Recognition and Awards

2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 Gartner Magic Quadrants

IBM software placed "First" in the following categories in 2003:

• IBM WebSphere® Portal - Horizontal Portal
• WebSphere Application Server
• WebSphere Business Integration
• Web Services
• e-Commerce

In 2004, WebSphere Portal remained at the top of the chart and, out of twenty separate portal offerings, was one of only six vendors categorized as having an application platform suite (APS), smart enterprise suite (SES), and a horizontal portal.

In 2005 and 2006, WebSphere Portal continued to lead the competition. In Gartner's report titled "Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portal Products, 2006" published on 16 May 2006, Gartner positioned IBM in the leaders quadrant once again. Gartner positions vendors in a particular market segment based on their completeness of vision and ability to execute that vision. According to Gartner, leaders are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market.

The 2006 Gartner Magic Quadrant report here

Intelligent Enterprise

IBM wins the Intelligent Enterprise Readers Choice award for "Best Portal Platform" (November 2005)

IDC Ranks WebSphere Portal Number One in Worldwide Market Share for Enterprise Portals

IBM announced in October 2005, that IBM WebSphere® Portal has been named the industry's number one enterprise portal product by a top market analyst firm. According to IDC, IBM has the highest percentage of worldwide portal market share for 2004 based on software license and maintenance revenue, which is more than 10 percent higher than the closest competitor. The entire press release can be read here

2003, 2004 and 2005 Gartner Magic Quadrants

IBM software placed "First" in the following categories in 2003:

• IBM WebSphere Portal - Horizontal Portal
• WebSphere Application Server
• WebSphere Business Integration
• Web Services
• e-Commerce

In 2004, WebSphere Portal remained at the top of the chart and, out of twenty separate portal offerings, was one of only six vendors categorized as having an application platform suite (APS), smart enterprise suite (SES),and a horizontal portal.

In 2005, WebSphere Portal continued to lead the competition. In Gartner's report titled "Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portal Products,2005" published on 19 May 2005, Gartner assigned IBM to the leader quadrant. The complete report can be read here

JAVAPro

IBM wins the JAVAPro award for Best Java™ Enterprise Portal Technology (November 2004)

eWeek

IBM wins the eWeek Excellence Award for Portals and Knowledge Management (April 2004)

2003 Codie Awards

IBM wins the Codie Award in Best Enterprise Portal Platform - (April 2003)

CRN13th Annual Channel Champions Awards

IBM wins the Channel Champion Award in Portal software - (March 2003)

InfoWorld

IBM wins the InfoWorld Readers' Choice Awards 2002

2004 Market Share (IDC)

IBM surpassed other Portal vendors in 2004 as well with WebSphere Portal Market share equals 23 percent (August 2004)

2004 Market Share (Gartner Dataquest)

IBM continued to be recognized as a market leader in 2004 with:

• First place ranking in every category: application servers, integration suites, portals and application integration platforms.
• Significantly expanded global share for portals, once again beating out all other vendors

2003 Market Share (Gartner Dataquest)

IBM surpassed other Portal vendors once again in 2003 with:

• License revenue greater than the top three competitors combined
• Over twice the market share of the next highest competitor
• Significant license revenue gains from 2002 to 2003