA to reach into every industry and every segment of the economy via cloud computing. SOA drives innovation for the very large enterprises. Mid range size companies and very small organizations are adopting technologies similar to what the enterprise use, creating automated process to replace manual process.

Application server markets at $2.3 billion in 2008 are expected to reach $4.3 billion by 2015. Retailers can manage e-commerce and service interactions over the Web, e-mail, chat, and phone as one continuous, personalized relationship. This expansion of application server capability vastly improves the reach of e-commerce sites. The aim of e-commerce is to achieve an ever increasing customer base, customer retention, improved customer services, and cross selling. These new features facilitate that.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Application Server Market Description and  Market Dynamics 

1.1   Application Server Virtual Hosting, Clustering, Fail-Over And Load Balancing

1.2   Application Server Provides Competitive Advantage 

1.3   SOA Reusable Software Components 

1.3.1    SOA Community-Based Marketplaces 

1.3.2    Components Aimed At Developer Base

1.4   Infrastructure Switch

1.4.1    Market Change

1.5   Increasing Java Productivity 

1.5.1    Increasing Developer Base 

1.6   Application Server Platform Priorities 

1.7   Consolidated Systems 

1.8   Application Servers Manage Distributed Transactions 

1.8.1    Application Server Transaction Management

1.8.2    Distributed Transactions 

1.8.3    Distributed Processing Implemented As A Centralized System  

1.8.4    Benchmarking Core Application Server Competitive Measure 

1.8.5    Application Server Positioning

1.9   Disconnected Silos Of Applications

1.9.1    Mission Critical Functionality 

1.9.2    Mainframe Environments Provide Improved ROI

1.10     Distributed Computing

1.11     Web-Based Systems 

1.12     E-Business Platforms

1.12.1  Business Process Management Platforms 

1.12.2  Business Process Use Of Application Servers 

1.12.3  Effective Control Of E-Commerce Systems 

1.12.4  Web-Based E-Commerce Systems 

1.12.5  Common Platform For Applications 

1.12.6  Scalability, Performance, And Reliability 

1.13     Integrated Functionality 

1.14     Modular, Application Server-Based Architecture 

1.15     Application Server Solutions 

1.15.1  Internet Customer Relationship Management Solutions

1.16     Professional Service Capabilities 

1.16.1  Systems Integrators And Web Developers 

1.16.2  Expanding Market Presence 

1.17     Go To Market Strategies 

1.17.1  Go To Market Partnering 

1.17.2  Business Imperatives 

1.18     Need For Speed And Simplicity Of Underlying Business Processes 

1.18.1  Complexity: The Challenge 

1.18.2  Order-To-Delivery Cycle 

1.18.3  Advantages Of Application Servers 

1.18.4  Centralized configuration 

1.18.5  Security 

1.18.6  Performance 

1.18.7  Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

1.18.8  Open Source Software 

2. Application Server Market Shares and Market Forecasts

2.1   Application Server E-Mail, Chat, Phone for Personalized Web Reach

2.1.1    SOA Business Integration Foundation Systems 

2.1.2    Application Servers Support Internet Channel

2.1.3    IBM Mainframe vs. Distributed Server ROI

2.1.4    Application Server Real Time Business Benefits

2.1.5    Application Server Market Driving Forces 

2.1.6    Commercial Grade Application Server Segments 

2.2   Commercial Grade Application Server Market Shares 

2.2.1    Application Server License Market Shares, Dollars, 2008 

2.2.2    Application Server Enterprise Commercial Source Market Shares, Units, First Half 2009 

2.2.1    Application Server Commercial Grade Maintenance and Services Market Shares 

2.2.2    Application Server Commercial Grade License, Maintenance, and Services Market Shares 

2.2.3    Application Server Commercial Grade Shipments and Installed Base Per Processor License Market Shares, Units, 2008 

