Application Server Market Size, Share & Industry Analysis, By Type (Active Application Server, Web Information Server, Component Server), By Deployment (Hosted, On-premise), By Industry (BFSI, Government, Healthcare, IT & Telecom, Manufacturing, Retail,Others) And Regional Forecast, 2024-2032

Application servers are specifically designed for installing, operating, running, and hosting web applications. They act as a middleware services for security and maintenance, tools for creating web applications,  and offers easy data access,  and server environments for running applications. The widespread adoption of mobile and computer-based applications is the key factor in driving market growth exponentially. Other areas, such as mobile device systems, data dissemination, and rapid fluctuations in wireless networks, further expands the range of application servers. Organizations are heavily relying on web application servers for managing the company databases and back-end processes. The modern application servers provides additional functionalities such as security, scalability, database management, end-user traffic management, etc. These improved functionalities are likely to accelerate the demand for the application server. The arrival of open-source servers has drastically changed the application server landscape.  

The increasing trend of e-commerce and mobile commerce needs sales support applications at remote sites. Thus, the significant growth in the e-commerce marketplace would positively impact market growth. The increasing adoption of smartphones and internet-based applications is further boosting demand for the application server. Several organizations have started replacing their traditional computer-based native web applications with advanced mobile applications. The application server provides memory and processing power to run these applications in real-time. Thus, unprecedented demand for mobile-based applications would drive the market growth during the forecast period.  

Key Players Covered:

A highly competitive business landscape encourages vendors to invest their efforts into the research and development activities to discover innovative products. Prominent market players are focusing on developing the application server by adding advanced functionalities to the platform. Key companies are taking active measures to broaden their product portfolio to meet customers' expectations. Major vendors in the application server market are acquiring various analytics firms to expand their business and product portfolio. Various business strategies such as partnerships, collaborations, and mergers help key players to establish and expand their market presence. Key companies are also concentrating on enlarging their geographical presence by expanding the global network of business partners in major countries.  

Key companies summarised includes Adobe Inc., Fujitsu Ltd., Hitachi Ltd., IBM Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, Oracle Corporation, Progress Software Corporation, Red Hat, Inc., TIBCO Software Inc, The Apache Software Foundation, NEC Corporation, VMware Inc., SAP SE, Pegasystems, Inc., F5 Networks, Inc., Newgen Software Technologies Limited, CA Technologies, Nastel Technologies, and among others.

Regional Analysis:

North America is expected to dominate the application server market growth due to the presence of well-established businesses across the region. The early adoption of technology and significant penetration of mobile devices are the key factors responsible for driving the demand. The increasing trend of bring your own device or remote workforce is also expected to contribute to the market growth over the forecast period.

Europe is likely to propel significant market growth owing to the increasing popularity of m-commerce and e-commerce. Significant demand for the open-source web application platforms would boost the market growth across Europe. 

The Asia-Pacific is anticipated to emerge as the fastest growing market in the coming years due to rapidly developing IT infrastructure. The advancements in networking technologies and cloud computing would further bolster the application server demand among Asian countries such as China, Japan, India. Additionally, the development of wireless internet networks and growing adoption of smartphones is likely to accelerate the application server market. Moreover, the increasing number of technology and service-based startup firms across the region would further contribute to the market growth.

Segmentation

Key Industry Developments

• June 2019: IBM Corporation enhanced its WebSphere Application Server (WAS) version 9.0.5 with the new operational modernization components that supports application developers on their WebSphere-centric modernization. The enhancement offers visibility to the applications across container-based and traditional deployments.   


• August 2018: Magic Software Enterprises Ltd. announced the release of new angular-based web application framework in the Magic xpa 4.0. This new application framework empowers angular developers and magic developers to easily develop feature-packed and device-agnostic web applications.