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Application Integration Executive Summary  

Summary Application Integration Industry Segment Market Shares  1

(AI) Integration Broker Industry Summary Market Forecasts  5

Summary Application Integration Industry Market Segments  5

Robust Integration Systems  7

Market Driving Forces  10

Application Integration Market Shares  13

Types of Application Integration Brokers  14

1.             Application Integration Industry Analysis  

1.1                          Different Functions Offered By Different Vendors  1

1.2                          Streamlining Internal Systems  1

1.3                          Return On B2B Investments  2

1.4                          Industry Specific Solutions  3

1.5                          System Integrator Support 4

1.6                          Industry Specific Products  5

1.6.1          Neon Rapport 5

1.7                          Value Of Industry Specific Application Integration  5

1.8                          Integration Software  8

1.9                          Role Of Mission Critical Middleware Messaging  10

1.10                        Mission-Critical Functionality  11

1.11                        Messaging Software  12

1.12                        Linking Internal Operations  13

1.13                        Flexible End-To-End Integration Solutions  15

1.14                        Industry Strategies  16

2.         Application Integration Industry Market Forecasts  

2.1                          Robust Integration Systems  2

2.2                          Market Driving Forces  6

2.3                          Application Integration Market Shares  8

2.4                          (AI) Integration Broker Industry Shares  11

2.5                          Summary Application Integration Industry Market Segments  14

2.6                          Banking, Financial, And Insurance Application Integration Market Shares  16

2.6.1          AI Banking And Finance Application Integration Market Forecasts  19

2.7                          Insurance Application Integration Market Forecasts  22

2.8                          Healthcare Application Integration Market Forecasts  24

2.9                          Telecommunications Application Integration Market Shares  27

2.10                        Telecommunications Application Integration Market Forecasts  30

2.11                        Manufacturing Application Integration Market Shares  32

2.12                        Manufacturing Application Integration Market Forecasts  36

2.13                        Retail Application Integration Market Shares  38

2.14                        Retail Application Integration Market Forecasts  41

2.15                        Wholesale / Distribution Application Integration Market Shares  44

2.16                        Wholesale Application Integration Market Forecasts  45

2.17                        Utility And Energy Application Integration Market Shares  47

2.18                        Utility And Energy Application Integration Market Forecasts  50

2.19                        (AI) Integration Broker Market Forecasts  52

2.19.1        AI Integration Broker Segment Market Analysis  53

2.19.2        Enormous Diversity in the Market 56

2.19.3        Types Of Application Integration Brokers  57

3.         Application Integration Industry Analysis  

3.1                          Financial Services, Insurance, And Banking  4

3.1.1          Keler / IBM Financial Markets Solution  9

3.1.2          IBM / New Era Of Networks / Freddie Mac  12

3.1.3          IBM / New Era Of Networks / Wachovia Bank  12

3.1.4          IBM / New Era Of Networks / First Union Bank  13

3.1.5          Union Investment / Vitria  13

3.2                          Internet E-Business  14

3.2.1          Web-Based Applications  15

3.2.2          Wellfound / Tibco Software  15

3.2.3          iPlanet E-Commerce  16

3.2.4          e-Publishing / Tibco Software  17

3.2.5          Candle  18

3.2.6          IBM / New Era Of Networks / Vital Processing Services  18

3.3                          Telecommunications  18

3.3.1          AI Telecommunications Partnerships And Strategic Alliances  19

3.3.2          Bellsouth And IBM    19

3.3.3          KPN Royal Dutch Telecom / Tibco Software  21

3.3.4          Vitria Telecommunications Commerce Integration  22

3.3.5          Vitria M-Commerce Billing Solution  24

3.3.6          Vitria Wireless Content Delivery  24

3.3.7          Vitria Wireless  25

3.3.8          Vitria Wireless Framework  26

3.3.9          Vitria / Orsus  26

3.3.10        Crossworlds Telco Solution / Telekom Austria  28

3.3.11        Siemens / Crossworlds  29

3.3.12        Williams Communications / Iplanet 30

