IDC's Asia/Pacific Semiannual Project Based Services Tracker® is designed to provide vendors with a solid understanding of their competitive environment in each of the 13 countries aross Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APEJ). It also helps vendors position themselves at country and regional levels to boost their market share in the future and gain a competitive edge in IT consulting, systems integration (SI), network consulting and integration, and custom application development.
Technology Coverage and Data Segmentation
This tracker provides total market size and vendor share for the following technology areas and segmentations. Measurement for this tracker is in total vendor revenue and end-user spending.
Technologies and subtechnologies
IT consulting
Systems integration
Network consulting and integration
Custom application development
Segmentations
Vertical markets: Communications and media, financial services, manufacturing, public sector, resource/utitities, retail/wholesale
Geographic Scope
Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (13 countries): Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, People's Republic of China, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam
Forecast Coverage
Forecasts for this tracker are updated semiannually and include one year of historical data and an additional five years of annual market projections. Forecasts are available at the regional and country levels. Examples of the segmentations being forecast in this tracker include:
IT services spending by foundation market
Country forecast assumptions
Delivery Schedule and Deliverables
This tracker is delivered on a semiannual basis with tools such as pivot tables. The delivery schedule for this tracker is as follows:
Historical pivot table:15 weeks after period closes
Top 5 market share table: 16 weeks after period closes
Forecast pivot table: 17 weeks after period closes
Market assessment slides: 18 weeks after period closes
IDC's Tracker Methodology
IDC's tracker data is developed using a rigorous methodology that includes well-planned and well-coordinated local, regional, and worldwide data cross-checks combined with a proprietary advanced data consolidation and analysis data platform managed by IDC's Worldwide Tracker organization. Data sources used in the process of determining IDC's tracker numbers include, but are not limited to:
In-country local vendor interviews
Distribution data feeds
Worldwide and regional vendor guidance
ODM data
In-country local channel partner discussions
Import records
Feedback from component suppliers
Vendor briefings and public financial reports
Enabling Better Business Decisions Across the Organization
IDC trackers provide the accurate and timely market size, vendor share, and forecast information you need to identify market and product expansion opportunities, increase revenues, and win market share. IDC's tracker research is a critical input to the planning and monitoring cycles of the business process. Common uses of the tracker data include:
Planning Process
Regional, state or city-level planning — setting regional, country, state or city-level sales targets based on market opportunity
Product marketing — creating a product strategy and road map based on currently available product features and expected growth
Production planning — using customer demand data as an input in the creation of production schedules
Product portfolio planning — accessing accurate and detailed data as an input into the product development process
Monitoring Process
Performance measurement — comparing vendor performance on prior fiscal periods
Competitive analysis — reviewing competitor performance across multiple dimensions: product, features, channel, segment, and geography
Sales forecasting measurement — assessing internal sales forecast versus actual results
Price benchmarking — comparing vendor versus market pricing data by model
Marketing communications — using positive results for messaging in the press, at partner events, or in sales collateral