2.2.4    IBM WebSphere 

2.2.5    IBM® WebSphere® Message Broker

2.2.6    IBM WebSphere Consistent Model For Enterprise Application 

2.2.7    IBM Adapter Framework Based On Open Standards 

2.2.8    IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 

2.2.9    IBM WebSphere MQ and WebSphere MQ Broker

2.2.10  Oracle / BEA Synchronous Processes 

2.2.11  Oracle / BEA WebLogic® Integration Oracle SOA Application Integration Architecture 

2.2.12  Zeus 

2.2.13  Adobe / Macromedia / ColdFusion

2.2.14  ATG 

2.2.15  SAP 

2.3   Application Server Market Forecasts 

2.3.1    High End Application Server Market

2.3.2    Mid Range and Low End Application Server Virtualization Market

2.4   Open Source and Microsoft IIS Application Server

2.4.1    Open Systems and Microsoft IIS Application Server License Market Shares, Dollars, 2008 

2.4.2    Application Server Open Source and Microsoft IIS Market Shares 

2.4.3    Red Hat

2.4.4    Microsoft and Novell

2.4.5    Apache

2.4.6    Open Source Software Market

2.4.7    Worldwide Application Server License Market Forecasts

2.4.8    Application Server Pricing Variations

2.5   Application Server Segment Analysis

2.6   Application Server Regional Analysis 

2.7   Internet Driving Forces 

2.8   Application Server Positioning

2.8.1    Reliability 

2.8.2    High Availability 

2.8.3    Performance 

2.8.4    Scalability

2.8.5    Flexibility 

2.8.6    Productivity 

2.8.7    Operability

2.8.8    Maintainability

2.8.9    Security 

2.8.10  Complexity Of Integrating 

2.9   Analysis of Mainframe vs. Distributed ROI for Single E Application 

2.10     Application Servers Support High Availability Systems 

2.10.1  Application Server Primary Functions

3. Application Server Product Description  

3.1   Cloud Computing 

3.2   IBM WebSphere Application Server 

3.2.1    IBM WebSphere Application Server Feature Pack for Web 2.0 

3.2.2    IBM Rational® Application Developer for WebSphere 

3.2.3    IBM WebSphere Investment Protection 

3.2.4    IBM WebSphere MQ and WebSphere MQ Broker

3.2.5    IBM WebSphere Application Server Platforms Supported 

3.2.6    IBM WebSphere Application Server - Express

3.2.7    IBM WebSphere Application Server for z/OS 

3.2.8    IBM WebSphere Application Server Strategy

3.2.9    IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 

3.2.10  IBM Cognos BI and Performance Management

3.2.11  IBM Midmarket IT Application Server Implementation Plans - Emerging Technologies

3.3   Oracle / BEA / Sun Application Server

3.3.1    OracleBEA WebLogic Application Server

3.3.2    Oracle SOA Suite Oracle SOA Application Integration Architecture 

3.3.3    Oracle / BEA WebLogic® Integration 

3.3.4    OracleOracle BEA WebLogic Mobility Server™  

3.3.5    Oracle BEA WebLogic Platform 

3.3.6    Oracle BEA WebLogic® Real Time 

3.3.7    Oracle BEA WebLogic RFID Edge Server™ 3.0

3.3.8    Oracle BEA WebLogic RFID Enterprise Server™ 2.0 

3.3.9    Oracle BEA WebLogic Server 10.0 MP1 Virtual Edition V1.2 

3.3.10  BlueDragon, BEA WebLogic®  Edition 6.2.1 Documentation

3.3.11  Oracle BEA AquaLogic® SOA Management 2.6 

3.3.12  Oracle 

3.3.13  Oracle Enterprise-Class Java EE Application Server and Cornerstone for Application Grid 

3.3.14  Oracle SOA  

3.3.15  Oracle Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server

3.3.16  Oracle Sun GlassFish JavaServer Technology

3.3.17  Oracle Sun GlassFish Web Services 

3.3.18  Oracle Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server

3.3.19  Oracle BEA Tuxedo® 

3.3.20  Oracle BEA SALT

3.3.21  Oracle Data Type Mapping and Message Conversion 

3.3.22  Oracle BEA SALT Asynchronous and Reliable Messaging 

3.3.23  Oracle BEA SALT Security 

3.3.24  Oracle Invoking Web Services from Tuxedo Applications 

3.3.25  Oracle BEA TSAM™   

3.3.26  Oracle BEA TSAM Architecture 

3.3.27  Oracle BEA Call Path Monitoring and Analysis 

3.3.28  Oracle BEA Transaction Monitoring 

3.3.29  Oracle BEA TSAM Event Alerts

3.4   SAP NetWeaver 

3.4.1    SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management

3.4.2    SAP NetWeaver Components And Tools 

3.4.3    SAP Netweaver and IBM Message Broker

3.4.4    IBM® WebSphere® Message Broker Permits SAP Events Exposed As Web Services Using The SOAP Nodes
And SAP Request Nodes 