3.3.13        IBM / Symbian  30

3.4                          Small Business Supply Chain  32

3.4.1          GE Global Exchange Services / Edisoft 32

3.5                          Process And Complex Manufacturing Industries  33

3.5.1          Contract Manufacturing  35

3.5.2          PricewaterhouseCoopers / Extricity  36

3.5.3          Tibco Software / ChipData  37

3.5.4          IBM / Extricity / Celestica  39

3.6                          Automotive  45

3.6.1          Automotive Supply Chain  45

3.6.2          SeeBeyond / GM    46

3.6.3          CrossWorlds / Delphi Automotive Systems  46

3.7                          Customer Resource Management (CRM) 47

3.7.1          Vitria M-Commerce Customer Care Solution  47

3.8                          E-Government 48

3.8.1          DoD iPlanet Portal Server 48

3.9                          Application Service Providers (ASPs) 50

3.10                        Health Care  51

3.10.1        Health Care Partners Medical Group / Sybase / Neon  53

3.10.2        CDPHP / Sybase / Neon E-Commerce Solution  54

3.10.3        Quest Diagnostics / Sybase / Neon  54

3.10.4        Sybase / Neon Health Care Integration Positioning  55

3.11                        TV Interactive Solutions  57

3.11.1        Sybase / Neon / Commerce.TV Interactive Solution  57

3.11.2        EHPT / Vitria  58

3.12                        B to B   60

3.12.1        B2b Electronic Marketplace In France / Webmethods  61

3.13                        Retail Integration  62

3.13.1        GXS 7th Online For Web-Based Fashion Retail Service  64

3.13.2        Mercator B2B Integration Brand Management 65

3.14                        Trading Transaction Manager  66

3.14.1        Tibco Software / Rosettanet 67

3.14.2        Tibco Automated Trading Networks  68

3.14.3        Saqqara Systems / Tibco  69

3.14.4        Xoriant / Tibco Software  70

3.14.5        Mercator Partnership With Compaq  71

3.15                        Distribution  72

3.15.1        GE Global Exchange Services / Cargill 73

3.16                        Oil Distribution  74

3.16.1        IBM / New Era Of Networks / Shell Oil 74

3.17                        Airline Industry  75

3.17.1        Lufthansa Systems / Bea Systems  77

3.18                        Web Content Management 79

3.18.1        BEA Personalized Web Content 80

3.19                        Education  81

3.19.1        IB-Groep / IBM    82

3.20                        Energy  83

3.20.1        Luminant / Tibco Software  84

4.         Application Integration Technology Analysis  

4.1                          Different Functions Offered By Different Vendors  2

4.2                          Streamlining Internal Systems  3

4.3                          Return On B2B Investments  4

4.4                          Industry Specific Solutions  5

4.5                          Enterprise Needs Analysis  5

4.6                          Competitive Advantage  5

4.7                          Business Benefits  6

4.8                          Event Manager Design Goals  7

4.9                          Xml standards  9

4.10                        wap  10

4.11                        AI As A Class Of Software  11

4.12                        The Business Imperative  14

4.13                        Customer Needs Cry Out For Solutions  18

4.14                        AI Applications To The Rescue  20

4.15                        Application Integration Functionality  22

4.15.1        The Role Of Messaging  27

4.15.2        The Role Of Routing  27

4.15.3        The Role Of Transformation Engines  28

4.15.4        The Role Of Point Solutions  28

4.15.5        Role Of Distributed Computing Brokers  29

5.         Application Integration Company Profiles  

5.1                          Integration Company Market Definitions And Markets Addressed  7

5.2                          2way Corporation  10

5.3                          BEA   10

5.3.1          BEA Revenue  12

5.3.2          BEA Customers  13

5.4                          BMC   14

5.5                          Candle  16

5.5.1          Messaging Middleware Management 22

5.5.2          Platforms Supported  22

5.5.3          Candle E-Business  24

5.5.4          Candle Products  25

5.5.5          Candle Service Positioning  25

5.6                          Commerce Quest 26

5.7                          Concentric Network   27

5.8                          Connect 28

5.9                          Crossworlds  29

5.9.1          Crossworlds Customers  32

5.9.2          Crossworlds Application Partners  33

5.9.3          The Business Integration Positioning  33

5.9.4          Crossworlds Products And Technology  34

5.9.5          Crossworlds Technology Partners  35

