Report: IBM Ranks Number One in Worldwide Enterprise Portal Software Market Share

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that market research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) has ranked IBM Websphere Portal as the number one portal software based on software license and maintenance revenue.

According to IDC, IBM led the worldwide enterprise portal software market for the fourth consecutive year, achieving double digit growth from 2004 to 2005.(1)

Highlights from the IDC market analysis include:

-- IDC noted IBM's commitment to service-oriented architecture (SOA) and
collaboration technology, its availability of solution frameworks with
cross-industry and vertical-specific process capabilities, and the
company's portfolio of more than 1,500 back-end connectors to enterprise
systems.
-- The IBM WebSphere Portal portfolio leverages IBM's SOA technology to
deliver role-based composite applications to improve information delivery
and collaboration.
-- IBM offers portal software that spans a variety of "packaging" -- or
hardware -- options, from mobile devices to mainframes.