Worldwide Semiannual Software Tracker

IDC's Worldwide Semiannual Software Tracker® provides subscribers with an in-depth look into the competitive landscape and the market dynamics shaping the current and future direction of the global software industry. It tracks and details individual software vendors' historical business performance, and it forecasts the development of the industry 5 years into the future — across 54 geographies and 81 discrete software market segments. In addition, the tracker provides an understanding of the transition from traditional on-premises deployments to public cloud services by segmenting software revenue by deployment type, vendor, geography, and market segment. With the rapid transition from 2nd Platform to 3rd Platform technologies, it is critical for software vendors, public cloud services providers, supply chain partners, and the investment community to understand the underlying dynamics behind this transition. This extensive coverage of vendor share information enables both global and local players to benchmark themselves in terms of business growth and market penetration.

Technology Coverage

This tracker provides total market size and vendor shares for 81 software markets. Measurement for this tracker is total software revenue, which includes license, maintenance, and subscription revenue (including public cloud services). The 20 secondary software markets that group the 81 functional software markets reported are listed.

Core Coverage

Analytics and business intelligence software
Application development software
Application platforms
Artificial intelligence platforms
Collaborative applications
Content workflow and management applications
Customer resource management (CRM) applications
Data management software
Endpoint management software
Engineering applications
Enterprise resource management (ERM) applications
Integration and orchestration middleware
Network software
Production and operations applications
Physical and virtual computing software
Security software
Software quality and life-cycle tools
Storage software
Supply chain management (SCM) applications
System and service management software

Deployment Type Segmentation

On-premises/other software
Public cloud services

Geographic Scope

Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (13): Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and the rest of APEJ
Canada
Central and Eastern Europe (6): The Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, and the rest of CEE
Japan
Latin America (8): Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and the rest of Latin America
The Middle East and Africa (7): Algeria, Israel, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and the rest of MEA
PRC
United States
Western Europe (16): Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom

Data Deliverables

This tracker is delivered on a semiannual basis via a web-based interface for online querying and downloads. The deliverables for this tracker are listed. For a complete delivery schedule, please contact an IDC sales representative.

Forecast Coverage

Annual five-year market forecasts for this tracker are updated semiannually and include five-year annual market projections. Forecasts are available at the worldwide, regional, and country levels. Details of the forecasts included in this tracker are listed.

Core Forecast Coverage