5.9.6          Crossworlds Revenue  35

5.10                        Datachannel 36

5.11                        Enterprisesoft 36

5.12                        Evolving Systems  36

5.12.1        Evolving Systems Solutions  38

5.13                        Filenet 39

5.14                        Financial Technologies International 39

5.15                        GE Global Exchange  (GXS) 40

5.15.1        GE Capital 41

5.15.2        GE Global Exchange Services  41

5.15.3        GXS Key Business Areas And Initiatives  42

5.15.4        GXS Strategic Alliances  43

5.16                        Healthdyne Information Systems  43

5.17                        IBM    51

5.17.1        IBM Software Infrastructure  54

5.17.2        Tivoli Systems  54

5.17.3        IBM Global Services  55

5.18                        IPlanet 55

5.18.1        Forte Fusion Integration Suite  55

5.18.2        Sun One  56

5.18.3        IPlanet E-Commerce Solutions  56

5.19                        Inprise! 57

5.20                        Iway Software  57

5.21                        Kabira Technologies  57

5.22                        level 8  58

5.22.1        Level 8 Acquisitions  59

5.22.2        Level 8 Products  59

5.22.3        Level 8 Systems Revenue  62

5.23                        LogiSys  62

5.24                        Mercator  63

5.25                        Mercator Software  68

5.25.1        Highlights  69

5.25.2        Mercator Products  70

5.25.3        Mercator Platforms  71

5.25.4        Mercator Customers  71

5.26                        Microsoft 72

5.27                        MQSoftware  74

5.28                        Netscape  75

5.29                        Optum   76

5.30                        Oshap Technologies  76

5.31                        Oracle  77

5.32                        Peregrine  78

5.32.1        Peregrine Systems / Extricity  79

5.32.2        Extricity  81

5.32.3        Extricity / IBM Websphere Business-To-Business Integrator Partner 81

5.32.4        Extricity Products  83

5.33                        Pivotpoint 85

5.34                        s2 systems  86

5.35                        Saga Systems  86

5.36                        SAP   90

5.37                        Saratoga Systems  91

5.38                        SeeBeyond  92

5.38.1        SeeBeyond Customers  92

5.38.2        Customers  95

5.38.3        Products  95

5.38.4        SeeBeyond Positioning  95

5.39                        Software AG   96

5.40                        Sopra  97

5.40.1        Sopra customers  99

5.40.2        Sopra Products  99

5.40.3        Sopra RDJ  99

5.40.4        Sopra XFB   101

5.40.5        Sopra Xtalk  103

5.41                        Sun Microsystems  105

5.42                        S.W.I.F.T   107

5.43                        Sybase / Neon  107

5.43.1        Sybase  108

5.43.2        Neon / New Era Of Networks  109

5.43.3        Combined Company  110

5.43.4        Sybase / Neon  111

5.43.5        Sybase  113

5.43.6        Neon Enables E-Business  113

5.43.7        Neon Customers  115

5.43.8        Other Neon Customers  116

5.43.9        Neon Revenues  116

5.43.10      Neon Product Positioning  117

5.43.11      Formatter 118

5.43.12      Rules Engines  118

5.43.13      Neon Core Products  119

5.43.14      Neon Partnerships  119

5.43.15      IBM agreement 120

5.43.16      Direct Sales  121

5.43.17      Strategic Relationships  121

5.44                        Symantec  127

5.45                        Talarian  127

5.46                        Tibco Software  128

5.46.1        Tibco Products  130

5.46.2        Tibco Customers  131

5.46.3        Tibco Software Revenue  132

5.46.4        Tibco Strategic Partners  133

5.46.5        Tibco Products  134

5.47                        Vignette  135

5.47.1        Oberon Software  136

5.47.2        Oberon Resellers  137

5.48                        Vitria  139

5.48.1        Vitria Revenues  139

5.48.2        Industries Served  140

5.48.3        Vitria Customers  140

5.48.4        Vitria Strengths And Challenges Of Application Integration  140

5.49                        WebMethods  141

5.49.1        WebMethods Customers  142

5.49.2        WebMethods' Strategic Partners  142

5.49.3        WebMethods Acquisitions  142

5.49.4        WebMethods Strategic Positioning  143

5.49.5        WebMethods / Active  143

5.49.6        Active Software  144

5.50                        XMLSolutions  148

6.         Selected Application Integration Users, Providers, and Integrators    

6.1                          @bovehealth  6

6.2                          7thOnline  7

6.3                          Accenture  7

6.4                          Actuate  8

