This IDC study provides an overview of the market dynamics and development trends in China's application deployment software (ADS) market (formerly middleware) for the 2005-2010 period. It covers the competitive positioning of the leading vendors, a software revenue breakdown by vertical industry and region, as well as the future outlook of the ADS market. It also describes features of the Web services market.

"ADS is a promising market and more competition will intensify over the next few years," says Jeff Zu, analyst, Software and Services Group, IDC China.