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Welcome to
IDC's Asia/Pacific Insider, the monthly
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Raphael Phang, Research Director, Government Insights, IDC Asia/Pacific |
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Adrian Dominic Ho, Research Manager, Managed Services and Enterprise Networks, IDC Asia/Pacific |
Government Insights Asia/Pacific Expects An Increased Focus on Infrastructure Optimization and Next Generation e-Government for the APEJ Region in 2008
Singapore and Hong Kong, February 14, 2008– Leading independent research and advisory firm Government Insights, an IDC company, today announced the release of its annual Top 10 Predictions report for the government sector in 2008 in the Asia/Pacific region, excluding Japan (APEJ). The report entitled “Asia/Pacific Government 2008 Top 10 Predictions, January 2008” (Doc # AP633101Q), states that infrastructure optimization and IT resource repurposing will become the top IT trend in the government sector in 2008.
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Managed Security Services Writes A New Chapter and Will Outpace the Overall Managed Services Market in Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) from 2008-2012
Singapore and Hong Kong, February 19 2008– According to IDC’s Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) Managed Security Services Study, the Managed Security Services market is expected to exceed US$604 million in 2008, representing a 20.4% increase over 2007. IDC expects this market to reach US$1.1 billion in 2012 with a 5-year CAGR of 17.1%, which will significantly outperform the overall ICT outsourcing and managed services market. In-depth findings are published in Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Managed Security Forecast and Analysis – Pandora’s Box Opened? (Doc #AP207103P
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IDC Finds that Growing Amount of Digital Content Stored at Home Will Drive Demand for Personal Storage Devices in the Asia/Pacific Region
Singapore and Hong Kong, February 21, 2008 - According to IDC's recent report entitled “Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Home Storage Survey, 2007” (Doc#AP654108P), the proliferation of digital content is creating more opportunities for personal storage devices in various countries in the Asia/Pacific region. Respondents to a recent user survey indicated that they preferred to backup their digital content onto a CD or by copying data to an external HDD attached to the computer. Using a DVD burner to backup data turned out to be the third most popular choice, while a much smaller percentage of respondents used an online storage service or copy data to an external HDD attached to the home network.
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IDC's End-User Survey in Asia/Pacific Shows More Than Half of SMBs View Advanced Technology as a Competitive Tool That Would Help Expand Business and Manage Costs
Singapore and Hong Kong, February 26, 2008 - IDC's SMB IT Investment Trends Survey 2008 – Software and Services revealed that while price was still the key investment decision factor among SMBs (32% regarded it as the top factor), a significant population of fast evolving SMBs are behaving more like their larger counterparts when making decisions on technology adoption. In this survey*, IDC utilized a unique clustering model that helped in the classification of the SMBs in Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) into different behavioral groupings, based on how they saw technology adoption in relation to business enablement and their relative rate of adoption.
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Asia Pacific (Excluding Japan) Enterprise Information and Communication Technology Outsourcing and Managed Services 2007–2012 Forecast — The Yellow Brick Road – Doc # AP2071S4P Asia/Pacific ICT Outsourcing and Managed Services |
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India Internet Datacenter 2007–2011 Forecast and Analysis: Clearing the Indian Fog – Doc # AP207107P Asia/Pacific ICT Outsourcing and Managed Services |
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Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) IP VPN Services 2006-2011 Forecast and Analysis – Doc # AP20140SP Asia/Pacific IP Services |
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Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Managed Security Forecast and Analysis - Pandora Box Opened? – Doc # AP207103P Asia/Pacific ICT Outsourcing and Managed Services |
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Asia/Pacific Mobile Consumer Survey 2007 – Doc # AP201310P Asia/Pacific Wireless Markets and Technologies |
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Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Mobile Music Services 2007–2011 Forecast: Ringback Tones Rule Supreme – Doc # AP654112P Asia/Pacific Wireless Markets and Technologies |
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Mobile Services Average Revenue per User Trends in APEJ – Doc # AP20131SP Asia/Pacific Wireless Markets and Technologies |
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Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Enterprise Communications Survey 2007 - Vertical Splits – Doc # AP20121SP Asia/Pacific Telecommunications |
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Asia/Pacfic (Excluding Japan) Consumer Internet Survey, 2007 – Doc # AP20140RP Asia/Pacific IP Services |
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Asia/Pacific Excluding Japan Consumer VoIP 08-12 F&A – Doc # AP201407P Asia/Pacific IP Services |
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Asia Pacific (Excluding Japan) SME ICT Outsourcing and Managed Services 2007-2012 Forecast and Analysis: Under the Blade of the SME Sun –Doc # AP207109Q Asia/Pacific ICT Outsourcing and Managed Services |
