Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)

Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)
Market Opportunities, Strategies, and Forecasts, 2007 to 2013

Report # SH29821500 | 791 Pages | 256 Tables and Figures | 2007

Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) Market Assessment

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Enterprise Application Integration Market Shares and Forecasts

Business Integration Industry Trends

Coordinating Activities Via EAI

Issues Relating To Implementing An EAI Solution

Need For Integration Software

Service Oriented Architecture and Web Services

Business Intelligence

Business Activity Integration

Application Integration Technical Advantages

Open Systems

Java

Web Services Protocols

Enterprise Integration Analysis

Application Integration Functionality

Software Engines

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Market Opportunities, Strategies, and Forecasts, YEAR to YEAR

Application Integration is used to shape flexible business systems. Integration is the fundamental layer of IT infrastructure, providing connectivity across applications and across platforms. EAI software license markets are growing as the Internet dominates e-commerce channel adoption. Supply chain automation is a market driving force. Integration of applications by the financial services industry has not been dented.

Efficient process consolidation is supported by EAI middleware. EAI software solutions are used to support software developed in-house to enable the rapid construction of Web portals and other Web-based systems. Typical implementations are related to systems running on a mixed group of servers, under different operating systems.

Application and business integration is used to form business systems that are flexible. The changing business climate is a central concern for IT departments. The ability to create products that allow for efficient and quick response to changing business conditions is the basis for EAI vendor strategy.

Businesses today face a serious and widening information "Integration Gap" between system integration demands and their ability to meet these demands. Hand coding is less expensive than packaged integrations software in the short term.

Packaged applications efficiently accomplish the basic broker and adapter functions needed for integration. Business processes are automated using eai systems. Further EAI functionality is achieved via extract, transform, and load functions.

The application integration markets have migrated to another level of functionality. EAI is synonymous with the infrastructure for business integration (BI). As the application vendors begin to support connectivity across applications and across platforms, the integration markets are moving to another level of functionality providing business automation.

Worldwide application integration software markets at $4.6 billion in 2006 grew substantially as vendors were able to leverage the EAI expertise to provide competitive advantage from middleware infrastructure. Markets are anticipated to reach $11.5 billion by 2013.

Companies Profiled
IBM Tibco Applied Technology BEA Fiorano Fusionware IONA	Oracle PolarLake Progress Software SOA Software Savvion Vitria webMethods

Report Methodology

This is the 297th 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.