Press Release

Our press releases are categorized into the following groups. Click on each group to view related releases.

• Announcements

• Channels

  Channels are often widely leveraged in Asia/Pacific in order to provide international software vendors with coverage. IDC's Channels, Alliances and Partnerships program provides you with an overview of the Asian ISVs landscape, particularly in key verticals such as banking, finance and telecommunications. It will also provide an in-depth understanding of software providers' partners in the Asia/Pacific market as well as, insight into key success factors or challenges in dealing with the top channels within the market. This program covers 13 countries - Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
  

• Communications
  
  IDC's Asia/Pacific communications research programs provide a full spectrum of networking and telecommunications programs that allow you to capitalize on the new frontier of converging communications markets. The programs provide market sizing and forecast, insightful opportunity analysis, competitive analysis and credible market trends of broadband, IP, wireless and fixed-line telecommunications. They also provide vendor strategies and customer needs on both Carrier and Enterprise class equipment for 10-12 countries* - Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.
  
  * Country coverage is subjected to research areas
  
  
• Events
  
  
• ETAS

  Emerging Technology Advisory Services, (ETAS) helmed by the Emerging Technology Council (ETC) in Asia/Pacific, consisting of 10 senior IDC analysts and executives, is responsible for the identification of new technologies and trends in the ICT industry. Through a careful selection process, the ETC qualifies these new ideas and tests the products with the target audience/market to determine commercial viability. This process ensures a faster response to the market needs and focuses on emerging new areas.

• Financial Insights
  
  Financial Insights' Asia/Pacific service offers a unique look at the Asian banking sector and provides decision makers with a comprehensive array of actionable information including; business model analysis, Go-to-market advice, competitive positioning, IT spending & trends, and market forecasts. The goal is to assist financial institutions and technology providers operating within Asia/Pacific and provide them insight into the key market segments of banking (which covers, retail, wholesale and corporate banking), capital markets and technology in financial services.
  
  
• Government Insights
  
  Government Insights provides government organizations and IT vendors who serve them with research-based advisory and consulting services that enable government executives to maximize the value of their technology investments; minimize technology risk through accurate planning; benchmark themselves against industry peers; adopt industry best practices for organizational/technology alignment; make more informed technology decisions; and drive technology-enabled performance and innovation. Government Insights provides full coverage of the government value chain, with special emphasis on developing and employing strategies that leverage IT investments to maximize organizational performance. Staffed by senior analysts with significant experience in government, Government Insights provides a portfolio of research and advisory services that are relevant to the needs of both the government and IT vendor communities.
  
  
• Hardware (Personal Computing, Enterprise Systems & Workstations, Storage)
  
  IDC's Asia/Pacific hardware tracker programs offer the most comprehensive, quarterly market data and updates of the hardware industry so that you can make timely and judicious decisions. Allowing you to tailor to your research needs, the programs provide market overview, forecast and market trends of PCs, notebooks, desktops, handhelds, monitors, enterprise server and storage across most major markets* including - Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. It also provides in-depth analysis of overall strategy, performance and competitive positioning of the industries' leading players in the region.
  
  * Country coverage is subjected to research areas
  
  
• IT Overview
  
  IDC's Asia/Pacific IT overview research programs provides a data-intensive and detailed representation of market forecasts encompassing all of IDC's Asia/Pacific core services. The programs provide you with an unprecedented view of IT spending direction in the region and country markets across 12 countries - Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.
  
  In addition, the programs highlight the key segments for IT solutions investments and offer you a detailed understanding of the total opportunity forecast for a variety of popular and emerging enterprise solutions. It examine key differences and market characteristics that exist in the region's vertical markets to enable you to tailor your market approach and strategies.
  
  
• Manufacturing Insights
  
  Manufacturing Insights provides business and information technology (IT) decision makers with fact-based research and analysis to inform and support critical business decisions. The global independent research and advisory firm closely follows processes associated with the design, development, and distribution of goods across markets, including discrete manufacturing, process manufacturing, high tech/electronics manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, and retail. Manufacturing Insights' research and analysis is critical for end users, as well as hardware and software vendors, service providers, and purveyors of IT outsourcing. Founded in January 2005, Manufacturing Insights is headquartered in Framingham, MA.
  
  
• Peripherals
  
  IDC's Asia/Pacific peripherals research programs provide analysis, forecast and updates of the printer, scanner and copier market across Asia/Pacific. Covering 12 countries - Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand - the programs offer product and vendor strategies, competitive positioning, financial viability and overall strategic direction of leading and emerging players in the region.
  
  
• Services
  
  IDC's Asia/Pacific services research program offers the industry's most comprehensive and accurate source of information to meet your demand for market share data and in-depth analysis of market and relative competitive performance of the industries' leading players in the region. The programs provide a steady stream of insights, analysis, and advice of the service market throughout the year in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.
  
  Updated quarterly, IDC's tracker programs provide segmented data that allows you to identify competitive opportunities and document trends of the services market for eight countries - Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan.
  
  
• Small and Medium Business
  
  IDC's Asia/Pacific Small and Medium Business Markets intelligence service analyzes the IT product and services demand and market opportunities in the small and medium business (SMB) segment in Asia/Pacific. It focuses on IT spending behavior, adoption trends, and channel of preference in the SMB segment.
  
  
• Software
  
  IDC's Asia/Pacific software research programs offer the industry's most comprehensive and accurate source of information to meet your demand for market share data and in-depth analysis of market and relative competitive performance of the leading industry players in the region. The programs provide a steady stream of insights, analysis, and advice of major software markets in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, New Zealand, Philippines, and Thailand.
  
  IDC's semiannual software tracker programs further segment market opportunities in different dimensions in order to analyze unique trends and understand specific competitive landscape, to supply both tactical and strategic implications for vendor clients.