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Telepresence: A Whopping Touch of Reality to Videoconferencing – Doc # AP207208Q Asia/Pacific Unified Communications, Asia/Pacific Unified Communications and Mobility |
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Music Phones and MP3 Players: Balance Shifts in APEJ – Doc # AP654106P Asia/Pacific Mobile Devices |
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Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Paid Online Music Services 2007–2011 Forecast and Analysis – Doc # AP654113P Asia/Pacific Consumer Markets |
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Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Mobile Music Services 2007–2011 Forecast: Ringback Tones Rule Supreme – Doc # AP654112P Asia/Pacific Consumer Markets |
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Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Digital Home Survey 2007 – Doc # AP654114P Asia/Pacific Consumer Markets |
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Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Home Storage Survey, 2007 –Doc # AP654108P Asia/Pacific Consumer Markets |
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Market Maturity and IT Services Needs: Differing Status Quo, Differing Needs – Doc # AP227109P Asia/Pacific Infrastructure Services |
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Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) System Infrastructure Software Market Highlights,1H07 – Doc # AP32230SP Asia/Pacific Infrastructure Software |
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Customer Relationship Management Applications: Industry-Specific Needs, Software Licensing, and Product Innovations in Australia, the PRC, India, and Korea – Doc # AP321208P Asia/Pacific Enterprise Applications |
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Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Enterprise Applications Market Highlights, 1H07 – Doc # AP321201P Asia/Pacific Enterprise Applications |
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Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Top 10 Enterprise Applications Market Leader Analysis and Review, 2006 and 1H07 – Doc # AP321203Q Asia/Pacific Enterprise Applications |
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The Market Impact and Outlook for File Area Networks –Doc # AP261110P Asia/Pacific Disk Storage Systems |
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Vendor Profile 2007: Hitachi Data Systems – Doc # AP261113Q Asia/Pacific Disk Storage Systems |
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Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Disk Storage Systems 2007: Year in Review and Outlook for 2008 – Doc # AP261101Q Asia/Pacific Disk Storage Systems |
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Enterprise Content Management Seeing Growth in Asia – Doc # FIN209118 Asia/Pacific Banking Advisory Service |
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Vietnam Banking Roundtable: Joint-Stock Banks Get Competitive – Doc # FIN210704 Asia/Pacific Banking Advisory Service, Asia/Pacific IT Benchmarking Advisory Service, Asia/Pacific Risk Management Advisory Service |
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Asia/Pacific Top 10 Strategic - Initiatives for Insurance in 2008 – Doc # FIN_0481 Asia/Pacific Insurance Advisory Service |
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Enterprise Content Management Seeing Growth in Asia – Doc # FIN209118 Asia/Pacific IT Benchmarking Advisory Service |
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Strategic ICT Sourcing in the Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Government Sector –Doc # AP633109Q Government Insights: Asia/Pacific Government Technology Decision Support 2.Government Insights: Asia/Pacific IT Opportunity: Government |
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In Pursuit of Ubiquitous Computing - Reflections Through the ICT Ecology Cycle – Doc # AP633102Q Government Insights: Asia/Pacific Government Technology Decision Support 2.Government Insights: Asia/Pacific IT Opportunity: Government |
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Implementation of Radio Frequency Identification, A Few Years On: An HP-Mentor Media Case Study – Doc # AP664120P Asia/Pacific IT Opportunity: Manufacturing |
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Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Electronics Manufacturers' Business and IT Priorities, 2008 – Doc # AP664122Q Manufacturing Insights: Asia/Pacific IT Opportunity: Manufacturing 2.Asia/Pacific Supply Chain Management |
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Australia Infrastructure Outsourcing 2007 Vendor Profiles: The IDC Award for Best Practices in Infrastructure Outsourcing Goes to – Doc # AU221202P Australia Outsourcing and Utility Services |
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Australia Network Consulting and Integration Services 2007–2011 Forecast – Doc # AU222107P Australia IT Services Opportunities |
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Australia Utilities Information and Communication Technology 2007-2011 Forecast and Analysis – Doc # AU386109P Australia Vertical Markets |
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Australia Transportation Information and Communication Technology 2007-2011 Forecast and Analysis – Doc # AU38611SP Australia Next Generation Networks |
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Australia and New Zealand Enterprise Resource Management Applications 2007-2011 Forecast and Analysis – Doc # AZ324201P Australia and New Zealand ERM Applications in the SMB Market |
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ITEyewitness: Linux - Adopt a Penguin Today – Doc # AZ61610SP Australia and New Zealand InTEP+Plus, Australia and New Zealand CIO Exposed |
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Australia Government Information and Communication Technology 2007-2011 Forecast and Analysis – Doc # AU38611RP Australia Vertical Markets |
