The worldwide
application development (AD) and
project and portfolio management (PPM) software market reached
£3.8bn in 2006, a 7.2% over 2005 sales, said analyst
Gartner.
“Across both PPM and AD, the convergence of
requirements management, testing, software change and
configuration management (SCCM) and PPM tools resulted in shifting
of revenue among these classes, and the emergence of suites and
integrated offerings across a number of sub-segments,” said Laurie
Wurster, an analyst at Gartner.
Wurster said the traditional AD market grew 2% year-over-year
and was driven by above-average growth of emerging strongholds in
sub-markets, such as SCCM, distributed testing tools and security
vulnerability scanners.
Wurster said the PPM market increased 20% in 2006 and is
expected to grow at an above-average rate through to 2011, as IT
budgets remain tight and management struggles to do more with
less.
Applications for PPM boost team performance, and enable access
to real-time data via dashboards for prioritisation and quick
decision-making.
In 2006, the top five suppliers accounted for 64% of the total
worldwide AD and PPM market.
IBM maintained a commanding lead in the market by sales, with a
25.2% share. Microsoft was the number two supplier, while CA was
number three.
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