Worldwide software market grew by 5.5% year over year in 2013 reaching a total market size of $369 billion, according to a new report.
In 2012, the industry grew 4.3%, said the International Data Corporation report which attributed the higher growth to the Eurozone recovery and above-average growth in the United States.
The 3 segments in IDC’s software taxonomy: Application, Application Development and Deployment,Systems Infrastructure Software, grew between 5.4% and 5.6% in 2013. Among the 3, the AD and D segment had the highest growth rate of 5.6% year over year.
| Vendor |
2013 Revenue |
2013 Market Share |
2012 Revenue |
2012 Market Share |
Year-Over-Year Growth |
| Microsoft |
$65,559 |
17.8% |
$58,454 |
16.7% |
12.2% |
| IBM |
$29,444 |
8.0% |
$29,109 |
8.3% |
1.2% |
| Oracle |
$29,013 |
7.9% |
$28,301 |
8.1% |
2.5% |
| SAP |
$18,143 |
4.9% |
$17,060 |
4.9% |
6.4% |
| Symantec |
$6,365 |
1.7% |
$6,423 |
1.8% |
-0.9% |
| Others |
$220,368 |
59.7% |
$210,258 |
60.1% |
4.8% |
| Total |
$368,892 |
100.0% |
$349,604 |
100.0% |
5.5% |
Data and analytics help companies build better products and services. Microsoft leads the list with a 12.2% year over year growth followed by SAP at 6.4%, Oracle at 2.5% and IBM at 1.2%.
