Application integration and middleware market worth $6.7 bln in 2004

Worldwide application integration, middleware and portal new license revenue totalled $6.7 mln in 2004, a 5.8% increase from 2003 revenue of $6.3 bln, according to Gartner.

Worldwide application integration and middleware revenues

Vendor 2004 revenue,
mln. $
2004 market
share, %
2003 revenue,
mln. $
2003 market
share, %
2003-2004
growth, %
IBM 2,495.4 37.2 2,295.5 36.3 8.7
BEA Systems 482.3 7.2 521.0 8.2 -7.4
Fujitsu 421.4 6.3 405.2 6.4 4.0
Oracle 292.2 4.4 259.6 4.1 12.5
Microsoft 285.4 4.3 175.0 2.8 63.1
Others 2,723.7 40.6 2,675.3 42.3 1.8
Total 6,700.5 100.0 6,331.6 100.0 5.8
Source: Gartner