IDC's Worldwide Software Taxonomy, 2024

IDC's Worldwide Software Taxonomy

• Figure: Software Primary Segments

Software Taxonomy Changes for 2024

• Renames

• Additions

• Recategorizations

Taxonomy Overview

• Hierarchy of Software Markets

• Figure: Taxonomy Hierarchy of Software Markets

Definitions

• Applications Market Definitions

• Figure: Applications Functional Markets

• Collaborative Applications

• Conferencing and Virtual Event Applications

• Web Conferencing Applications

• Virtual Event Applications

• Email Applications

• Enterprise Community Applications

• Team Collaboration Applications

• Content Workflow and Management Applications

• Content Services Applications

• Enterprise Content Management Applications

• Content Sharing and Collaboration Applications

• Capture Applications

• Document Applications

• Persuasive Content Management Applications

• Website Software

• Digital Asset Management Applications

• Product Content Management Applications

• Content Marketing Applications

• Video Platforms

• Digital Adoption Platform

• Creative Applications

• eDiscovery and Forensics Applications

• Enterprise Portals and Digital Workspaces

• Multi-Audience Portals

• Integrated Employee Workspaces

• Enterprise Resource Management Applications

• Financial Applications

• Financial and Accounting Applications

• Accounts Payable Applications

• Accounts Receivable Applications

• Treasury and Risk Management Applications

• Travel and Expense Management Applications

• Corporate Tax Management Applications

• Human Capital Management Applications

• Core Human Resources Applications

• Talent Management Applications

• Workforce Management Applications

• Payroll Management Applications

• Procurement Applications

• Order Management and Orchestration Applications

• Enterprise Performance Management Applications

• Project and Portfolio Management Applications

• Asset Life-Cycle Management Applications

• Supply Chain Management Applications

• Logistics and Transportation Management Applications

• Supply Chain Planning Applications

• Warehousing and Inventory Management Applications

• Production and Operations Applications

• Production and Grid Management Applications

• Service Industry and Public Sector Operations Applications

• Other Operations Applications

• Engineering Applications

• Computer-Aided Design Applications

• Computer-Aided Engineering Applications

• Computer-Aided Manufacturing Applications

• Collaborative Product Data Management Applications

• Other Engineering Applications

• Building Information Modeling Applications

• Electronic Design Automation Applications

• Engineering Support Applications

• Customer Relationship Management Applications

• Advertising Applications

• Advertising Placement

• Advertising Measurement

• Marketing Campaign Management Applications

• Digital Commerce Applications

• Sales Force Productivity and Management Applications

• Customer Service Applications

• Contact Center Applications

• Application Development and Deployment Market Definitions

• Figure: Applications Development and Deployment Functional Markets

• Analytics and Business Intelligence Software

• Business Intelligence Software

• Advanced and Predictive Analytics Software

• Location and Geospatial Data Management and Analytics Software

• Artificial Intelligence Platforms

• AI Life-Cycle Software

• Data Labeling Software

• AI Build Software

• MLOps and Foundation Model Ops Software

• Trustworthy AI Software

• AI Software Services

• Conversational AI Software Services

• Computer Vision AI Software Services

• Generative AI Software Services

• Document AI Software Services

• Anomaly Detection AI Software Services

• Personalize AI Software Services

• Forecast AI Software Services

• Search and Knowledge Discovery Software

• Data Management Software

• Database Management Systems

• Relational Database Management Systems

• Low-Code Database Management Systems

• Navigational Database Management Systems

• Fixed Record Database Management Systems

• Object-Oriented Database Management Systems

• Multivalue Database Management Systems

• Non-Schematic Database Management Systems

• Document-Oriented Database Systems

• Key-Accessible Database Systems

• Graph Database Management Systems

• In-Memory Shared Data Managers

• Data Lake Management Systems

• Database Administration and Development Tools

• Database Administration

• Database Replication

• Data Modeling

• Database Development and Optimization

• Data Integration and Intelligence Software

• Data Ingestion and Transformation Software

• Dynamic Data Movement Software

• Data Quality Software

• Data Access Infrastructure Software

• Composite Data Framework Software

• Master Data Intelligence Software

• Metadata Management Software

• Data Archiving and Information Life-Cycle Management

• Integration and Orchestration Software

• Business-to-Business Middleware

• B2B Gateway Middleware

• B2B Collaboration Networks and B2B Managed Services

• Managed File Transfer

• Integration Software

• API Management Software

• API Gateway Software

• Integration Platforms

• Connectivity Adapters and Plug-In Software

• Event Stream Processing Software

• Messaging Middleware

• Stream Processing Software

• Functions Software

• IoT Application Platforms

• Process Mining and Insights Software

• Application Development Software

• Development Languages, Environments, and Tools

• Software Construction Components

• Business Rules Management Systems

• Modeling and Architecture Tools

• Object Modeling Tools

• Business Process Modeling Tools

• Enterprise Architecture Tools

• Software Quality and Life-Cycle Tools

• Automated Software Quality Tools

• Software Change, Configuration, and Process Management Software

• Application Platforms

• Deployment-Centric Application Platforms

• Application Server Software Platforms

• Cloud Deployment-Centric Application Platforms

• Transaction Processing Monitors

• Model-Driven Application Platforms

• Robotic Process Automation Software

• Systems Infrastructure Software Market Definitions

• Figure: System Infrastructure Software Functional Markets

• System and Service Management Software

• IT Operations Management

• IT Automation and Configuration Management

• Workload Management

• Datacenter System and Application Control

• IT Service Management

• Network Software

• Network Infrastructure Software

• Application Delivery Controller Software

• Software-Defined Networking Software

• Network Management Software

• Network Performance Management

• Network Operations Management

• Security Software

• Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform

• Identity and Access Management Software

• Endpoint Security Software

• Network Security Software

• Security Analytics Software

• Information and Data Security Software

• Information Protection

• Digital Trust

• Governance, Risk, and Compliance Software

• Storage Software

• Data Replication and Protection Software

• Data Protection Software

• Backup and Recovery Reporting Software

• Storage Replication Software

• Host or Hypervisor-Based Replication Software

• Systems and Data Migration Software

• Fabric and Appliance-Based Replication Software

• Array-Based Replication Software

• Replication Management Software

• Archiving Software

• Email Archiving Software

• File and Other Archiving Software

• Storage Infrastructure and Device Management Software

• Storage Resource Management and Heterogeneous SAN Management Software

• Storage Resource Management and Homogeneous SAN Management Software

• Storage Device Management Software

• Virtualization and Federation Software

• Host-Based File Systems and Volume Management Software

• Storage Access and Path Management Software

• Automated Storage Tiering Software

• Storage Acceleration Software

• Other Storage Management and Infrastructure Software

• Software-Defined Storage Controller Software

• Block-Based Software-Defined Storage Controller Software

• File-Based Software-Defined Storage Controller Software

• Object-Based Software-Defined Storage Controller Software

• Hyperconverged Software–Defined Storage Controller Software

• Endpoint Management Software

• Output Management Tools

• Device Management

• Print Management

• Enterprise Output Management

• Client Endpoint Management Software

• Unified Endpoint Management

• IoT Device Management Software

• PC Life-Cycle Management

• Physical and Virtual Computing Software

• Operating System Environments

• Core Operating Systems

• Client Operating Systems

• Embedded/Industrial Operating Systems

• Software-Defined Compute

• Virtual Machine Software

• Container Infrastructure Software

• Cloud System Software

• Virtual Client Computing

• Other Computing and Storage Software

• Remote Desktop Control Software

• Container Data and Infrastructure Management Software

Related Markets

• Competitive Markets

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