6.5                          Air2Web  8

6.6                          Appsolut Software  8

6.7                          Ariba  9

6.8                          Attunity  10

6.9                          Answork   11

6.10                        Autodesk   12

6.11                        BellSouth  12

6.12                        Brokat Technologies  13

6.13                        Business Objects  13

6.14                        Broadvision  14

6.15                        BusinessEdge Solutions  15

6.16                        Cap Gemini Ernst & Young  16

6.17                        Capitol District Physicians' Health Plan (CDPHP) 16

6.18                        Cargill 17

6.19                        Celestica  17

6.20                        Chipdata  20

6.21                        Cinergy  20

6.22                        Clarent Corporation  21

6.23                        Commerce One  22

6.24                        CSC   23

6.25                        Daleen  24

6.26                        Deutsche Bank   25

6.27                        dotLogix  25

6.28                        Commerce.TV   27

6.29                        Delphi Automotive Systems  27

6.30                        e-Publishing  28

6.31                        ebXML   29

6.32                        Edisoft 30

6.33                        EHPT U.S.A. 30

6.34                        Firmbuy  31

6.35                        Genuity  33

6.35.1        Genuity Black Rocket 33

6.36                        General Motors  34

6.37                        HBOC   34

6.38                        Healthcare Partners Medical Group  35

6.39                        Information Builders  35

6.40                        Interwoven  36

6.41                        iSyndicate  37

6.42                        Keytech Ltd  37

6.43                        Kivera  38

6.44                        KPN   38

6.45                        KPMG Consulting  39

6.46                        Lufthansa Systems  40

6.47                        Luminant 40

6.48                        NeoModal 41

6.49                        Netonomy  41

6.50                        Open Market 42

6.51                        Orsus  42

6.52                        PartnerCommunity  43

6.53                        Pioneer  43

6.54                        PricewaterhouseCoopers  43

6.55                        Qwest 44

6.55.1        Qwest Partners  45

6.55.2        Alliance With Microsoft 46

6.55.3        Qwest High-Capacity Fiber Optic Network  47

6.55.4        Qwest Equity Investment In Rhythms To Position As Data DSL Provider 49

6.55.5        Qwest Investment In Covad To Position As Data DSL Provider 50

6.55.6        Strengths And Weaknesses Of Qwest 50

6.55.7        Qwest Revenue 2000  52

6.56                        Quest Diagnostics  53

6.57                        RosettaNet 53

6.58                        SAQQARA Systems  54

6.59                        ScreamingMedia  54

6.60                        SBC Communications (SBC) 55

6.60.1        SBC End-To-End Service  56

6.60.2        SBC Acquisitions  56

6.60.3        SBC Prodigy Agreement 58

6.60.4        SBC / Sterling Commerce  58

6.60.5        SBC / DirecTV Agreement 58

6.60.6        SBC / Williams Communications  59

6.60.7        Puerto Rico Acquisition  59

6.60.8        Radiofone Acquisition  59

6.60.9        SBC Information And Entertainment 60

6.60.10      Directory And Electronic Advertising Services  60

6.60.11      Security Monitoring Services  60

6.60.12      Comcast Acquisition  61

6.60.13      Cable Television Services  61

6.60.14      Cable Television Licenses  61

6.60.15      In-Region Long Distance  62

6.60.16      SBC Revenue  62

6.60.17      SBC National-Local Trends  63

6.60.18      Strengths And Weaknesses Of SBC   63

6.61                        Star Alliance  66

6.62                        Stratus Technologies  67

6.63                        Siemens AG   67

6.64                        Sun One  68

6.65                        Symbian  68

6.66                        Tarantella  69

6.67                        Viafone  69

6.68                        Wellfound Technology  70

6.69                        Xora  70

6.70                        Xoriant 71

6.71                        Zone Labs  71

Figure ES-1     2

Worldwide Integration Broker Market Shares, 2000                                                  

Figure ES-2     3

Worldwide Integration Broker Industry Market Segments, 2000 

Figure ES-3     4

Worldwide Integration Broker Market Segments, 2006 

Figure ES-4     5

Application Integration Broker, Market Forecast, 2000 - 2006 

Figure ES-5     6

Summary Application Integration Broker Industry Market Segment Forecast, 2000 - 2006 

