Appendix G: Competitive landscape

Table 19 High level competitive landscape (non-exhaustive)
Product / service groupingExamples of SSA product / service nameNon-exhaustive list of competitor products and services
Operating systemsWindows, M365Apple (macOS), Google (Chrome OS, Google Workspace), Linux (Ubuntu, Fedora), Apple (iWork)
Collaboration toolsMicrosoft Teams and Yammer, SAP Build Work Zone, IBM Connections, Amazon ChimeZoom (Zoom Meetings), Slack (Slack Workspace), Google (Google Meet), Atlassian (JIRA)
Cloud compute and storageMicrosoft Azure and Blob Storage, Amazon Web Services (AWS), IBM Cloud, Oracle CloudGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP), Vault Cloud
DatabaseAzure SQL Database, IBM Db2, Oracle Database 23aiMongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis
Mainframe and serversIBM Z, Oracle SPARC serversUnisys ClearPath, Fujitsu GS21, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
Document storageMicrosoft SharePoint and OneDrive, IBM FileNetObjective Cloud, Atlassian (Confluence), DropBox
HardwareServersLaptops such as Apple (MacBook, iPad), Dell (XPS Series), Lenovo (ThinkPad Series)
Phones such as Samsung (Galaxy) and Google (Pixel)
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and case managementSAP S/4Hana, SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Concur, Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle ERP/HCM Cloud and People SoftTechnologyOne, Workday, Pega, SalesForce, Expense8
MiddlewareOracle Fusion and Service Bus, Microsoft LogicApps and Azure Integration Services, IBM WebSphere, SAP Business Technology PlatformMulesoft, Dell Boomi, Snaplogic, various application program interface (API) tools
Machine learning and artificial intelligenceMicrosoft Copilot and Azure, IBM Watson, SAP Business AI, Oracle Cloud AI, Amazon AI suite and SageMakerGoogle Cloud Platform, OpenAI ChatGPT
Data AnalyticsMicrosoft PowerBI, Oracle Analytics Cloud, SAP Business Data Cloud, SAP Analytics CloudQlik, SalesForce Tableau
Security information and event managementIBM Security QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel, OracleSplunk, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, McAfee Enterprise Security Manager
Professional servicesProfessional services offered by Rimini Street, SAP, IBM, AWS, OracleProfessional services firms such as those found on BuyICT
Critical programmingOracle Java, Amazon Corretto, Microsoft Build of OpenJDKAzul Platform Core, Red Hat build of OpenJDK, and Eclipse Temurin
Developer toolsMicrosoft GitHub and Azure DevOps, IBM UrbanCode, Oracle Apex and Oracle SQL Developer, AWS CodePipeline and CodeCommit, SAP Build Work ZoneGitLab, Atlassian Bamboo, Bitbucket, SourceForge

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