The worldwide application infrastructure and middleware (AIM) software market grew 8.8% from 2013 to 2014, generating $23.8B in revenues last year.
In comparison, the worldwide enterprise software market grew from $405.5B in 2013 to $428.6B in 2014, attaining a 5.7% growth rate.
Salesforce is the fastest growing AIM provider worldwide, attaining a 55% increase in revenue from 2013 to 2014.
These and other insights are from the recent
Key take-aways from the AIM market share update:
- Salesforce grew revenue from $477M in 2013 to $740M in 2014, attaining a 55.2% growth rate. The following graphic compares growth rates of AIM vendors, illustrating just how fast cloud, mobile and analytics technologies are reordering the AIM landscape.
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IBM (29%) had over twice the market share ofOracle in 2014 (14%).Microsoft (5%), Salesforce (3%) and Software AG (2%) also successfully competed for business in this market and won deals on a global level. The following graphic compares market shares as of the close of last year.
- Gartner is seeing enterprises focus on new spending on extending integration capabilities through the use of PaaS offerings. Specialized vendors introducing cloud-based alternatives to mobile middleware are also disrupting the market.
- Open source software (OSS) and open core providers including MuleSoft, Talend and Liferay added according to Gartner’s analysis. Specific point solution vendors that specialize in niche but fast-growing technology areas (in-memory data grids and low-latency messaging, for example) also had a similar impact on the market.
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