Too much time and money is wasted on integrating middleware solutions because of a lack of standards within the industry, according to the Open Group. The claim was made by the organisation at its Interoperability Forum meeting in Miami this week.
Revenues from the middleware industry could grow as much as 438 per cent within four years, according to the latest research by IDC. The value of the middleware market could increase from $2.2bn in 1998 to £11.6bn in 2003.
Hutchison 3G has signed up middleware expert Tibco to provide the mobile middleware for the roll-out of its network in the UK. The deal includes an option to be expanded to the other territories in which Hutchison holds licences - Australia...
A separate study from AMR Research has found that ERP is also being taken up more widely, with 16 per cent of manufacturing companies evaluating the use of a resource planning application this year. Twenty per cent of small businesses in the...
Hayward noted that many of the big software vendors are now evaluating all the software products they produce and identifying those that are strategic to the company, and those that are becoming commoditised.
Mobile middleware has hit a major milestone, according to new research from IDC, generating more than $500m in revenue. The mobile middleware market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of around 21 per cent until at least 2009...