Application integration and middleware market worth $6.7 bln in 2004

Worldwide application integration, middleware and portal new license revenue totalled $6.7 mln in 2004, a 5.8% increase from 2003 revenue of $6.3 bln, according to Gartner.

Worldwide application integration and middleware revenues
Vendor	2004 revenue, mln. $	2004 market share, %	2003 revenue, mln. $	2003 market share, %	2003-2004 growth, %
IBM	2,495.4	37.2	2,295.5	36.3	8.7
BEA Systems	482.3	7.2	521.0	8.2	-7.4
Fujitsu	421.4	6.3	405.2	6.4	4.0
Oracle	292.2	4.4	259.6	4.1	12.5
Microsoft	285.4	4.3	175.0	2.8	63.1
Others	2,723.7	40.6	2,675.3	42.3	1.8
Total	6,700.5	100.0	6,331.6	100.0	5.8
Source: Gartner