3.4.5    IBM® WebSphere® Message Broker Combining File-Based And Online Processing 

3.5   Fujitsu Interstage Application Server

3.5.1    Fujitsu Interstage Visualize, Optimize & Govern Business Operations

3.6   Adobe / Macromedia / ColdFusion 

3.6.1    Adobe ColdFusion Server Monitor

3.6.2    Adobe ColdFusion.NET integration 

3.6.3    Adobe ColdFusion Microsoft Exchange Server Integration 

3.6.4    Adobe ColdFusion Flex Integration

3.6.5    AppSwing's AppServer

3.7   Micro Focus

3.7.1    High Availability and Scalability of Micro Focus AppServer™ 

3.8   Hitachi

3.8.1    Hitachi Cosminexus : Lineup of Cosminexus Family Products And Related Solution Products 

3.8.2    Hitachi Hub&Spoke Information Integration 

3.8.3    Hitachi uCosminexus Application Server

3.9   NEC 

3.9.1    NEC WebOTX Application Server

3.9.2    NEC WebOTX Application Server Complete Support for Open Technologies 

3.9.3    NEC Distributed Object Technologies 

3.9.4    NEC Web Services 

3.9.5    NEC Security Technologies

3.9.6    WebOTX Application Server Incorporating OLTP Technology 

3.9.7    NEC WebOTX High Performance Application Execution Environment

3.9.8    NEC WebOTX Connector Products

3.10     Art Technology Group 

3.11     Art Technology Group Application Server 

3.11.1  Art Technology Group ATG Self Service 

3.11.2  ATG Content Management Administration

3.12     ATG Merchandising / Searchandising:

3.13     ATG Outreach Marketing Campaign Management:

3.13.1  ATG Business Analytics and Customer Intelligence 

3.14     ATG Campaign Optimizer Multivariate Testing:

3.14.1  ATG Integrated Customer Commerce Service Center

3.14.2  ATG Knowledge/Incident Management

3.14.3  ATG Commerce Suite Platform: Adaptive Scenario 

3.14.4  ATG Commerce OnDemand

3.14.5  ATG Commerce OnDemand E-Commerce Business Benefits 

3.14.6  ATG Commerce OnDemand E-Commerce Infrastructure, Hosting Facilities 

3.14.7  ATG Permits Business Users To React Quickly

3.14.8  ATG Application Server Industry Positioning

3.14.9  ATG Retail Application Server Challenges 

3.14.10 ATG Retail Application Server Approach

3.14.11 ATG for the Media and Entertainment Industry 

3.14.12 ATG for the Telecommunications Industry 

3.15     Workday / Cape Clear 

3.15.1  Workday Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

3.15.2  Workday Support for Shift to SaaS

3.15.3  Workday Integration on Demand

3.16     Fiorano 

3.17     FusionWare 

3.17.1  FusionWare Integration Server

3.17.2  FusionWare Designer

3.17.3  FusionWare Server

3.17.4  FusionWare Administrator

3.18     Progress Software / IONA/ High-performance CORBA 

3.18.1  Progress Software Orbix

3.18.2  Orbix Mainframe

3.19     PolarLake 

3.20     PolarLake Financial Services Integration Suite

3.20.1  PolarLake Financial Standards Products 

3.21     Microsoft IIS Application Server

3.21.1  Microsoft Windows Web Application Gallery

3.21.2  Microsoft Web App Gallery Applications

3.21.3  Microsoft IIS Integrated Pipeline 

3.21.4  Microsoft ASP.NET Technical Resources 

3.22     Open Systems Application Server 

3.23     Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 

3.23.1  Red Hat JBoss Management Enterprise Middleware

3.23.2  JBoss Enterprise Application Platform  

3.23.3  Red Hat Management for JBoss Enterprise Middleware 

3.23.4  Red Hat JBoss Enterprise BRMS Business Rules Management System  

3.23.5  Red Hat JBoss Business Rules Engine – 

3.23.6  Red Hat JBoss Rules Authoring –

3.23.7  Red Hat JBoss Rules Management

3.23.8  Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform  

3.23.9  RedHat JBoss Enterprise Platform Benefits 

3.23.10 Red Hat JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 

3.24     Red Hat JBoss SOA Cost of Ownership 

3.24.1  Red Hat JBoss MetaMatrix 

3.24.2  Red Hat JBoss Hibernate

3.24.3  Red Hat JBoss jBPM 

