A new IDC study shows that SAP, Microsoft, and Unit 4 Agresso are the enterprise resource planning (ERP) application vendors most likely to gain market share in Western Europe in the future. The study rates the top 10 Western European ERP application vendors and features an IDC Leadership Grid analysis that contrasts vendors' current opportunity alignment with their ability to gain share in the future.
"SAP, Microsoft, and Unit 4 Agresso came out with the highest ability to gain market share," said Bo Lykkegaard, program manager for European Enterprise Applications at IDC. "Oracle is also positioned for market share gain, but its score was reduced due to its low 2005 revenue momentum in Western Europe . As 2006 looks promising for Oracle, its ability to gain share is likely to improve. Infor has now acquired Geac and Systems Union, which were rated poorest in terms of ability to gain future market share. Infor's challenge now is to reinvigorate the product roadmaps, vertical focus, and go-to-market strategies of the two acquired vendors."
The $7.5 billion ERP market did not develop as positively in 2005 as forecast by IDC. Growth, at 2.5%, was lower than expected due to market uncertainties following Oracle's acquisition of PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards, and the sustained economic slowdown in Italy . SAP exited 2005 as the undisputed Western European market leader, with a market share of more than 43%.
The study, “ Western European ERP Applications Competitive Analysis, 2006” also looks at the size and growth of individual country markets in Western Europe, and ranks ERP vendors by country, functional segment, and company size segment
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