IBM and Red Hat Market Strategies and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2019-2025

Table of Contents
Abstract: IBM and Red Hat Partnering, Middleware Markets Shift to Bring Cloud Computing Capability to the Data Center 1
1. Middleware: Market Description and Market Dynamics 16
1.1 Integration, Orchestration, and Management Middleware 16
1.1.1 Selected Middleware Market Segments and Leaders List: 19
2. Mission Critical Messaging As A Base For Secure Application Integration: Middleware Market Share Data 22
2.1 Mission Critical Messaging As A Base For Secure Application Integration 22
2.1.1 IBM MQ 24
2.1.2 IBM MQ Competitive Advantage 26
2.2 Mission Critical Messaging Market Dynamics 26
2.2.1 Application Platforms for Line of Business Applications 28
2.3 Mission Critical Messaging and Systems Integration 29
2.4 Mission Critical Messaging and Systems Integration Middleware Market Shares 30
2.5 Mission Critical is Decoupled Messaging 33
2.5.1 IBM Open Systems Hybrid Cloud Part of Overall Infrastructure Software Market 39
2.5.2 Superior Application Integration Middleware Delivers Enterprise Agility 40
2.6 Mission Critical Messaging Market Forecasts 44
2.6.1 Mission Critical Messaging Growth Factors 45
2.6.2 Data and Message Transformation 48
3. Event-Driven Middleware and Content Services Event Driven Middleware: Market Share Data 50
3.1 Event-Driven Content Middleware 50
3.2 Event-Driven Content Middleware Market Shares 51
3.2.1 Content Event-Driven Middleware Competitive Analysis 52
3.3 Event-Driven Services Platform Content Services Platforms (CSPs) Definition 52
3.4 Event-Driven Services Platform: IBM DX and Competitors 57
3.4.1 Content Event-Driven Services Platform Middleware Competitive Analysis 58
3.4.2 Content Event-Driven Services Platform Middleware Market Shares 59
3.5 IBM and OpenText Content Middleware Services Platform 60
3.5.1 OpenText 61
3.5.2 OpenText Platform 62
3.5.3 IBM 63
3.5.4 Microsoft’s CSP is SharePoint 65
3.5.5 Micro Focus CSP (formerly HPE Software) 65
3.5.6 Hyland OnBase Platform 65
3.5.7 Fabasoft Cloud 66
3.5.8 Alfresco Digital Business Platform 66
3.5.9 Box CSP 66
3.5.10 Confluent 67
4. Business Rules Management Systems Middleware: Market Share Data 69
4.1 Business Rules Management Systems Market Definition 69
4.2 Business Process Management BPM Market Shares 70
4.3 BPM Market Driving Forces 72
4.3.1 Automation of Business Process 76
4.4 Business Rules Management Systems Competitive Analysis 81
4.5 Business Process Management Market Driving Forces 81
4.5.1 BPM Market Driving Forces 81
4.5.2 Cloud And Mobile Computing Redefine BPM 84
4.5.3 Innovation Drives Markets 85
4.6 Business Process Management Market Participants 86
4.6.1 Red Hat BPM Product 87
5. Software-Defined Storage Control Software: Market Share Data 90
5.1 Software-Defined Storage Description 90
5.1.1 Software-Defined Storage Market Definition 91
5.2 Software-Defined Storage Maret Shares 91
5.2.1 Software-Defined Storage Control Software Competitive Analysis 94
5.3 Worldwide Enterprise Storage Market Grew 34.4% during the First Quarter of 2018 94
5.4 4. Ease Of Storage Middleware Customer Switch To Competitors of Red Hat and IBM 99
6. Container Infrastructure Software: Market Share Data 100
6.1 Container Infrastructure Software Description 100
6.2 Container Infrastructure Software Market Shares 101
6.2.1 Cloud Model For Consuming And Delivering Business And IT Services 105
6.2.2 Companies and the Race to 5G 108
6.3 Container Infrastructure Software Competitive Analysis 110
6.4 IBM Mission Critical Messaging As A Base For Secure Application Integration 111
6.4.1 Big Four Cloud Providers: 112
6.4.2 Type Of Customer Buying These Products 113
6.5 Componentization 113
6.6.1 Line of Business Loses Control Of Hardware Servers 115
6.6.2 Advantages of Mega Data Center Cloud 2.0: Multi-Threading 117
