Volgens de laatste onderzoeksgegevens van IDC, die het bedrijf onlangs bekend maakte, blijft BEA Systems leider in de markt voor applicatieservers, met een aandeel van 24%. Uit het IDC onderzoek blijkt tevens dat IBM, ondanks enorme investeringen in de positionering van WebSphere, er niet in is geslaagd om substantieel marktaandeel te winnen van BEA. Wel is er sprake van consolidatie rond de grote spelers in deze markt, waardoor het gezamelijk aandeel van de twee grootste partijen, BEA en IBM, is toegenomen ten opzichte van de overige partijen.
Naast IDC heeft ook Gartner/DataQuest recent haar onderzoeksgegevens over de applicatieservermarkt bekend gemaakt. BEA Systems is ook in dit onderzoek de marktleider, vóór IBM.
Details over BEA's positie als nummer een in IDC's Worldwide Application Server Platform Forecast treft u aan in het onderstaande persbericht. Wanneer u naar aanleiding van dit nieuws commentaar van een BEA woordvoerder zou willen kunt u natuurlijk contact opnemen met Applied Communications.
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Leading Analyst Firm Confirms BEA As Worldwide Application Server Market Leader
BEA Increases Market Share As Industry-leading Companies Consolidate Around BEA WebLogic Server
SAN JOSE - May 22, 2002 - BEA Systems Inc., (Nasdaq: BEAS) the world's leading application infrastructure company, has once again been named the leader of the $2.2 billion application server market, according to an upcoming IDC report, Worldwide Application Server Software Platform Forecast. BEA increased its market share from 18 percent in 2000 to 24.8 percent market share in 2001, maintaining its lead over IBM. BEA has over 13,000 customers, including more than half the Fortune Global 500. BEA customers employ BEA WebLogic Server at the heart of their application infrastructure in order to increase ROI, future-proof their applications, and establish a fully integrated, complete platform.
"BEA's key strategy for 2002 is focused on its new BEA WebLogic Platform 7.0, which includes the application server in addition to an integration server and portal," said Michele Rosen, IDC analyst. "The convergence of these three products makes sense for customers and for BEA. The markets addressed by its new products, BEA WebLogic Integration and BEA WebLogic Portal, show significant growth potential."
Building on top of its cornerstone application server, BEA recently announced its expansion into the application infrastructure space, a market forecasted to reach $57 billion overall by 2005. In response to additional customer demands, BEA is expanding its product line with new products like BEA WebLogic Workshop and BEA WebLogic Platform 7.0, as well as key upgrades to its market leading application servers, BEA WebLogic Integration and BEA WebLogic Portal. This enhanced offering is designed to meet application infrastructure demands at all levels of a business' operations.
About BEA
BEA Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAS) is the world's leading application infrastructure software company, providing the enterprise software foundation for 13,000 customers around the world, including the majority of the Fortune Global 500. BEA and its WebLogic® brand are among the most trusted names in business.
Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., BEA has 91 offices in 33 countries and is on the Web at www.bea.com.
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Jurriaan Trommels Scott Johnston
Applied Communications BEA Systems, Inc.
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Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Some of the statements in this press release are forward-looking, including the statements regarding BEA's strategy, the growth potential of markets addressed by BEA and the future size of the application infrastructure space and market. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties BEA faces that could cause results to differ materially include risks associated with: any technological changes in the markets addressed by BEA's products, the continued growth in the use by businesses of the Internet for their information infrastructure, the timing of any recovery from the current economic and IT spending downturn, and any introduction by competitors of new products or related features. Readers should also refer to the risk disclosures set forth in BEA's 10?K for the year ended January 31, 2002, as filed with the SEC and subsequent reports filed thereafter from time-to-time with the SEC. The forward-looking statements contained in this release are made as of the date hereof, and BEA does not assume any obligation to update such statements nor the reasons why actual results could differ materially from those projected in such statements.