Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Market Opportunities, Strategies, and Forecasts, 2007 to 2013

Report # SH29821492 | 415 Pages | 107 Tables and Figures | 2007
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Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Market Assessment

STUDY TOPIC TECHNOLOGY OR SOMETHING
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Market Shares and Forecasts
Greater Value From Existing Assets
Enterprise Service Bus Architecture
ESB Multiple Process Categories
ESB Process Life Cycle
Workflow and ESB
Customer Support
Linking Internal Operation
System Integrator Role
Enterprise Service Bus Technology Issues
ESB Technology Analysis
ESB Business benefits
ESB Software Process Design
ESB / Web Services / SOA
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Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Market Opportunities, Strategies, and Forecasts, 2007 to 2013

ESB market driving forces relate to the need for automation of process. Information exchange depends on access to every different type of enterprise resource planning (ERP) system and network connectivity. Supply chains are automated using BPM technology based on integration infrastructure. Electronic commerce needs application servers and integration infrastructure to function.

New customer service systems need ESB in order to be implemented efficiently. Long running processes can be supported in a number of ways, but BPM is most efficient. Indirect factors relate to the migration of existing products from separate market segments. File transfer, CTI, applications development, and workflow illustrate the alternate ways to implement long running processes.

Enterprise application integration is occurring in the context of corporate adoption of best-of-breed ESB strategies. Mergers, acquisitions, and reorganizations are increasing. The driving force is the need to leverage economies of scale brought by the Internet. A desire to develop closer links with customers, suppliers, and partners is also evolving. These events all drive demand for ESB.

ESB helps corporations integrate their existing data and applications into new business systems. ESB is an integration technology that supports Web services. ESB software components allow customers to more quickly react to changing market conditions by using process models to design and build more flexible applications. ESB software projects routinely range from $100,000 to $2.5 million. IBM has implemented 1,800 ESB projects, many of them trial installations.

Enterprise service bus is at the core of implementing business process management. Business process management promises to take the islands of knowledge, data and business rules that represent the core of enterprise activities and unite them into a business system that is accessible to ordinary business people. Business automation allows companies to rapidly automate and analyze business processes that flow across multiple applications.

Enterprise service bus (ESB) markets at $190.5 million in 2006 are expected to reach $494.4 million by 2013. Market growth comes because ESB enables the flexible IT architecture that is needed to respond to market shifts brought by speeded product cycles and competitive challenges.

Companies Profiled
IBM
TIBCO
webMethods
Applied Technology
Cape Clear
Fiorano
 Fusionware
IONA
Oracle
Polarlake
Progress Software
SOA Software


Report Methodology

This is the 293rd report in a series of market research reports that provide forecasts in communications, telecommunications, the internet, computer, software, and telephone equipment. The project leaders take direct responsibility for writing and preparing each report. They have significant experience preparing industry studies. Forecasts are based on primary research and proprietary data bases. Forecasts reflect analysis of the market trends in the segment and related segments. Unit and dollar shipments are analyzed through consideration of dollar volume of each market participation in the segment. Market share analysis includes conversations with key customers of products, industry segment leaders, marketing directors, distributors, leading market participants, and companies seeking to develop measurable market share. Over 200 in-depth interviews are conducted for each report with a broad range of key participants and opinion leaders in the market segment.

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WinterGreen Research, founded in 1985, provides strategic market assessments in telecommunications, communications equipment, health care, and advanced computer technology. Industry reports focus on opportunities that will expand existing markets or develop major new markets. The reports assess new product and service positioning strategies, new and evolving technologies, and technological impact on products, services, and markets. Market shares are provided. Leading market participants are profiled, and their marketing strategies, acquisitions, and strategic alliances are discussed. The principals of WinterGreen Research have been involved in analysis and forecasting of international business opportunities in telecommunications and advanced computer technology markets for over 30 years.

About the Principal Authors

Ellen T. Curtiss, Technical Director, co-founder of WinterGreen Research, conducts strategic and market assessments in technology-based industries. Previously she was a member of the staff of Arthur D. Little, Inc., for 23 years, most recently as Vice President of Arthur D. Little Decision Resources, specializing in strategic planning and market development services. She is a graduate of Boston University and the Program for Management Development at Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. She is the author of recent studies on worldwide telecommunications markets and the Top Ten Telecommunications market analysis and forecasts.

Susan Eustis, President, co-founder of WinterGreen Research, has done research in communications and computer markets and applications. She holds several patents in microcomputing and parallel processing. She is the author of recent studies of the Regional Bell Operating Companies' marketing strategies, Internet equipment, a study of Internet Equipment, Worldwide Telecommunications Equipment, Top Ten Telecommunications, Digital Loop Carrier, Web Hosting, and Application Integration markets. Ms. Eustis is a graduate of Barnard College.

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