Portal Software
Market Opportunities, Strategies, and Forecasts, 2006 to 2012

Report # SH29821468 | 513 Pages | 200 Tables and Figures | 2006
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Portal Software Market Assessment

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Enterprise Portal Market Shares and Forecasts
Portal Market Driving Forces
Enterprise Portals
Knowledge Management
Communities of Practice
Business Intelligence Software
Impact of Internet
Enterprise Portal Product Uses
Portals Simplify Information Technology Access
Portal Technology
Web Service Architecture
Enterprise Portals Core Benefits and Services
Multiple Porlet Application Control
Accelerate Time-to-Benefit

Portal Software
Market Opportunities, Strategies, and Forecasts, 2006 to 2012

Portals provide the basis for information access. Content management, search, personalization, lightweight applications, and lightweight systems architecture are provided. Portals are evolving a robust architecture with enterprise capabilities, a robust framework to integrate applications, collaborative features, and wireless support.

Business users of portals need to access multiple systems. Content sources use portals in order to locate the information required for decision-making. Companies need to be able to expose critical corporate data and services to their extended community in a timely and secure fashion.

Portals are transactional gateways targeted to a specific audience. Implementing a portal in organizations can lead to increased productivity, improved work collaboration, knowledge sharing, and maximized investment on expensive back-end packages.

The pace of business is increasing. Users want access to applications, services, and information at all times, no matter where they are. Portal is wireless capabilities enables delivery of critical information when and where it is needed, eliminating delays. Key capabilities include integrated multi-channel access.

Portals enable users to access different kinds of wireless devices, including WI-FI laptops, PDAs, wireless phones, J2ME devices, and Pocket PCs. Built-in features automatically transform portal pages for mobile devices, and support the definition of mobile-specific views that can be optimized to individual devices.

Mobile business alerts enable users to configure notifications, to ensure that they are alerted when key business events occur. Mobile alerts occur via a variety of channels, including pagers, SMS messaging, and instant messaging.

Advanced wireless services for a portal provide capabilities such as mobile personal information management (PIM) for collaboration, voice XML technology to render enterprise portal to disabled users who can speak but not read or type, and location services to render highly customized information to users based on their location.

IBM commands 48% of the portal markets. Oracle, BEA / Plumtree, Vignette, SAP, Tibco, and Microsoft participate in the markets. The market for enterprise portals at $1,100 million in 2005 is expected to grow to $9.9 billion by 2012. Large enterprise customers need basic information access and formatting functions provided by enterprise portal systems. Portals make the Internet useful to people in their jobs. Portals leverage dashboards that provide visibility into the metrics of a company.

Companies Profiled
IBM
Oracle
BEA
Microsoft
 SAP
Sun Microsystems
Tibco
Vignette


Report Methodology

This is the 281st 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.

About the Company

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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