DATA NUGGET
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July 11, 2000
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E-Business Software is E-Rupting
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More proof that the e-business software market is booming: AMR Research Inc. published a June study predicting that the enterprise application market will reach $78 billion by 2004, up from $27 billion in 1999. That's an annual compound growth rate (CAGR) of 24% -- not too shabby. The growth, not surprisingly, is coming from Net software markets in areas such as supply-chain management and e-commerce applications. Here are some of those markets:
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| Sector | Analysis | Top players |
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| E-Commerce Applications |
Highly fragmented market, expected to reach $16 billion in 2004, up from $1.7 billion in 1999. CAGR: 56% over the next five years. |
Broadvision, Sterling Commerce, Vignette, Open Market, and Oracle |
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| Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) |
Growth will slow to a 5% CAGR, from $16.9 billion in 1999 to $21.4 billion in 2004. |
SAP, Oracle, Peoplesoft, J.D. Edwards, GEAC SmartEnterprise Solutions |
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| E-Business Relationship Management (ERM) |
Expected to grow from $4.4 billion in 1999 to $20.8 billion by 2004. Its CAGR: 36%. |
Siebel Systems, Clarify/Nortel, Oracle, Aspect Communications, Vantive/Peoplesoft |
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| Supply-Chain Management (SCM) |
With an estimated CAGR of 40%, this market could climb from $3.8 billion in 1999 to $20.3 billion by 2004. |
i2 Technologies, International Business Systems (IBS), SAP, Manugistics, EXE |
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| Retail Applications |
This market could climb from $2.3 billion in 1999 to $12.7 billion by 2004, a 40% CAGR for the next five years. |
SAP America, JDA Software, Oracle, IBM, STS Systems |
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| DATA: AMR Research
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