The Top 10 Software Vendors: Positioning, Performance and SWOT analyses

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1 Brochure More information from The Top 10 Software Vendors: Positioning, Performance and SWOT analyses Description: The global software market was worth $203.4 billion in 2006 with the top 10 software vendors representing 50.9% of the total. Enterprise consolidation has accelerated over the years, with significant M&A activity leaving only a handful of major players in the market. Web information services continue to grow strongly and market competition continues to intensify. A strong focus on R&D is a key strategy for the top 10 players in this market who spent $28.6 billion during 2006 and 2007 in developing innovative products. The Top 10 Software Vendors: Positioning, performance and SWOT analyses is a new report published by Business Insights that examines market dynamics in the software market focusing on the top 10 vendors. This new report provides SWOT analyses of top 10 companies and assesses their market positioning, financial performance and growth strategies. Assess the world s leading software vendors, anticipate future trends and enhance your competitive strategies with this new report. Key questions answered by this report... - How do the leading software companies compare in terms of financial performance and coverage? - What is the market share of each of the global leaders by company and category? - How are the key strategies of leading software companies driving revenue and market share? - What are the key trends in the global software market? Key findings from this report... - The global software market value will reach $272 billion in 2011, representing a five-year CAGR of 7.5%. - Microsoft remains the software market leader with a 21.8% market share, followed by IBM with 8.9% share. - Major acquisitions in 2007 included SAP acquiring Business Objects for $6.8 billion, IBM acquiring Cognos for $5 billion and the $3 billion acquisition of Hyperion by Oracle. - New and stricter government regulations are creating opportunities for vendors with specific strengths in security and data protection technologies such as EMC and Symantec. This new report will enable you to... - Create more effective competitive strategies based on the financial and SWOT analyses of the top 10 software vendors detailed in this report. - Benchmark your performance against leading software vendors with this report s ranking of the top 10 software vendors and their financial performance, market share by company and category. - Identify and target future growth areas from this report s analysis of the acquisitions and divestments made by leading software vendors, and their strategies for growth. - Understand the key issues in the software market and the impact that they are expected to have on the market using this report including virtualization, open-source, SMBs and the mainframe market slowdown. Contents: The Top Ten Software Vendors Executive summary Market development Microsoft

2 IBM Oracle SAP SunGard Data Systems Symantec CA EMC Amdocs Intuit Chapter 1 Introduction What is this report about? Methodology Chapter 2 Market development Overview Market size and growth Key trends in software market Shift towards virtualization Growing internet and data security market Consolidation Shifting business models Chapter 3 Microsoft Focus on new product development Penetration into emerging markets Strong revenue growth Broad offering Strong R&D capabilities Decrease in brand value Overdependence on the US Emerging business units Expansion into new markets Software plus services Software piracy Open source software Intense competition Chapter 4 IBM Leading position in middleware segment Strong presence in emerging markets

3 Decline in revenues from Japan Next-generation storage technology portfolio Restructuring of systems and technology group Stagnating other middleware business Chapter 5 Oracle Acquisition strategy Focus on SMB segment Leader in relational database engine market Heavy dependence on the US Growing CRM software market Risk in government contracts Chapter 6 SAP Expansion of traditional core businesses Development of new mid market business Leading market position Strong global partner ecosystem Strong R&D Low presence in public sector Fast growing small and mid market segment Upgrading and enhancing customer base Intense competition Economic slowdown in the US Chapter 7 SunGard Data Systems M&A activity New product development

4 Strong performance of the HEPS division Increasing costs and expenses Acquisition of Financial Technology Integrators Growing IT spending in Western Europe Consolidation in the US banking industry Chapter 8 Symantec M&A activity Product development strategy Market leadership in security software Strong emphasis on R&D Declining profitability Restructuring initiatives Storage competition Chapter 9 CA Internal product development Strengthening partner relationships International expansion Strategic acquisitions Strong position in internet security suite market Sales force reorganization Weak liquidity position Restructuring of Asian operations Investments in research activities Intense competition Chapter 10 EMC

5 Pursuing acquisitions Expanding operations in emerging markets Strong performance of VMware Weakness Overdependence on direct channel partners Growing software storage market Dell s acquisition of EqualLogic Chapter 11 Amdocs Focus on the communications and broadband Industries Market leader in the OSS market Customer concentration Launch of Qpass Retail Suite Geopolitical risk Chapter 12 Intuit Customer-centric products Innovative new offerings Strong position in financial sector Strong R&D activities Geographic concentration Launch of Quicken Health Focus on mid-market companies Seasonal demand Chapter 13 Other major software vendors BMC Software Adobe Konami BEA HP

6 Misys Novell Software Salesforce.com Progress Software Index List of Figures Figure 2.1: Global software market size, Figure 2.2: Turnover of Top 10 players ($m) in 2006 Figure 3.3: Microsoft financial performance ($m), Figure 3.4: Microsoft Figure 4.5: IBM software financial performance ($m), Figure 4.6: IBM Figure 5.7: Oracle financial performance ($m), Figure 5.8: Oracle Figure 6.9: SAP software financial performance ($m), Figure 6.10: SAP Figure 7.11: SunGard financial performance ($m), Figure 7.12: SunGard Figure 8.13: Symantec financial performance ($m), Figure 8.14: Symantec Figure 9.15: CA financial performance ($m), Figure 9.16: CA Figure 10.17: EMC software financial performance ($m), Figure 10.18: EMC Figure 11.19: Amdocs financial performance ($m), Figure 11.20: Amdocs Figure 12.21: Intuit financial performance ($m), Figure 12.22: Intuit Ordering: Order Online - Order by Fax - using the form below Order by Post - print the order form below and send to Research and Markets, Guinness Centre, Taylors Lane, Dublin 8, Ireland.

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