The Asia/Pacific IT services market is the fastest growing in the world. More importantly, it has enormous diversity in terms of the maturity of the market at a country level. For example, while Australia is considered a mature IT market, India and China are rapidly emerging and, therefore, have different market drivers and requirements. IDC's Asia/Pacific Semiannual IT Services Tracker® is designed to help our end-user clients understand these drivers, as well as an overview of how different service providers are performing by vertical, country, and market segment. This product provides a critical benchmark for end users as part of their selection process of service providers to work across the various segments of the IT services market. It also provides vendors with a solid understanding of their competitive environment in each of the individual countries in the region and how they can best position themselves at the country and regional level to boost their market share in the future.

Technology Coverage and Data Segmentation

This tracker provides 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:

• Consulting and integration services
• IT outsourcing
• Support and training services

Segmentations/Analysis:

• IT services revenue by foundation market
• Ranking and market share of top 5 players
• IT services revenue by vertical segment
• Master data set of major services providers tracked with their semiannual revenue by foundation market
• Key services trends and market drivers across the various Asia/Pacific geographies and macromarkets
• Indicative IT services contracts
• Business strategies that contributed to revenue and market share changes
• Analysis of top players in various macromarkets along with insights on key wins and strategies

Geographic Scope

• Asia/Pacific (including Japan) (14 countries)

Forecast Coverage

Forecasts for this tracker are updated semiannually and include one year of historical data and an additional five years of market projections. Forecasts are available at the regional and country levels, including:

• 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