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Apple's WebObjects emerges as "leader" in application server market
According to International Data Corporation and a C/Net news article, Apple's WebObjects technology -- a technology developed by Steve Jobs' NeXT Computer company -- which Apple acquired back in 1997 when Next was bought for $400 million -- has become an established leader in the Web application server market. WebObjects continues to lead with innovate features, attracting major companies and governments to its powerful features (see lists below). Apple, along with Oracle, Sun Microsystems and Allaire, captured most of the revenue in the application server market last year. Application servers are software that acts as "traffic cops between Web browsers and back-end" databases and systems. They are used from everything from Web portals like BidCom (see our article on BidCom uses WebObjects), online banking systems, and e-commerce sites. This is a fast moving market with tremendous economic uplift, as more and more businesses rush to bring their stores and services online, as well as the proliferation of specialized Web portals (often called "vertical portals") like "e-MarketPlace" and WebMD. The application server market is set to boom, exploding from $453.8 million in 1998 to $2.4 billion in 2003. Apple's position in this market will add significantly to the company's revenues over the next few years and WebObjects will get a boost from the upcoming UNIX-based Mac OS X and next major update to OS X Server.
Apple's in Third Place Oracle leads the pack, at the moment, according to the IDC study, with $70 million in application server revenues in 1998. Sun is in a distant second with Apple in third, with $44 and $20 million each, respectively. IBM and Microsoft also have Web application server products, though IBM's application did not make the figures for 1998 because it was not finished. Microsoft has now moved into this market as well (where there is money and success MS will go) but have chosen to "integrate" their application server product into Windows NT Server, thus making sales revenue figures hard to track. The article makes note that this is a crowded field that is consolidating into a few major players, while a half dozen or so players like BEA Systems, BlueStone and others are in the $10 million revenue range. All of the application server players are tackling the new e-commerce rush as well as integrating with Web publishing and application integration products. Apple's WebObjects, for example, has established connections with Macromedia's Dreamweaver professional Web development program, as well as with Adobe's new GoLive development application. WebObjects at Major Companies and Governments Apple's WebObjects application server is used to provide powerful solutions for major corporations like: Adobe Systems Inc., Aetna US Healthcare, AT&T Wireless, BankBoston, The BBC, Toyota, AAA, Intermountain Health, University of New York, University of Michigan, Stanford University, GE Capital, Daimler/Chrysler, Deutche Bank, Disney Travel, City of Berlin Germany, MCI, Toshiba, just to name a few major companies using WebObjects. And, of course, the award-winning Apple Store uses WebObjects as well. However, the lists doesn't stop there our US Government uses WebObjects in its Department of Defense, and Standard & Poors is also a member of over 3000 users worldwide using this amazing Apple technology. (Apple WebObjects brochure and website lists clients) WebObjects Garners more Awards! Apple's WebObjects was named "Product of the Year and Best Application Server" by Network Computing. It also won the "People's Choice" award for "Best Application Server" and well as numerous others including the 1999 New Media HyperAwards for "Enterprise Application Server". For more information click here. Other Architosh News: Special Architosh Feature: Diehl Graphsoft's VectorWorks and Mac CAD - [nov 4] VectorWorks - Macintosh CAD Resurgence? - [nov 4] Harvard's GSD and the Macintosh - [nov 18] In defense of iMacDV: Response to critical [Mac?] reader - [nov 18]
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