Global application infrastructure and middleware market (AIM) grew 12 per cent in 2017 to reach $28.5 billion. A significant shift toward digital business models that harness technology trends like Cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT), analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is boosting spending on application infrastructure and middleware (AIM). The more companies move toward digital business models, the greater the need for modern application infrastructure to connect data, software, users and hardware in ways that deliver new digital services or products. The AIM market is expected grow even faster in 2018, after which spending growth will slow each year, reaching around five per cent in 2022.

(Financial Express)