Table ES-6     8

Strategic Goals of Enterprise Integration 

Table ES-7     10

Advantages of AI Applications Integration Solutions 

Table ES-8     11

AI Market Driving Forces 

Table ES-9     14

Types of AI Integration Brokers 

Figure ES-10   15

EAI Infrastructure Architecture Forecast                                                                       

Table 1-1     3

Streamlining Internal Systems 

Table 1-2     4

Aims of Integration Systems 

Table 1-3     8

Value of Industry Specific Application Integration 

Table 1-4     8

Industry Specific Application Integration Variables 

Table 1-5     9

Value of Industry Specific Application Integration Partnerships 

Table 1-6     10

Application Integration Software Functions 

Table 1-7     11

Application Integration Software Industries Targeted 

Table 1-8     13

Enterprise Messaging Integration Functions 

Table 1-9     15

Internal Enterprise Application Integration Tasks 

Table 1-10     17

End-To-End Integration Model

Table 2-1     1

Strategic Goals of Enterprise Integration 

Table 2-2     4

Advantages of AI Applications Integration Solutions 

Table 2-3     5

AI Market Driving Forces 

Figure 2-4     8

Worldwide Integration Broker Market Shares, 2000 

Table 2-5     9

Application Integration Market Shares, 2000 

Table 2-6     11

Worldwide Integration Broker Industry Market Segments, 2000 

Figure 2-7     12

Worldwide Integration Broker Industry Market Segments, 2001 

Figure 2-8     13

Worldwide Integration Broker Industry Market Segments, 2006 

Figure 2-9     14

Application Integration Broker, Market Forecasts, 2000 - 2006 

Table 2-10     15

Summary Application Integration Broker Industry Market Segment Forecast, 2000 - 2006 

Figure 2-11     17

Banking, Finance, and Insurance Application Integration Market Shares, 2000 

Table 2-12     18

Banking, Finance, and Insurance Market Shares, 2000 

Figure 2-13     20

Banking and Finance Application Integration Market Forecasts, 2000 - 2006 

Table 2-14     21

Application Integration Banking and Finance Product Suite Forecasts, Dollars, 2000 - 2006 

