BPM market in strong recovery

IDC just released some data that shows that the worldwide business process management (BPM) and middleware market recovered strongly from its 2009 growth slump, writes EbizQ.

According to the report, the 2010 revenue totalled nearly $16.1 billion, representing growth of 9.2% - up sharply from a growth rate of 2.2% in 2009.

Of the two main components of the market, application server middleware grew the fastest at 10.8% while integration and process automation middleware grew 8.2%.

IDC also pins IBM as the largest vendor in this market, followed by Oracle at a distant second. Microsoft is third, less than one third the size of Oracle. At 20% growth in 2010, Microsoft was the fastest-growing large BPM and middleware vendor.

CBR Online says, further, the companies with at least $20 million in 2010 revenue, Accellion, Appian, Crossgate, Cordys, Global 360, InterSystems, Micro Focus, Nintex, Seeburger, YouSendIt, and Workday grew 35% or more during 2010.

IDC enterprise middleware research programmes VP, Maureen Fleming, says the BPM and middleware market continues to gain share overall in IT spending. “Growth across the segments continues to be driven by innovation, even in the largest and most mature segments,” Fleming says.

According to Gamut News, the IDC study, Worldwide Business Process Management and Middleware 2010 Vendor Shares, examines the BPM and middleware market and submarkets for 2006 to 2010.