3.24.4  Red Hat JBoss jBPM Flexible, Scalable Process Engine 

3.25     Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 

3.25.1  Novell SUSE JBoss Enterprise Middleware 

3.25.2  Novell JBoss

3.25.3  Novell SUSE JBoss Recommended by Microsoft

3.25.4  Novell Working With IBM 

3.25.5  Novell SUSE Linux on IBM System z™   

3.25.6  SUSE UNIX Enterprise Server

3.25.7  Novell JBoss Enterprise Middleware

3.26     Novell / Silverstream

3.26.1  Novell SUSE Dynamic Storage Technology 

3.26.2  Oracle Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server

3.26.3  Oracle Sun GlassFish JavaServer Technology 

3.26.4  Oracle Sun GlassFish Web Services 

3.26.5  Oracle Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server

3.27     Zeus Technology GlassFish Application Server

3.27.1  Zeus Technology Highly Scalable Web Applications in GoGrid's Cloud

3.27.2  Zeus Technology Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server Application Delivery Software  
 

4. Application Server Strategy, Technology, And Industry Specific Applications

4.1   Application Server Strategy 

4.1.1    Application Server Positioning

4.1.2    B2B Commerce Technology As A Working Reality

4.1.3    Integration Application Server

4.1.4    Application Server Strategy 

4.1.5    Communities Of Partners

4.2   Application Server Industry Positioning 

4.3   IBM Strategy 

4.3.1    IBM WebSphere Application Development Targets Ordinary People 

4.3.2    Common Development Environment Across Windows And Linux

4.3.3    IBM WebSphere Grid Supports 

4.3.4    IBM Partner Strategy

4.3.5    IBM Application Server Bundling 

4.4   Benefits Of The Open Source Development Model

4.4.1    Open Source Foundation 

4.5   Microsoft Strategy 

4.6   Oracle Strategy 

4.6.1    Oracle's Commitment to Java Developers 

4.7   Application Server Technology

4.7.1    Java Application Server

4.7.2    Java and J2EE 

4.7.3    EJB Clustering 

4.7.4    EJB Caching 

4.7.5    Back-End Layer

4.7.6    Relational Database Access 

4.7.7    Web Services 

4.7.8    Web Service Applications Composed Of Servlets And EJBs 

4.7.9    WS-Security 

4.7.10  Open Standards

4.7.11  Reliable Web Services Solutions 

4.7.12  Enterprise Javans (EJBs)

4.7.13  Autonomic Computing Technologies 

4.7.14  Grid Protocol Topology 

4.7.15  Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA)

4.7.16  Eclipse Open-Source Tools Framework 

4.8   Transaction Automation

4.8.1    Asynchronous Communications Dominate 

4.9   Stateless Session n 

4.10     Cluster

4.11     Location Transparency

4.12     Smart Proxy 

4.13     Load Balancing

4.14     Process-Entity Design Pattern

4.15     Command Objects / Control Flow  

4.16     Authorization Checks

4.17     Delegation 

4.18     Collaborative Filtering 

4.19     Site Analysis

4.20     Portals 

4.21     Application Server Industry Specific Applications

4.21.1  Packaged Applications 

4.21.2  Real-Time Processing  
 

5. Application Server Company Profiles 

5.1   Adobe 

5.1.1    Adobe Revenue 

5.2   Art Technology Group

5.2.1    Art Technology Group Revenue 

5.2.2    ATG Application Server Strategic Positioning 

5.2.3    ATG Application Server Business Benefits

5.2.4    ATG Leadership

5.2.5    ATG Retail Application Server

5.2.6    ATG Business

5.2.7    ATG Strategic Alliances 

5.2.8    ATG CleverSet Acquisition

5.2.9    ATG eStara Acquisition

5.3   Fujitsu 

5.3.1    Fujitsu OSS/NOS 

5.3.2    Fujitsu SOA 

5.3.3    Fujitsu CentraSite SOA Governance 

5.4   Hewlett Packard  (HP)

5.4.1    Hewlett Packard (HP) SOA 

5.4.2    Hewlett Packard (HP) SOA Solutions

5.4.3    Hewlett Packard (HP) SOA Systinet Governance 

5.4.4    HP Products and Services Segments

5.4.5    Hewlett-Packard Technology Solutions Group 

5.4.6    Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Storage and Servers