Figure 2-15     22

Insurance Application Integration Market Forecast, 2000 - 2006 

Table 2-16     23

Application Integration Insurance Market Forecast, 2000 - 2006 

Figure 2-17     25

Healthcare Application Integration Market Forecast, 2000 - 2006 

Table 2-18     26

Healthcare Application Integration Market Forecast, 2000 - 2006 

Figure 2-19     27

Telecommunications Application Integration Market Shares, 2000 

Table 2-20     28

Telecommunications Application Integration Market Shares, 2000 

Figure 2-21     30

Telecommunications Application Integration Market Forecasts, 2000 – 2006                                                    

Table 2-22     31

Telecommunications Application Integration Market Forecasts, 2000 - 2006 

Figure 2-23     34

Manufacturing Application Integration Market Shares, 2000 

Table 2-24     35

Manufacturing Application Integration Market Shares, 2000 

Figure 2-25     36

High Tech Manufacturing Application Integration Market Forecasts, 2000 - 2006 

Table 2-26     37

Manufacturing Application Integration Market Forecasts, 2000 - 2006 

Figure 2-27     38

Retail Application Integration Market Shares, 2000 

Table 2-28     39

Retail Market Shares, 2000 

Figure 2-29     41

Retail Application Integration Market Forecasts, 2000 - 2006 

Table 2-30     42

Retail Market Forecasts, 2000 - 2006 

Figure 2-31    42

Wholesale Application Integration Market Shares, 2000

Table 2-32     43

Wholesale Distribution Market Shares, 2000

Figure 2-33    44

Wholesale Application Integration Market Forecasts, 2000-2006

Table 2-34    45

Wholesale Distribution Market Forecasts, 2000-2006

Figure 2-35   46

Energy and Utility Application Integration Market Shares, 2000

Table 2-36   47

Utility and Energy Application Integration Market Shares, 2000

Figure 2-37  49

Energy and Utility Application Integration Market Forecasts, 2000-2006

Table 2-38   50

Wholesale Distribution Market Forecasts, 2000-2006

Figure 2-39   52

Worldwide Integration Broker Market Segments, 2000

Figure 2-40   53

Worldwide Integration Broker Market Segments, 2006

Table 2-41     56

Types of EAI Integration Engines 

Figure 2-42     58

Layers of Application Integration

Figure 2-43     60

EAI Infrastructure Architecture Forecast

Table 3-1     5

Global Financial Services Trends 

Table 3-2     21

Telecommunications Issues Addressed by Integration 

Table 3-3     22

Vitria Mobile Data Framework Target Markets 

Table 3-4     33

Process Industries 

Table 3-5     33

Complex Manufacturing Industries 

Table 3-6     39

Combination Of MQSeries And Extricity B2B As A Complete Internal And External Integration Solution 

Table 3-7     41

Integration Support For Response To Common Time-Critical Customer Inquires 

Table 3-8     50

Health Care Application Integration Functions 

Table 3-9     58

Vitria Automation Of Customer Solutions 

Table 3-10     59

B to B Systems Integration Tasks 

Table 3-11     67

TIBCO ActiveExchange Benefits 

Table 3-12     72

GXS E-Business Services For Cargill 7

Table 3-13     74

Airline Application Integration Solutions 

Table 3-14     75

Airline Systems Functions 

Table 3-15     77

Lufthansa Systems And BEA Projects 

Table 4-1     2

Streamlining Internal Systems 

Table 4-2     3

Aims of Integration Systems 

Table 4-3     7

Integration Services                                                                                                                                          

Table 4-4    11

Business Focus of AI Software                                                                                                                            

Table 4-5    14

Strategic Goals of Enterprise Application

Table 4-6    16

Advantages of AI Application Integration Solutions

Table 4-7    17 

Problems Confronting IT Managers

Table 4-8    23

Application Integration Engines

Table 5-1     2

Integration Company Market Definitions and Markets Addressed 

Table 5-2     12

Candle Strategic Alliances 

Table 5-3     13

Candle Industry Relationships 

Table 5-4     35

GXS Selected Strengths and Challenges of Application Integration 

Table 5-5     37

GXS EAI Solutions 

Table 5-6     38

HIE Healtcare Business Partners 

Table 5-7     47

IBM Selected Strengths and Challenges of Application Integration 

Table 5-8     58

Mercator Alliance Partners  

Table 5-9     87

SeeBeyond Partners 

 Table 5-10     92

Sopra EAI Solution Offerings  

Table 5-11     103

Sybase / Neon Selected Strengths and Challenges of Application Integration  103

Table 5-12     105

Neon / Sybase Synergies 

Table 5-13     111

Neon Product Offering  

Table 5-14     115

Neon New Era of Networks Strategic Relationships  

Table 5-15     116

Neon Strategic Relationship with IBM  

Table 5-16     117

Neon Strategic Relationship with Microsoft  

Table 5-17     118

Neon Strategic Relationship with Commerce One  

Table 5-18     118

Neon Strategic Relationship with BroadVision 

Table 5-19     119

Neon Strategic Relationship with BEA systems  

Table 5-20     120

Neon Strategic Relationship with NTT Data Corporation 

Table 5-21     124

Tibco Selected Market Strengths and Challenges in Application Integration 

Table 5-22     130

Oberon Resellers  

Table 5-23     132

Oberon Partners  

Table 5-24     136

Vitria Selected Strengths and Challenges of Application Integration 

Table 6-1     15

Uses Of Application Integration Technology With The Outsourced Manufacturing 

Table 6-2     25

e-Publishing Integration Applications 

Table 6-3     41

Qwest Partners 

Table 6-4     43

Qwest Network Resource Optimization Factors 

Table 6-5     45

Qwest Network Advantages 

Table 6-6     46

Strengths and Weaknesses of Qwest

Table 6-7     60

Strengths And Weaknesses Of SBC