This IDC study provides an update to the five-year forecast of Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) or APEJ business process management (BPM) and middleware market for 2012–2016, as compared with the previous forecast study (see Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Business Process Management and Middleware 2011–2015 Forecast (IDC #AP2670305U, February 2012). Key assumptions and some market drivers are also highlighted to provide readers with a better understanding of IDC's growth projections.

"Despite being the growth engine, the APEJ region does face its own set of unique challenges in terms of market growth, which are mainly due to the more conservative outlook on the overall gross domestic product (GDP) growth and IT software spending," says Chris Zhang, market analyst, Application Deployment Software Research, IDC Asia/Pacific.