6.6.3 Advantages of Mega Data Center Cloud 2.0: Scale 118
6.6.4 Infrastructure Scale 120
6.6.5 IBM MQ on AWS Cloud 121
6.6.6 IBM Strategy 121
7. Server Operating Systems: Market Share Data 125
7.1 Server Operating Systems Market Description 125
7.2 Server Operating Systems Market Shares 128
7.3 Server Operating Systems Competitive Analysis 137
8 Application Server: Market Share Data 138
8.1 Application Server Market Description 138
8.1.1 Application Server Market Description 140
8.1.2 Application Server Market Shares 141
8.2 Application Servers Competitive Analysis 144
8.2.1 IBM / Red Hat Application Server Strategy 146
8.2.2 Linux Open Source OS Distros 147
8.2.3 On-Premises Application Server Integration Suites 148
9 Managed File Transfer, Transaction Processing Middleware Software 150
9.1 Transactional Middleware Market Description 150
9.2 Managed File Transfer, Transaction Processing Middleware Software: Market Share Data 151
9.3 Managed File Transfer, Transaction Processing Middleware Competitive Analysis 152
10 Application Integration Suite 153
10.1 IBM Hybrid Cloud 153
11 Market Analysis 155
11.1 Red Hat and IBM Market Differentiation 155
11.1.1 Red Hat and IBM Competitors Different in Each Market 155
11.1.2 Microservices Provide Cloud Integration 157
11.2 Customer Switch to Competitors of Red Hat and IBM 159
11.2.1 Red Hat and IBM Capacity Constrains 159
11.2.2 Red Hat and IBM Customer Size 159
11.2.3 Red Hat and IBM Market Characterization 160
11.2.4 Red Hat and IBM Innovation and Competitive Investment in Each Market 161
11.2.5 Middleware Products From RedHat 162
11.3 Integration and Orchestration Software Categories 164
11.4 Mainframe Definition 164
11.5 Strongest Competitors in Middleware 165
11.5.1 IBM’s Plans To Rationalize Overlapping And Competing Technologies Cloud Foundry 166
11.5.2 IBM Competing with Red Hat to Bring Innovation to Middleware 167
11.5.3 Middleware Investment in R&D 167
11.5.4 IBM MQ Enterprise Grade Deployment Supports IBM Substantial Commitment Hardened Feature Rich Systems 167
11.6 IBM Proprietary Mainframe OS 168
11.7 Application Servers, Web Servers Types of Middleware 168
11.8 Middleware Innovation Tools and Process 169
11.9 IBM and Red Hat Research and Development: Problems to Solve 169
11.10 After Acquisition of RedHat (and RedHat’s technology), IBM Middleware Not Offering Competition to Oracle in the Application Platform Software Market 170
11.11 Advantages of Combined IBM/RedHat Product over Oracle Middleware Offering 171
11.12 Could Businesses/Customers Currently Using IBM WebSphere Feasibly Switch to Oracle 172
11.13 Products that Are a Good Alternative for Customers 172
11.14 Apache as a Competitive Alternative to RedHat in Terms of Open Source Middleware 173
11.14.1 IBM and RedHat Products in the BPM and Decision Management Segments 173
11.14.2 Type of Middleware do BPM and Decision Management Systems: Business-to-Business 174
12 IBM 175
12.1 IBM vs. Red Hat: 175
12.1.1 IBM 175
12.2 Red Hat 178
13 Red Hat 181
13.1.1 Red Hat Infrastructure-Related Offerings 182
13.1.2 Red Hat Application Development-Related and Other Emerging Technology Offerings 184
13.1.3 Red Hat Subscription Business Model 184
13.1.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Technologies 186
13.1.5 Red Hat Virtualization. 188
14 Canonical 189
15 Microsoft 190
16 PegaSystems 193
17 OpenText 194
18 Citrix 195
19 Progress Software 196
20 Fiorano 196
 
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Figure 1. Selected Foundation Middleware Market Strengths: 17
Figure 2. Market Share Levels In The Markets: 17
Figure 3. Red Hat and IBM Competitive Analysis Factors 18
Figure 4. Selected Middleware Market Segments and Leaders List 19
Figure 5. IBM and Microsoft Strategic Advantage in Integration Middleware 21
Figure 6. Mission Critical Messaging As A Base For Integration Software Provides A Base For Application Connectivity 22
