Oracle has announced that it was ranked by Gartner as the fastest growing middleware vendor among the top three portal, process and middleware (PPMW) vendors in India in 2006.

In its recent study, "Market share: portal, process and Middleware Software, Asia/Pacific and Japan, 2004-2006," Gartner reports that Oracle's PPMW software posted 81.5% revenue growth in India in 2006, grew more than three times faster than the market as a whole, increasing its market share while Oracle's largest competitor lost share.

In Asia Pacific, Oracle grew 70%, the fastest growing PPMW vendor among the top three portal, process and middleware vendors in 2006, according to Gartner.

With a worldwide growth rate of 45%, Gartner positioned Oracle as the fastest growing PPMW vendor, among the top five providers, in its portal, process and Middleware Software Market Share, worldwide for 2006 report.

"In India, Oracle is gaining strong traction with customers," said SPS Grover,VP of Technology sales for Oracle India.

PTI