5.4.7    Hewlett-Packard Industry Standard Servers

5.4.8    Hewlett-Packard Business Critical Systems

5.4.9    Hewlett Packard Halo Telepresence Customers 

5.4.10  HP and Marriott

5.4.11  HP and Tandberg

5.4.12  Hewlett Packard Computer Industry Market Participant

5.4.13  Hewlett Packard Global Provider Of Products 

5.4.14  HP Products and Services: Segment Information 

5.4.15  Hewlett Packard Technology Solutions Group

5.4.16  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Storage and Servers 

5.4.17  HP and Tower Software 

5.4.18  Hewlett Packard Tower Software TRIM Context

5.4.19  Hewlett Packard Scalable Computing & Infrastructure Organization (SCI)

5.4.20  HP Data Center Compute Services Transformation 

5.5   Host Bridge Technology 

5.6   IBM  

5.6.1    IBM Business Partnering Strategy 

5.6.2    IBM Strategic Priorities 

5.6.3    IBM BPM Powered By Smart SOA 

5.6.4    IBM Delivers Integration and Innovation to Clients

5.6.5    IBM Business Model

5.6.6    IBM Unified Communications In The Cloud Architecture 

5.6.7    IBM LotusLive Cloud-Based Portfolio Of Social Networking And Collaboration Services 

5.6.8    IBM Revenue 

5.6.9    IBM Q1 2009 Revenue
 
5.6.10  IBM Q2 2009 Revenue

5.6.11  IBM Software Capabilities 

5.6.12  IBM Systems and Technology Capabilities 

5.6.13  IBM Worldwide Organizations 

5.6.14  IBM Security

5.7   Microsoft Corporation 

5.7.1    Microsoft Azure Services Platform 

5.7.2    Microsoft Windows Azure

5.7.3    Microsoft Live Services

5.7.4    Microsoft SQL Services 

5.7.5    Microsoft .NET Services

5.7.6    Microsoft® SharePoint® Services & Dynamics® CRM Services 

5.7.7    Microsoft Revenue Nine Months 2009

5.7.8    Microsoft Revenue

5.7.9    Microsoft Segment Revenue 

5.7.10  Microsoft Server and Tools Revenue 

5.7.11  Microsoft Online Services Business Revenue

5.7.12  Microsoft Business Division Revenue

5.7.13  Microsoft Entertainment and Devices Division

5.7.14  Microsoft Competition

5.7.15  Microsoft Security Vulnerabilities

5.7.16  Microsoft Client Segment

5.7.17  Microsoft Segments 

5.7.18  Open Text Livelink ECM Integration Microsoft Office SharePoint Server

5.7.19  Microsoft Multinational Computer Technology 

5.7.1 Selected Microsoft Partners 

5.7.21  Microsoft Financials

5.7.22  Microsoft Software Products

5.8   Oracle 

5.8.1    Oracle Software Strategy

5.8.2    Oracle Software Business 

5.8.3    Oracle Competition In The Software Business 

5.8.4    Oracle Software License Updates and Product Support

5.8.5    Oracle Software Description

5.8.6    Oracle / BEA Systems

5.8.7    Oracle Software Revenue by Region

5.8.8    Oracle Corporate Strategy Active Acquisition Program 

5.8.9    Oracle / Sun Microsystems 

5.9   PolarLake 

5.10     Progress Software

5.10.1  Progress Software Services Oriented Architecture Products 

5.10.2  Progress Application Platform Products 

5.10.3  Progress Software Data Infrastructure Products 

5.10.4  Progress Software Customers 

5.10.5  Progress Software / DataDirect Technologies 

5.10.6  Progress Software Regional Revenue

5.10.7  Progress Software 2009 Second Quarter Revenue 

5.11     Red Hat JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 

5.11.1  JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform Partners

5.12     Research In Motion (RIM)

5.13     SAP CRM   

5.14     Workday 

5.14.1  Workday / Cape Clear

5.14.2  Workday Customers 

5.15     Zeus Technology, Ltd.

5.15.1  Zeus Technology Global Expansion Strategy  
 

List of Tables and Figures

Table ES-1 

SOA Leveraging Of Business Integration Systems 

Table ES-2 

Application Server Key Benefits 

Figure ES-3 

Worldwide Application Server License, Maintenance, and Services Market Shares, Worldwide, First Half 2009 

Table ES-4 

Application Server Market Forecasts, Worldwide, Dollars, 2009-2015 

Table ES-5 

IBM WebSphere Application Server Functions 

Table ES-6 

IBM® WebSphere® Message Broker Functions 

Table 1-1

Application Server Features 

Table 1-2

Java Based Application Server Functions 

Java Based Application Server Functions 

Table1-3 

SOA Market-Ready Components Business 

Table 1-4

Application Server Product Functions 

Table 1-5

IT System Consolidation Aspects 

IT System Consolidation Aspects 

Table 1-6 

Benefits Of Distributed Computing 

Table 1-7

Back End Functionality Support

Table 1-8

Application Server Mobile Worker Functionality Support

Table 1-9 

Transaction Mission Critical System Requirements 

Table 1-10 

Transaction System Aspects 

Table 1-11 

Mainframe System Advantages 

Table 1-12

Application Server Positioning 

Table 1-13

Distributed Server Applications 

Table 1-14

Types Of E-Commerce Transaction Requests 

Table 1-15

Types Of Distributed Computer transactions 

Table 1-16 

Reasons Web Sites Gather Information About Users 

Table 1-17 

Benefits Of Business Process Management Products 

Table 1-18

Effective Control Of E-Commerce Systems 

Table 1-19

Modular, Application Server-Based Architecture Solutions 

Table 1-20 

Application Server Solutions 

Table 1-21

Business Process Application Server Drivers 

Table 1-22 

Open Source Software As A Viable And Arguably Superior

Alternative To Traditional Proprietary Software 

Table 1-23

Linux Operating System Platform Positioning 

Table 2-1

SOA Leveraging Of Business Integration Systems 

Table 2-2 

SOA Engine Segments 

Table 2-3

Application Server Key Benefits 

Table 2-4

Real Time Business Benefits 

Table 2-5

Application Server Market Positioning 

Table 2-6

Market Driving Forces for Applications Servers 

Table 2-7

E-Commerce Target Markets 

Figure 2-8

Application Server License Market Shares,

Worldwide, Dollars, 2008 

Table 2-9

Worldwide Application Server License 

Market Shares, Dollars, 2008, First Half 2009 

Figure 2-10

Application Server Market Forecasts, Worldwide, Units,

2009-2015 

Figure 2-11

Application Server Maintenance and Services Market Shares, Worldwide, Dollars, First Half 2009 

