The Top 10 Software Vendors: Positioning, Performance and SWOT analyses
Scripp Business Insights, May 2008, Pages: 165
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.
The Top Ten Software Vendors
Executive summary
Market development
Microsoft
IBM
Oracle
SAP
SunGard Data Systems
Symantec
CA
EMC
Amdocs
Intuit
Chapter 1 Introduction
What is this report about?
Methodology
Chapter 2 Market development
Summary
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
Summary
Company information
History
Recent financial performance
Acquisitions and divestments
Market positioning
Growth strategies
Focus on new product development
Penetration into emerging markets
SWOT analysis
Strengths
Strong revenue growth
Broad offering
Strong R&D capabilities
Weaknesses
Decrease in brand value
Overdependence on the US
Opportunities
Emerging business units
Expansion into new markets
Software plus services
Threats
Software piracy
Open source software
Intense competition
Chapter 4 IBM
Summary
Company information
History
Recent financial performance
Acquisitions and divestments
Market positioning
Growth strategies
SWOT analysis
Strengths
Leading position in middleware segment
Strong presence in emerging markets
Weaknesses
Decline in revenues from Japan
Opportunities
Next-generation storage technology portfolio
Restructuring of systems and technology group
Threats
Stagnating other middleware business
Chapter 5 Oracle
Summary
Company information
History
Recent financial performance
Acquisitions and divestments
Market positioning
Growth strategies
Acquisition strategy
Focus on SMB segment
SWOT analysis
Strengths
Leader in relational database engine market
Weaknesses
Heavy dependence on the US
Opportunities
Growing CRM software market
Threats
Risk in government contracts
Chapter 6 SAP
Summary
Company information
History
Recent financial performance
Acquisitions and divestments
Market positioning
Growth strategies
Expansion of traditional core businesses
Development of new mid market business
SWOT analysis
Strengths
Leading market position
Strong global partner ecosystem
Strong R&D
Weaknesses
Low presence in public sector
Opportunities
Fast growing small and mid market segment
Upgrading and enhancing customer base
Threats
Intense competition
Economic slowdown in the US
Chapter 7 SunGard Data Systems
Summary
Company information
History
Recent financial performance
Acquisitions and divestments
Market positioning
Growth strategies
M&A activity
New product development
SWOT analysis
Strengths
Strong performance of the HEPS division
Weaknesses
Increasing costs and expenses
Opportunities
Acquisition of Financial Technology Integrators
Growing IT spending in Western Europe
Threats
Consolidation in the US banking industry
Chapter 8 Symantec
Summary
Company information
History
Recent financial performance
Acquisitions and divestments
Market positioning
Growth strategies
M&A activity
Product development strategy
SWOT analysis
Strengths
Market leadership in security software
Strong emphasis on R&D
Weaknesses
Declining profitability
Opportunities
Restructuring initiatives
Threats
Storage competition
Chapter 9 CA
Summary
Company information
History
Recent financial performance
Acquisitions and divestments
Market positioning
Growth strategies
Internal product development
Strengthening partner relationships
International expansion
Strategic acquisitions
SWOT analysis
Strengths
Strong position in internet security suite market
Sales force reorganization
Weaknesses
Weak liquidity position
Opportunities
Restructuring of Asian operations
Investments in research activities
Threats
Intense competition
Chapter 10 EMC
Summary
Company information
History
Recent financial performance
Acquisitions and divestments
Market positioning
Growth strategies
Pursuing acquisitions
Expanding operations in emerging markets
SWOT analysis
Strengths
Strong performance of VMware
Weakness
Overdependence on direct channel partners
Opportunities
Growing software storage market
Threats
Dell’s acquisition of EqualLogic
Chapter 11 Amdocs
Summary
Company information
History
Recent financial performance
Acquisitions and divestments
Market positioning
Growth strategies
Focus on the communications and broadband Industries
SWOT analysis
Strengths
Market leader in the OSS market
Weaknesses
Customer concentration
Opportunities
Launch of Qpass Retail Suite
Threats
Geopolitical risk
Chapter 12 Intuit
Summary
Company information
History
Recent financial performance
Acquisitions and divestments
Market positioning
Growth strategies
Customer-centric products
Innovative new offerings
SWOT analysis
Strengths
Strong position in financial sector
Strong R&D activities
Weaknesses
Geographic concentration
Opportunities
Launch of Quicken Health
Focus on mid-market companies
Threats
Seasonal demand
Chapter 13 Other major software vendors
BMC Software
Company information
Adobe
Company information
Konami
Company information
BEA
Company information
HP
Company information
Misys
Company information
Novell
Company information
Software
Company information
Salesforce.com
Company information
Progress Software
Company information
Index
List of Figures
Figure 2.1: Global software market size, 2002-2006
Figure 2.2: Turnover of Top 10 players ($m) in 2006
Figure 3.3: Microsoft financial performance ($m), 2004-2007
Figure 3.4: Microsoft SWOT analysis
Figure 4.5: IBM software financial performance ($m), 2003-2006
Figure 4.6: IBM SWOT analysis
Figure 5.7: Oracle financial performance ($m), 2004-2007
Figure 5.8: Oracle SWOT analysis
Figure 6.9: SAP software financial performance ($m), 2003-2006
Figure 6.10: SAP SWOT analysis
Figure 7.11: SunGard financial performance ($m), 2003-2006
Figure 7.12: SunGard SWOT analysis
Figure 8.13: Symantec financial performance ($m), 2004-2007
Figure 8.14: Symantec SWOT analysis
Figure 9.15: CA financial performance ($m), 2004-2007
Figure 9.16: CA SWOT analysis
Figure 10.17: EMC software financial performance ($m), 2004-2007
Figure 10.18: EMC SWOT analysis
Figure 11.19: Amdocs financial performance ($m), 2004-2007
Figure 11.20: Amdocs SWOT analysis
Figure 12.21: Intuit financial performance ($m), 2004-2007
Figure 12.22: Intuit SWOT analysis
Microsoft
IBM
Oracle
SAP
SunGard Data Systems
Symantec
CA
EMC
Amdocs
Intuit
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