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Australia Construction Information and Communication Technology 2007-2011 Forecast and Analysis – Doc # AU38611QP Australia Vertical Markets |
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Australia Resources Information and Communication Technology 2007-2011 Forecast and Analysis – Doc # AU3861SRP Australia Vertical Markets |
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Customer Priorities for Business Process Outsourcing Services in Australia – Doc # AU223105Q Australia Business Process Outsourcing |
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Australia Broadband and IP Services Enterprise Usage and Preferences: IDC's 2007 Telecommunications Survey – Doc # AU201201Q Australia Next Generation Networks |
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Tesltra Finally Switches on ADSL2+ - Greater Implications than Just Faster Bush Access – Doc # AU202104Q Australia Next Generation Networks |
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Australia Telecommunications 2008 Top 10 Predictions – Doc # AU201216Q Australia Telecommunications 2008 Top 10 Predictions |
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China Unified Communications 2007-2011 Forecast and Analysis – Doc # CN208101Q China Telecom Market Opportunities |
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China Service Oriented Architecture Solution 2008: Opportunities and Challenges – Doc # CN321101Q China Software Market, China Services Market |
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Korea Network Consulting and Integration Services 2007-2011 Forecast and Analysis – Doc # KR22020812 Korea Services |
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Utility Computing Services in Korea: Market Adoption and Evolution – Doc # KR22020813 Korea Services |
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Korea SMB IT Spending by Vertical in 2008 – Doc # KR60020820 Korea Vertical Market Intelligence |
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Korea Business Intelligence Software 2007-2011 Forecast and Analysis – Doc # KR32010850 Korea Software |
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Korea HSDPA Service Forecast and Analysis: 2007 Year-End Review – Doc # KR14020840 Korea Networks and Communications |
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Malaysia Telecommunication Services 2007-2011 Forecast Update – Doc # MY202113Q Malaysia Telecommunications |
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Malaysia IT Service Management Adoption – Doc # MY227103P Malaysia IT Service Management Adoption |
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Malaysia PC Market, 3Q07 – Doc # MY107104P Malaysia ICT Overview |
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Malaysia Mobile Services Customer Churn and Loyalty Survey, 2007 – Doc # MY202111P Malaysia Telecommunications |
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New Zealand Support Services: Perform well and you shall be rewarded! – Doc # NZ222206P New Zealand Business Enablement: IT Services, New Zealand Infrastructure: Compete |
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Broadband Consumer Survey: Identifying Key Broadband User Segments in the Philippines – Doc # PH20410SP Philippine Telecom Market |
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Vietnam Business Process Outsourcing Services Adoption and Investment Plans, 2007 – Doc # VN2281IDP Vietnam BPO Services: Investment and Adoption Plans, 2007 |
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Web 2.0: The impact on the Asia/Pacific Digital Marketplace Asia/Pacific Digital Marketplace and New Media |
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Wimax-Deployment status in Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Asia/Pacific IP Services, Asia/Pacific Carrier Network Equipment |
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The Multiple Vendor Approach to Managed Services - The Final Untold Story Asia/Pacific ICT Outsourcing and Managed Services, Asia/Pacific IP Services |
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Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Enterprise Communication Survey of Multinational Companies Asia/Pacific Telecommunications |
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Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Enterprise Communications Survey - Company Size Asia/Pacific Telecommunications |
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Philippine SME Survey: Communication Usage and Purchasing Behavior Philippine Telecom Market |
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Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Enterprise Survey 2007 of IP Usage and Preferences - Vertical Splits Asia/Pacific IP Services |
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Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Enterprise Survey 2007 of IP Usage and Preferences - Small Enterprise Asia/Pacific IP Services |
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Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Enterprise Survey 2007 of IP Usage and Preferences - Regional Outlook Asia/Pacific IP Services |
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Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Unified Commuincations Survey 2007: Are Enterprises jumping on the UC Bandwagon? Asia/Pacific Unified Communications 2 Asia/Pacific Unified Communications and Mobility |
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Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Application Development and Deployment Software Market Highlights, July - December 2007 Asia/Pacific Application Tools Software |
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Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Enterprise Applications Market Highlights, July - December 2007 Asia/Pacific Enterprise Applications: Transforming Models |
