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Market leaders
failed to capitalise
on PaaS growth in
2015, says Gartner
Worldwide application infrastructure and middleware
(AIM) software revenue totalled $23.9 billion in 2015,
a 0.1% increase from 2014, according to Gartner. The
considerable appreciation of the US dollar in 2015
masked growth in the market. In constant currency
terms the market grew 7.8%, driven by rapid growth in
the platform as a service (PaaS) segment.
“
The PaaS segment showed the most
impressive growth, not just in the
AIM market but across the entire
enterprise software market,” said Fabrizio
Biscotti, Research Director at Gartner.
“Integration PaaS (iPaaS) grew 55% in
US dollars, while application PaaS (aPaaS)
grew 40%, despite headwinds from the
appreciating US dollar.”
While older technology remains the first
choice for the most demanding application
scenarios, the evolving maturity of cloud
application infrastructure now offers
greater agility, scalability and efficiency
than traditional on-premises technologies.
This ongoing transition to cloud services
and the emerging wave of innovation
surrounding the Internet of Things (IoT)
further pushes application infrastructure
spending away from older models toward
event-driven analysis and processes.
“Market concentration among the largest
vendors is diminishing under pressure
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