APEJ Region's Database Market Breached the US$2 Billion Dollar Mark for the First Time in 2008, IDC Reveals

Singapore and Hong Kong, June 10, 2009 – IDC's latest study on the Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) software market revealed that notwithstanding the current economic climate, the Information and Data Management Software (IDMS) market continued to grow by 8.02% in 2008 over 2007 and was valued at an estimated US$2,107.99 million[1]. The market grew on the back of maintenance revenue stream, and on-going implementations and other projects that were approved pre-crisis. This includes those that were pulled through by application deployments and data warehouse implementations. Nonetheless, the region's IDMS market was not sparred from the impacts of the economic crisis and declined slightly in USD terms in 2H 2008 as cost control measures kicked in and IT initiatives deemed non-mission-critical were delayed.

Sharon Tan, Research Manager of IDC’s Asia/Pacific Software Research, commented, "The outlook for the IDMS market in 2009 in this region has been adversely impacted due to a generally strong focus on cost cutting measures, deferral of large transformational projects and a wait-and-see attitude from businesses – even from those that are comparatively financially secure during this crisis. However, data volumes generated from IT systems and the demand for better and more 'real time' information is still growing." The IDMS market includes RDBMS, and non-relational databases management systems as well as data integration and database tools.

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Wireless Backhaul to Go Next-Generation by 2012, Says IDC

Singapore, Hong Kong & Kuala Lumpur, June 16, 2009 – Based on IDC's continuous research of the Asia/Pacific (including Japan) carrier network equipment market, IDC predicts that there will be over 3 million basestations and over 1.8 million cell sites in by 2012, representing a growth of 24.3% and 10.7% respectively from 2008. Approximately half of these sites will be connected to fiber through Carrier Ethernet. Urban 3G/High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) basestations will be linked to fiber by 2011 in most markets in the region. IDC also expects that almost all urban WiMAX and Long Term Evolution (LTE) basestations will be connected to fiber by 2012. Non-line-of-sight (NLOS) microwave and fixed WiMAX will be used to provide up to 300 mbps backhaul in areas where fiber is not available.

“A number of leading mobile carriers in Asia/Pacific, in countries such as Australia, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Japan, Philippines, and Singapore, are already starting to connect parts of their metropolitan 3G/HSPA backhauls with Carrier Ethernet over fiber,” said Bill Rojas, Research Director for IDC’s Asia/Pacific Telecommunications Research. “The main driver of this transformation is the need for mobile operators to provide scalable, high-bandwidth, web 2.0 video and audio content, and internet access services for both mobile and fixed users in incremental CAPEX outlays."

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IDC Forecasts the Software-as-a-Service Market To Grow 6 Times Stronger than the Overall Packaged Software Market Growth in Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) Region

Singapore and Hong Kong, June 17, 2009 – IDC expects the SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) market to take off significantly in 2009, despite a challenging year for IT market in Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) region. According to IDC's latest report "Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) Software-as-a-Service Market Size and Forecast, 2009-2013: The Growth Has Yet to Peak" (Doc #AP321205S), the regional SaaS market is expected to reach US$298 million in 2009, which is an increase of 18% from 2008. This growth rate is 6 times higher than the overall packaged software market growth of 3% in 2009.

"Companies in the region are more keen with the SaaS subscription model as they cope with the increasing IT budget constraints,” said Sheila Lam, Senior Market Analyst of IDC’s Asia/Pacific Enterprise Applications Research. "Enterprises are considering to shift the hardware and software maintenance expenses towards SaaS, which appears to be a cost-efficient alternative by merging the license, hosting and management fees into a single subscription fee."

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