Table 2-12 

Worldwide Application Server Maintenance and Services Market Shares, Dollars, 2008, First Half 2009 

Figure 2-13 

Worldwide Application Server License, Maintenance, and Services Market Shares, Worldwide, First Half 2009 

Table 2-14

Worldwide Application Server License, Maintenance, and Services Market Shares, Dollars, 2008 and First Half 2009 

Table 2-15  2-22

Mission Critical Application Server Shipped Unit Installed Base Market Shares, Worldwide Per Processor, 2006 

Table 2-16  2-23

IBM WebSphere Application Server Functions 

Table 2-17  2-25

IBM® WebSphere® Message Broker Functions 

Table 2-18  2-29

Oracle / BEA WebLogic Integration Components 

Table 2-19  2-30

Oracle / BEA SOA Application Integration Architecture Functions 

Table 2-20  2-32

Application Server Market Forecasts, Worldwide, Dollars, 2009-2015 

Figure 2-21 

Application Server Market Forecasts, License, Maintenance, and Services, Worldwide, Dollars, 2009-2015 

Table 2-22 

Application Server Market Forecasts, Segments Worldwide, Dollars, 2009-2015 

Figure 2-23 

Worldwide High End Application Server License and Services Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2006-2012 

Figure 2-24 

Application Server Open Source and Microsoft IIS Installed Base Units, Market Shares, Worldwide, 2008 

Figure 2-25

Application Server Open Source and Microsoft IIS, Shipped Units, Installed Base Units, Market Shares, Worldwide,

2008 and First Half 2009 

Table 2-26 

Microsoft and Novell Agreement Aspects 

Table 2-27 

Major Factors Affecting The Competitive Landscape

For Open Source Application Server Products 

Figure 2-28

Top Web Sites Across All Domains    

Figure 2-29

Market Share for Top Servers Across All Domains                     

August 1995 - July 2009 

Figure 2-30 

Totals for Top Developers Across All Domains                                   

June 2000 - - July 2009 

Figure 2-31 

Worldwide Application Server Market Segments,

First Half 2009 

Table 2-32 

Application Sever Middleware Market Segments,

2008 and First Half 2009 

Figure 2-33 

Regional Application Server Market Segments, Dollars,

First Half 2009 

Table 2-34

Application Server Regional Market Shares, Dollars,

First Half 2009 

Table 2-35 

Enterprise Messaging Integration Functions 

Table 2-36

Application Server Core Technologies 

Table 2-37 

Application Server Primary Functions 

Table 3-1 

IBM WebSphere Application Server Functions 

Table 3-2 

IBM WebSphere Application Server Features 

Table 3-3 

IBM WebSphere Application Server Benefits 

Table 3-4 

IBM WebSphere Security Domain Functions 

Table 3-5

IBM WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Functiions 

Table 3-6 

IBM WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Features And Benefits 

Table 3-7

BEA WebLogic, Tuxedo, and AquaLogic Products 

BEA WebLogic RFID Edge Server 

Table 3-8 

Oracle SOA Suite Benefits 

Table 3-9

Oracle / BEA SOA Application Integration Architecture Functions 

Table 3-10

Oracle / BEA WebLogic Integration Components 

Table 3-11

Oracle WebLogic Application Server Benefits 

Table 3-12

Oracle Enterprise-Class Java EE Application Server Benefits 

Table 3-13

Oracle SOA Benefits 

Table 3-14

Oracle BEA SALT Web Services Benefits 

Figure 3-15

Oracle BEA SALT Gateway Architecture in Tuxedo Framework 

Table 3-16

Oracle BEA SALT Tuxedo Features 

Table 3-17

Oracle BEA SALT Features 

Table 3-18

Oracle BEA SALT uses the Tuxedo Security Framework 

Figure 3-19

Oracle BEA Exposing Tuxedo Services as Inbound Web Services 

Figure 3 20

Invoking Web Services from Outbound Tuxedo Applications 

Tables 3-21

BEA TSAM (Tuxedo System and Application Monitor Functions 

Figure 3-22

BEA TSAM Architecture 

Table 3-23

BEA TSAM Software Components 

Table 3-24

Oracle BEA Transaction Monitoring TSAM Functions 

Table 3-25

SAP NetWeaver Management Modules 

Table 3-26

SAP NetWeaver Application Server Components 

Table 3-27

SAP NetWeaver Application Server Tools 

Table 3-28

SAP NetWeaver Server Applications 

Figure 3-29

SAP NetWeaver Synchronous SOA Management

Table 3-30

IBM® WebSphere® Message Broker SAP Netweaver Functions 

Table 3-31

Fujitsu Interstage Application Server Key Functions 

Table 3-32

Adobe ColdFusion Features 

Table 3-33

Adobe ColdFusion Functions 

Figure 3-34

Hitachi uCosminexus J2EE Application Server 

Table 3-35

Hitachi Cosminexus Portal Framework

Process Integration Adapters 

Table 3-36

Hitachi uCosminexus Application Server Software Functions:

