IBM outpaced the competition in China's packaged software industry last year, leading in both market share and growth, according to a new report.
Researcher IDC said Big Blue held a 6.8 percent market share on revenue of $111 million in 2001, based on the sale of its system-level and data-management software. Microsoft was in second place with a 5.2 percent market share, according to IDC, followed by database software giant Oracle, which had a 3.6 percent share. Lotus Software, IBM's e-mail, messaging and collaboration software unit, was separately ranked No. 10 with a 1.1 percent market share and revenue of $18 million.
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