Figure 7. Mission Critical Messaging Integration Functions 23
Figure 8. Messaging Middleware Messaging Trends 25
Figure 9. Mission Critical Messaging Market Dynamics 27
Figure 10. Systems Integration, Mission Critical Messaging Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2018 30
Figure 11. Systems Integration, Mission Critical Messaging Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2018 31
Figure 12. Services Based On Mission Critical Messaging 32
Figure 13. Messaging Middleware Market Driving Forces 38
Figure 14. Middleware Messaging Market Factors 41
Figure 15. Mission Critical Messaging and Micro Services Market Driving Forces 42
Figure 16. Mission Critical Messaging Growth Factors 45
Figure 17. Mission Critical Messaging Benefits 46
Figure 18. Messaging Middleware Market Components 46
Figure 19. IBM Content Management Sale to HCL 50
Figure 20. Event-Driven Middleware Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2018 51
Figure 21. Content Services Platforms (CSPs) Definition 54
Figure 22. Business Processing Of Digital Content Functions 55
Figure 23. Platform Services For Digital Content 56
Figure 24. Administration of Digital Content And Platforms 56
Figure 25. Content Services Platform, Event Driven Middleware Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2018 59
Figure 26. Event Broker Middleware Services Platform Solutions 60
Figure 27. Kafka API Message Streaming Platform 67
Figure 28. Business Process Management Middleware Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2006 to 2014 71
Figure 29. Business Process Management Middleware Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2015 to 2018 72
Figure 30. BPM Market Driving Forces 75
Figure 31. Red Hat BPM Product Features 87
Figure 32. Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite Functions 88
Figure 33. Software-Defined Storage Middleware Market Shares, Market Shares Dollars, Worldwide, 2018 93
Figure 34. Container and Virtualization Middleware Market Shares Dollars, Worldwide, 2018 102
Figure 35. Private Cloud Attributes 103
Figure 36. Private Cloud Computing Model Characteristics 104
Figure 37. Red Hat OpenStack Platform Container Functions 109
Figure 38. Mission Critical Messaging As A Base For Integration Software Provides A Base For Application Connectivity 111
Figure 39. Mission Critical Messaging Integration Functions 111
Figure 40. Key Challenges of Enterprise IT Datacenters: 116
Figure 41. Multi-threading Manages Pathways From One Node To Another Node 117
Figure 42. Google Mega Data Center Scale 118
Figure 43. Key Advantage of Cloud 2.0 Mega IT Datacenters: 119
Figure 44. Mainframe, Server, and PC Operating Systems Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2018 128
Figure 45. Mainframe, Server and PC Operating Systems Market Shares, Shipments, Units, Worldwide, 2018 129
Figure 46. Server Operating Systems Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2018130
Figure 47. Linux Operating System Market Shares, Shipment Dollars, Worldwide, 2018 131
Figure 48. Server and PC Operating Systems Market Shares, Shipments, Units, Worldwide, 2018 132
Figure 49. Mainframe, Server, and PC Operating Systems Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2018 133
Figure 50. Server Operating Systems Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2018134
Figure 51. Linux Operating System Market Shares, Shipment Dollars, Worldwide, 2018 135
Figure 52. Linux Operating System Market Shares, Shipment Dollars, Worldwide, 2018 136
Figure 53. Application Server Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2018 143
Figure 54. Application Server Market Shares, Units, Worldwide, 2018 144
Figure 55. Transaction Processing Middleware Layered Systems Components 150
Figure 56. Managed File Transfer, Transaction Processing Middleware Software Market Shares, Market Shares Dollars, Worldwide, 2018 151