Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Application Servers, 2Q08

Posted on мая 22, 2008
Filed Under Gartner, Разное

Немного не по теме моего блога, но не мог пройти мимо

Gartner 24 апреля выпустил отчет — Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Application Servers, 2Q08.

Выглядит вот так вот:

По MS пишут вот так вот:

Strengths

Massive installed base and large community of developers and ISVs makes Microsoft’s nonstandard EAS offering (including .NET Framework, parts of MSAP and IIS) a de facto standard.

Visionary plans for SaaS platform technology and modeling-based software engineering («Oslo») use vast company engineering and business resources to try to catch up with and surpass leading competitors.

Deep integration with Windows OS optimizes performance, improves ease of deployment and use, and, in some cases, reduces the costs of engineering and the deployment of business applications.

Long-standing commitment to developers and ease-of-use has produced a near-dominating position of Microsoft EAS with small and midsize software projects.

Growing adoption of MSAP in mission-critical enterprise projects and improving Microsoft practices in support of high-end IT organizations.

Cautions

Exclusive Microsoft reliance on Windows OS limits users’ deployment options to a single OS and a single vendor for much of the software infrastructure portfolio.

Microsoft does not identify its EAS capability as a distinct product. Technology representing the functionality of an EAS is spread across several products, confusing some users and complicating competitive positioning against Java EAS vendors.

Late entry into the SOA market (despite the early lead with Web services) and limited professional services business holds back Microsoft’s share in enterprise SOA-focused projects.

Strategic focus on the mass-market is the core of Microsoft’s business success, but leads to delays in adopting important high-end enterprise initiatives (such as XTP, EDA and SOA).