Leading Analyst Firm Confirms BEA as Worldwide Application Server Market Leader
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BEA Increases Market Share as Industry-leading Companies Consolidate Around BEA WebLogic Server
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BEA Systems Inc., (Nasdaq: BEAS - News) 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(TM) 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(TM), 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(TM) and BEA WebLogic Platform 7.0, as well as key upgrades to its market leading application servers, BEA WebLogic Integration(TM) and BEA WebLogic Portal(TM). This enhanced offering is designed to meet application infrastructure demands at all levels of a business' operations.
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BEA Systems, Inc. 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. |
