Oracle is RP’s top middleware vendor

Its high-profile buyout of smaller software companies seems to be paying off well for database king Oracle Corp. as it recently cited a newly released report showing it is now the top middleware vendor in the Philippines.

The report by research firm Gartner said the portal, process, and middleware (PPMW) offering of Oracle posted 170-percent revenue growth in the country in 2006 as it grew seven times faster than the market as a whole and more than doubled its market share while the top two vendors lost share.

In Asia Pacific, Oracle grew 70 percent, the fastest growing PPMW vendor among the top three in 2006, according to Gartner. The statement issued by Oracle did not mention the other two middleware vendors.

Gartner’s definition of the PPMW market segment includes general-purpose portal products, Business Process Management-enabling technologies, application integration and platform middleware.

The family of Oracle Fusion Middleware products is composed of Oracle Applications including Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft Enterprise, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, Siebel CRM, Oracle Transportation Management, Oracle Retail, Demantra, and i-flex.

The company said its Oracle Fusion Middleware has more than 50,000 customers, spanning the financial services, retail, telecommunications, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, health care, transportation and public sector industries.

"In the Philippines, Oracle is gaining strong traction with customers. Oracle Fusion Middleware enables customers to solve their most critical business challenges while providing a clear path to service-oriented architecture," said Leo Liang, vice president of SOA sales for Oracle Asia Pacific.

Oracle said other research firms have also validated the leading position of its middleware offering with Forrester Research "recognizing Oracle as a leader across the board in its evaluation of application server platforms."

The Redwood Shore, California-based software giant said its middleware product is supported by 9,000 partners, including independent software vendors (ISVs), value added resellers, and system integrators.

The definition and scope of middleware has changed significantly during the last three years in line with the need for greater flexibility, better information, productivity, and tighter controls.

Author: Melvin G. Calimag @ www.mb.com.ph