IDC expects the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) or APEJ packaged software market to continue to grow in 2011, building to a value of US$31 billion. Software investments rebounded in 2010 and is expected to slow in growth in 2011, but majority of the companies in the region are still keen to maintain their investment budget on software. IDC's Asia/Pacific Semiannual Software Tracker® offers an in-depth look into the growth forecast, thus providing useful information for market players to plan their resources effectively. The extensive coverage of vendor share information also enables both global and local players to benchmark themselves in terms of business growth and market penetration.

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 vendor revenue share.

Technologies and subtechnologies:

• Applications
• Application development and development software
• System infrastructure software

Segmentations:

• Vendor revenue shares
• Market forecast trends
• Company size, channels, vertical markets, operating systems (for selected software markets and countries)

Geographic Scope

• Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan): Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, People's Republic of China, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and the rest of APEJ

Forecast Coverage

Forecasts in this tracker are updated semiannually and include two years of historical data and five years of annual market projections. Regional and country-level forecasts are available. The trend can address the following issues that are critical to your success:

• How are your competitors performing in the market?
• What are the spending trends across the region?
• Which industries are spending the most and in what applications?

Examples of the segmentations include:

• Market trends (for selected software markets and countries)
• Company size, channels, vertical markets, operating systems (for selected software markets and countries)

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:

• April–May
• October–November