Table 3-37

Hitachi uCosminexus Application Server

Data Conversion Functionality 

Figure 3-38

NEC Capabilities For Web Transaction System Construction 

Figure 3-39

NEC WebOTX Application Server Execution Environment

Figure 3-40

NEC WebOTX Application Server Components 

Table 3-41

NEC Web Services Component Linkage Technologies 

Figure 3-42

NEC WebOTX Architecture 

Table 3-43

Problems Overcome by NEC WebOTX Application Server 

Table 3-44

NEC WebOTX Functions 

Table 3-45

NEC WebOTX Application Server Features 

Figure 3-46

NEC WebOTX Connector Products 

Table 3-47

ATG a Product Suite Functions 

Table 3-4

ATG E-Commerce Platform Suite Features:

Table 3-49

ATG E-Commerce Application Suite Features:

Table 3-50

ATG E-Commerce Customer Care Team Support Features:

Table 3-51

Art Technology Group Application Server Key Features 

Table 3-52

Art Technology Group Application Server Key Features 

Table 3-53

ATG Content Administration Key Features 

Table 3-54

ATG Merchandising Key Features 

Table 3-55

Art Technology Group Application Server

Commerce Suite Page Preview  

Table 3-56

ATG Outreach Key Features 

Table 3-57

ATG Business Analytics and Customer Intelligence Key Features 

Table 3-58

ATG Campaign Optimizer Multivariate Testing Key Features 

Table 3-59

ATG Campaign Optimizer Multivariate Testing Key Parameters 

Table 3-60

ATG Commerce Service Center Key Features 

Table 3-61

ATG Commerce Service Center Key Features 

Table 3-62

ATG Knowledge/Incident Management Key Features 

Table 3-63

ATG Knowledge/Incident Management Key Features 

Table 3-64

ATG platform e-commerce Business Benefits 

Table 3-65

ATG Commerce Suite Platform Key Platform Features 

Table 3-66

ATG Commerce Suite Platform Key Platform Features

Table 3-67

On demand commerce platform  

Table 3-68

ATG Commerce OnDemand E-Commerce Web

Hosting Key Features 

Table 3-69

ATG Commerce OnDemand E-Commerce

Account Management Functions 

Table 3-70

ATG Commerce OnDemand E-Commerce Shopping Functions 

Table 3-71

ATG Commerce OnDemand E-Commerce Checkout Functions 

Table 3-72

ATG Commerce OnDemand E-Commerce

Catalog, Order And Promotion Management Functions 

Table 3-73

ATG Commerce OnDemand E-Commerce

Hosting Facility Key Features 

Table 3-74

ATG Commerce OnDemand e-commerce

Hosting Facilitiy Technology 

Table 3-75

ATG Commerce OnDemand E-Commerce

Hosting Facility Development Services 

Table 3-76

ATG Commerce OnDemand E-Commerce Integration Services 

Table 3-77

ATG Commerce OnDemand E-Commerce Operational Services 

Table 3-78

ATG Commerce OnDemand E-Commerce Web hosting 

Figure 3-79

ATG for the Telecommunications Challenges 

Table 3-80

ATG Communication Service Provider Market Aspects 

Table 3-81

ATG Communication Service Provider Challenges 

Table 3-82

ATG Approach 

Table 3-83

Workday Connections To On-Premise And On-Demand Solutions 

Table 3-84

Workday Application Server Global Positioning 

Table 3-85

Workday Application Server Currency Positioning 

Table 3-86

Workday Application Server Company Structure Positioning 

Table 3-87

FioranoMQ® Integration With Integration Servers:

Table 3-88

FusionWare Partners 

Table 3-89

FusionWare Integration Server key components:

Figure 3-90

FusionWare Integration Server Architecture 

Table 3-91

FusionWare Designer Features 

Figure 3-92

FusionWare Designer Generator and Wizard 

Table 3-93

FusionWare Integration Server Functions 

Table 3-94

FusionWare Administrator Functions 

Table 3-95

Progress Software / IONA/ Orbix Features 

Table 3-96

Progress Software IONA Enterprise CORBA  Target Market

Table 3-97

Progress Software IONA enterprise CORBA Features 

Table 3-98

Progress Software IONA enterprise CORBA Benefits 

Table 3-99

Progress Software IONA enterprise CORBA Target Markets 

Table 3-100

Progress Software IONA enterprise CORBA Orbix Features 

Figure 3-101

PolarLake Registering Schemas 

Table 3-102

PolarLake Functioning Applications 

Table 3-103

PolarLake Financial Standards Products 

Table 3-104

Windows Web Application Gallery Developer Principles 

Table 3-108

Microsoft Web App Gallery Applications 

Table 3-105

Microsoft ASP.NET Components Integration Benefits 

Table 3-106

Tasks Performed By Microsoft ASP.NET Applications:

Table 3-107

Red Hat JBoss Features 

Table 3-108

Red Hat JBoss Operation Network console Functions 

Table 3-109

JBoss Enterprise Middleware Functions 

Table 3-110

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Features and Benefits 

Table 3-111

Red Hat JBoss Operation Network console Management Controls 

Table 3-112

RedHat JBoss Platform Benefits 

Table 3-113

Red Hat JBoss SOA Benefits 

Table 3-114

Red Hat JBoss MetaMatrixKey Components 

Table 3-115

Red Hat JBoss MetaMatrix Features 

Table 3-116

Novell SUSE JBoss Key Features 

Table 3-117

Novell Linux on IBM System z Key Features 

Table 3-118

Zeus Technology GlassFish Application Server Functions 

Table 3-119

Zeus Technology ZXTM GlassFish Application

Server Performance 

Table 4-1 

Aspects Of Application Server Technology 

Table 4-2 

Mainstream Application Servers Strategic Positioning 

Table 4-3 

Application Server Financial Institutions Positioning 

Table 4-4 

Application Server Government Positioning 

Table 4-5 

Application Server Media and Content Providers Positioning 

Table 4-6

Application Server News and Entertainment Portals Positioning 

Table 4-7 

Application Server Online Retailers Positioning 

Table 4-8

Application Server ISPs, Telcos and Hosters Positioning 

Table 4-9

Application Server Utility Companies Positioning 

Table 4-10 

Application Server Application Service Providers Positioning 

Table 4-11

Application Server Internal Systems Positioning 

Table 4-12 

Application Server E-Learning Positioning 

Table 4-13

Application Server Systems Integrators Positioning 

Table 4-14

People Needing Tools To Implement Web Systems 

Table 4-15

Application Server Underlying Infrastructure Services 

Table 4-16

Major Types Of Enterprise Events 

Table 4-17

Autonomic Features 

Table 4-18

Autonomic Functions 

Table 4-19

Distributed Transaction Functions 

Table 4-20

Portal Functions 

Table 4-21

Buy Or Build Decision 

Table 4-22

B2B Application Server Quantifiable Business Benefit

Table 4-23

Trading Exchange Positioning 

Table 4-24

Integrated e-Market Benefits 

Table 5-1

ATG Application Server Business Benefits 

Table 5-2

ATG Application Server IT Benefits 

Table 5-3

ATG Application Server Cost Reduction Benefits 

Table 5-4

ATG Primary Sources Of Competition 

Table 5-5

Fujitsu CentraSite SOA Product Suite Features 

Table 5-6

Fujitsu CentraSite SOA Management Information 

Table 5-7

Hewlett Packard Product and Services Positioning 

Table 5-8

Hewlett Packard Global Positioning 

Table 5-9

Hewlett Packard Tower Software Global, Vertical Markets 

Table 5-10

Hewlett Packard Tower Software Global,

Reducing Risk During Litigation 

Table 5-11

Hewlett Packard Tower Software Microsoft Office® Documents 

Table 5-12

Hewlett Packard Tower TRIM Context Features Overview  

Table 5-13

HostBridge CICS Integration Functions 

Figure 5-14

IBM SMB Partner Go to Market Approach 

Table 5-15

IBM Strategic Priorities 

Table 5-16

Microsoft Response to Security Vulnerabilities 

Table 5-17

PolarLake Financial Services Specific To Integration Applications 

Table 5-18

Progress Software Services Oriented Architecture Features 

Table 5-19

Progress Software Application Platform Product Features 

Table 5-20

Progress Software DataXtend Data Infrastructure Products 

Table 5-21

Progress Software DataDirect Data Infrastructure Products 

Table 5-22

JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform Functions 

Table 5-23

Red Hat's JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform Positioning 

Table 5-24

Workday Enterprise Business Services 

Table 5-25

Workday Enterprise Business Services Functions 

Table 5-26

Workday Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Enterprise Business Services Positioning 

Table 5-27

Workday Integration On Demand Functions