IDC MarketScape Identifies Market Leaders for Bus. Process Platforms, Weighing Vendor Strategy & Current Capabilities Along w...
2011年6月22日 - 9:00PM
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A new IDC MarketScape vendor assessment evaluates business
process (BP) platforms in response to the growth in both the
complexity and importance of process improvement projects and the
corresponding need to reevaluate business process management
software requirements. BP platforms need to provide high levels of
functionality around the business process, the rules that govern
it, and how data is accessed and interoperates with third party
applications.
To provide the levels of functionality needed, the platform must
support an architecture that maximizes agility and reusability at
each layer of the newly improved process. This IDC MarketScape
evaluates BP platforms that are capable of supporting mid- to high
levels of process automation complexity.
IDC's MarketScape assessment model balances the strategy of
vendors with their current capabilities. Because marketing and
sales, business issues, and products are all critical in this
evaluation, this MarketScape analysis weighs these factors on both
the strategy side as well as with current capabilities. Key
findings from the report include:
- MarketScape leaders in the BP platform
market are Appian, Cordys, IBM, OpenText Metastorm, Oracle,
Progress Software, and TIBCO.
- Strategy scores ranged from 457 to 256
out of a possible 500 points. Progress Software had the highest
strategy score, followed by Oracle and Fujitsu.
- Capabilities scoring ranged from 436 to
203 out of a possible 500 points. Cordys had the highest
capabilities score, followed by Oracle and TIBCO.
- Product and portfolio differentiation
is a key strategy for gaining and maintaining position in this
market. There were five vendors that received top scores for
innovation: Appian, Handysoft, Intalio, Nintex, and Progress.
- The ability to differentiate through
value-added capabilities in a vendor's core BPM offering continues
to be an important factor for buyers. Cordys, IBM, Oracle,
Pegasystems, Progress Software, and TIBCO each received a top
overall score.
- Another major factor in vendor strategy
is revenue scalability. One key differentiating strategy for
growing revenue is the development of horizontal and vertical
solutions that can be added on top of the core BP platform. Cordys,
IBM, Pegasystems, and Progress Software received top scores in this
category.
The 17 vendors included in this IDC MarketScape are: Appian,
AuraPortal, Cordys, Fujitsu, HandySoft, IBM, Intalio, OpenText
Metastorm, Nintex, Oracle, Pegasystems, PNMSoft, Polymita, Progress
Software, SAP, Singularity, and TIBCO.
"Process complexity is found in many different elements of
process improvement. In making selection decisions about a business
process platform, it is important to align capabilities around the
types of complexity that are anticipated over the next three to
five years," said Maureen Fleming, program vice president, Business
Process Management and Middleware research.
The IDC report, IDC MarketScape: Business Process Platforms 2011
Vendor Analysis (IDC #228598) assesses the capabilities of vendors
to support mid-range to complex process improvement scenarios. BP
platforms provide development and runtime environments to improve
and automate a wide range of processes and support advanced use
cases around orchestration, case management, process
interoperability, end-to-end process monitoring, and event-driven
process management. That means BP platforms are capable of
combining people- and system-centric use cases. Essential guidance
for buyers and vendors based on the MarketScape analysis is also
provided.
About IDC MarketScape
IDC MarketScape vendor analysis model is designed to provide an
overview of the competitive fitness of ICT (information and
communications technology) suppliers in a given market. The
research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based
on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a
single graphical illustration of each vendor’s position within a
given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which
the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and
current and future market success factors of IT and
telecommunications vendors can be meaningfully compared. The
framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree
assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and
prospective vendors.
For more information about IDC MarketScape, please contact Karen
Moser at kmoser@idc.com.
About IDC
IDC is the premier global provider of market intelligence,
advisory services, and events for the information technology,
telecommunications, and consumer technology markets. IDC helps IT
professionals, business executives, and the investment community to
make fact-based decisions on technology purchases and business
strategy. More than 1,000 IDC analysts provide global, regional,
and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and
trends in over 100 countries. For more than 47 years, IDC has
provided strategic insights to help our clients achieve their key
business objectives. IDC is a subsidiary of IDG, the world's
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