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Asia/Pacific (Ex Japan) Mobile Device Security Software Market 2007-2011 Forecast and Analysis Asia/Pacific Infrastructure Software |
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IBM Profile Asia/Pacific Disk Storage Systems |
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Asia Pacific Fibre Channel Switch Market, 2007-2011:Semiannual Update Asia/Pacific Disk Storage Systems |
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Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Automotive Manufacturers' Business and IT Priorities, 2008 Manufacturing Insights: Asia/Pacific IT Opportunity: Manufacturing, Manufacturing Insights: Asia/Pacific Supply Chain Management |
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Australia Mobile Data Services Competitive Analysis Australia Mobile & Wireless Solutions |
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Rise of the Underdog: Insights into Second Tier Global Delivery Locations Asia/Pacific Global Delivery Index: Outsourcing Services |
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The Evolution of Australian Mobile Network Spectrum Australia Mobile & Wireless Solutions |
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Document Management Solutions: What End Users Want Australia Printing and Imaging |
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Australia IT Services 2007-2011 Forecast and Analysis, 2H07 Update Australia IT Services Opportunities, Australia Outsourcing and Utility Services |
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In the Mind of the Outsourcing Customer IDC's Annual Outsourcing Survey 2007 Australia Outsourcing and Utility Services |
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Pacific (Excluding Japan) Government Sector Australia and New Zealand CRM Applications in the SMB Market |
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ITEyewitness: The CIO Shopping Cart in 2008 Australia and New Zealand InTEP+Plus, Australia and New Zealand CIO Exposed |
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ITEyewitness: A Guide to Good Governance in Outsourcing Contracts Australia and New Zealand InTEP+Plus, Australia and New Zealand CIO Exposed |
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China Gaming End-User Survey 2008 China Consumer Devices and Services |
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Korea Overall Software Forecast and Analysis Korea Software |
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Korea Security Software Forecast and Analysis Korea Software |
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Korea PC Market Forecast and Analysis, 4Q07 Korea Personal Computing |
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Korea Enterprise Systems Forecast and Analysis, 4Q 2007 Korea Enterprise Systems |
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What's in Store for 3G?Getting to Know the Future 3G Filipino Users Philippine Telecom Market |
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Mobile Consumer Survey: End-User Preferences and Perception of Mobile Services in the Philippines Philippine Telecom Market |
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The fruits of IDC's ongoing expansion efforts have been recognized in a recent report from Outsell, Inc., the only syndicated research and advisory firm for the information industry. In particular, the report noted IDC's industry leadership in research analysts, geographic coverage, and growth in vertical industry markets.
The Outsell report outlines IDC's overall position in the $2.6 billion worldwide information technology (IT) and telecommunications research sector and how IDC's recent expansion efforts have strengthened its position in this competitive market.
In terms of revenue, IDC is the largest private company in this sector and the second largest company overall. With more than 950 analysts, IDC also has the largest research staff in the sector. Reflecting the company's focus on research-driven market intelligence, the report notes that IDC has the sector's highest concentration (59%) of analysts among its employees.
IDC's geographic footprint is identified by Outsell as a "key strength, especially in comparison to other large IT & Telecom research firms." With a long-standing commitment to global coverage, IDC extended its geographic presence to an industry-leading 93 country markets with the addition of 20 new countries in 2006. The report also notes that "IDC has more analysts outside the U.S. (62%) than within." The company's broad global presence brings unsurpassed local knowledge to IDC's clients and ensures early and deep coverage of the industry's emerging markets.
The report also focuses on the expansion of IDC's vertical industry research through the creation of six Insights businesses (Energy Insights, Financial Insights, Government Insights, Health Industry Insights, Manufacturing Insights, and Global Retail Insights). Outsell gives IDC high marks for this strategic expansion, stating that "for the IT & Telecom research industry, IDC provides a good best practice example of developing and rolling out a number of vertical services, with a commitment that is second to none in this segment."
More details of the report is available here.
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IDC’s Asia/Pacific Managed Services Conference 2008 |
IDC’s Asia/Pacific Green IT Conference 2008 |
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Aug 28, 2008, Auckland, New Zealand
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| IDC's Asia/ Pacific Business Optimization: BI, BPM and SOA Conference 2008 |
IDC's Asia/Pacific InfraVision Conference 2008 |
IDC’s Asia/Pacific Directions 2008:Tech X.0: Mastering New Business Models and Markets |
Sep 02, 2008, Singapore
Sep 04, 2008, Bangkok, Thailand
Sep 17, 2008, Bangalore, India
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Oct 14, 2008, Singapore
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