http://www.idc.com/research/simplesearchres.jsp?buck=Business+Areas%2FContent%2F&keyword=&lcol=en&access_type=All&container_type=All&resperpage=10&sortby=scoreIDC's coverage of content services, networks, rights and management.en-ushttp://cdn.idc.com/en_US/images/pageImg/idcLogoHome.jpghttp://www.idc.com/research/simplesearchres.jsp?buck=Business+Areas%2FContent%2F&keyword=&lcol=en&access_type=All&container_type=All&resperpage=10&sortby=scorehttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=AP628204Shttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=AP628204SThis IDC study discusses entertainment media content, which has become increasingly important for Internet consumers in Asia/Pacific, in line with soaring worldwide usage. The rapid advancements in audio and video services in recent years had fueled a strong demand for music and video entertainment. It also led to a set of challenges for service providers (SPs) such as protecting rights, preserving profits, and identifying the potential of new media, as well as consumers' inertia toward adoption of paid services and finding the right revenue model. This study covered Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan in identifying audio and video consumption behavior. It also looked into consumers' preferences toward paid services to evaluate obstacles and opportunities for service providers (SPs) as well as business sustainability, particularly in emerging media services."While paid content is facing some inertia from consumers, online and mobile media providers should nonetheless continue to introduce a mix of paid and unpaid content.. Paying per song would be more affordable for consumers that are not hardcore music fans, which could lower the barrier for consumers to accept paying for music. Once consumers overcome the initial inertia to pay for audio content by paying for each song, it could get easier to convert them to pay for access to the entire music database. Overall, payment for video content received low endorsement, probably because the market is still very nascent. IDC expects video paid services to gain more traction if online video SPs can set up a low-cost, easy-to-use system for users to download videos they just had to have for offline access, or to gain access to premium content over the Internet using PCs, " says Audrey Heng, market analyst, Emerging Technology Advisory Services, IDC/Asia/Pacific. Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223849http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223849This IDC Vendor Profile analyzes KickApps, a company in the social platforms market, and reviews key success factors: market potential, technology/solution, corporate strategy, force multipliers, and customers. Leveraging IDC's understanding of the competitive landscape and future outlook, this document highlights company and market information tailored to the investment professional's needs. Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223868http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223868This IDC study examines the team collaborative applications market for the period from 2007 to 2009. Revenue and market share of the leading vendors are provided for 2009. "In a tough economic environment, the worldwide team collaborative applications market achieved positive year-over-year growth at 2.4% from 2008 to 2009, signaling the continued benefits of investing in these applications," says Erin Traudt, research director for IDC's Enterprise Collaboration and Social Solutions program. "IDC believes that the TCA market will see additional entrants in this space over the next 12–24 months as more technology markets converge to bring together holistic solutions to enable easy, and real-time, collaboration practices." Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=AP2670113Shttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=AP2670113SThis IDC Flash presents SAP's announcement on May 12, 2010 that it intends to acquire Sybase to the tune of US$5.8 billion or US$65 per share of common stock. With this proposed acquisition, SAP will have access to Sybase's data management software, analytics, and enterprise mobility solutions. In the announcement, the companies have confirmed that Sybase will operate as a separate unit, as "Sybase, an SAP Company," under Sybase's management team. Given the complementary nature of Sybase's assets and expertise, the merger, if executed well, will allow SAP to bolster its in-memory computing strategy and accelerate the mobile -enablement of its broad portfolio of enterprise applications. This flash provides IDC's insights on the implications of the acquisition for the combined businesses of SAP and Sybase in the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) or APEJ region. The global IDC view on this acquisition can be found in SAP Acquires Sybase: A Bet on Future Styles of Computing for Business Applications (IDC #223414, May 2010). Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223820http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223820This IDC study examines the integrated collaborative environments market from 2007 to 2009. Revenue and market share of the leading vendors are provided for 2009. "While 2009 was certainly a tough year for companies, the integrated collaborative environments submarket remains one of the cornerstones of the collaborative applications market as well as one of its largest segments in terms of revenue," says Erin Traudt, research director of IDC's Enterprise Collaboration and Social Solutions program. "IDC believes that email will remain a core component of technology portfolios as it continues to evolve from a standalone application to an integrated communications environment that includes functionality such as email, IM, conferencing, voice, and presence as well as social content and community features." Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223847http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223847This IDC Vendor Profile analyzes Socialtext, a company in the collaborative applications and social platforms market, and reviews key success factors: market potential, technology/solution, corporate strategy, force multipliers, and customers. Leveraging IDC's understanding of the competitive landscape and future outlook, this document highlights company and market information tailored to the investment professional's needs. Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223817http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223817This IDC study examines the social platforms market for the period from 2007 to 2009. Revenue and market share of the leading vendors are provided for 2009."The success and prevalence of consumer social networking companies such as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn have paved the way for ISVs looking to bring the social Web experience into the business," says Erin Traudt, research director for IDC's Enterprise Collaboration and Social Solutions program. "Part of the collaboration requirements that we are experiencing today are due to the consumerization of IT and the blending of our personal and professional lives. Vendors in this market have recognized the opportunity early, and there is plenty of room as companies jockey for position." Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223628http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223628This IDC study presents IDC's first look at worldwide SaaS software performance in 2009 and anticipated performance through 2014. SaaS is the service enablement of products from all three primary software markets: applications, application development and deployment, and system infrastructure software, and as such, SaaS represented just over 73% of IT public cloud services revenue in 2009. The SaaS market reached $13.1 billion in revenue in 2009, and IDC expects it will grow to $40.5 billion by 2014 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25.3%."Figuring out how to find and capitalize on the enormous cloud services transition is the number 1 strategic goal of most IT product vendors," according to Robert Mahowald, research vice president of IDC's SaaS and Cloud Services practice. "Cloud represents both a tremendous challenge and potentially an opportunity to align with partners, create new capabilities, move into new markets, and define new leaders." Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=TB20100617http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=TB20100617With solutions for networked video entertainment in the home now being heavily marketed to consumers, what are their expectations and how have early adopters taken to it? This telebriefing dissects results from IDC's 2010 Connected Home survey of 1,500 consumer broadband subscribers, 1,000 of whom own a home network, the infrastructure necessary for networked entertainment in the home. The survey looked at consumers' use of and interest in networked video devices, their interest in moving Internet video into the living room, and the profile of networked video consumers.In this telebriefing, IDC's research analysts will answer questions such as:How does over-the-top Internet video in the living room change the dynamics with traditional pay TV services?What solutions for delivering Internet video to the television appeal most to consumers?What do consumers value most in networked video entertainment solutions?What motivates consumers to buy into networked video entertainment? Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223577http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223577This IDC study presents a cut of the results from IDC's 2010 Connected Home Survey, focusing on the results related to home networking and data applications on the home network. The survey was completed in May 2010 and included 1,526 respondents, all of whom are U.S. adults who subscribe to broadband Internet access at home."We previously bifurcated between households with PCs and those without and then those who were online and those who were not, but consumer technologies and behaviors around them have evolved, and today we distinguish between those with a home network and those without. But our survey finds that even though consumers have high levels of interest in networked applications in the home, they have little understanding of their home technology infrastructure, and this could impede the progress of solutions such as networked entertainment," said Jonathan Gaw, research manager of IDC's Connected Home program. Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDT