This IDC study analyzes the broadband Internet access service market in Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) or APEJ from 2005 to 2012. This study follows the key broadband access technologies of DSL, cable modem, metro Ethernet, fixed wireless access (FWA), and other emerging technologies such as satellite and powerline. Key features include market overviews and forecasts on subscribers and revenue for 11 country markets — Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, the People's Republic of China (PRC), Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand — that are separated by product categories.>>more

This IDC study presents IDC's WiMAX Radio Access Network (RAN) equipment capex forecasts and subscriber forecasts for the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) or APEJ region from 2008 to 2012. Analysis of the current regulatory situation and commercial or trial deployments in 13 countries is provided — Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, China, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.>>more

This IDC Update provides an overview of the recent joint initiative of Research In Motion (RIM) and IBM in making IBM Lotus collaboration software available on BlackBerry devices.IBM and RIM have announced the availability of IBM Lotus collaboration software, which is the collaboration and social networking capabilities of the Lotus software suite, on BlackBerry devices. The highlight of this partnership is the comprehensive approach that the two companies have taken in terms of mobile-enabling numerous social networking and collaboration products within the IBM Lotus product line. RIM has already made an entry into the social networking space by offering a Facebook application on its BlackBerry devices. The joint effort will involve the availability of a BlackBerry client for IBM Lotus Connections — IBM's social networking software for business. This software runs natively on BlackBerry devices. It provides mobile access to Lotus Connections features like profiles and Dogear. RIM extends its mobile push functionality and secures the BlackBerry environment to the client.>>more

This IDC study outlines the market opportunities in the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) or APEJ managed storage services market and details the spending and buying patterns and behavior of enterprises in the region."Managed storage services have been around for the longest time, it disappeared somewhat after the dot com bust but it has reemerged again," says Adrian Dominic Ho, research manager, Managed Services and Enterprise Networks, IDC Asia/Pacific. "There is an enormous increased in the amount of data that needs to be stored and enterprises are grappling with its complexity and the numerous compliance issues that have arisen. This will ultimately translate to increased amount of dollar spent on storage services including managed storage services.">>more

The Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) or APEJ market is expected to surpass 400 million units in 2008, representing a 10% increase from 2007. By 2012, shipments will reach almost 500 million units. Despite the potential for growth, the market is entering a period of uncertainty in the short term, as poor economic conditions, ailing giants and expanding Chinese phone makers create both opportunities and threats in the environment. Over a longer time frame, more questions will arise as the emerging markets of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and India begin to mature."Although first-time users still drive a significant volume of growth in APEJ today, the balance will shift toward replacement users in the coming years. This means that there will be increased opportunities when targeting first-time upgraders who are looking for more feature-filled phones — but this is already a crowded segment eyed by the likes of LG, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson," says Aloysius Choong, research manager, Personal Systems Group, IDC Asia/Pacific.>>more

This IDC study looks at the evolving market for consulting and systems integration (SI) services in the region, while identifying key buying trends and market opportunities. By 2012, IDC expects the Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) or APEJ consulting and SI market to increase from US$13.47 billion to US$22.58 billion with a CAGR of 9.1% between 2007 and 2012. The markets of the People's Republic of China (PRC), India, and Korea will primarily drive this growth.SMBs will increasingly be attractive, but only the players with the right channel and delivery strategy will be able to succeed. Some of the key drivers for C&SI growth in the region include datacenter virtualization and consolidation, service-oriented architecture (SOA), software as a service (SaaS), and "productization" of services.>>more

The drumbeat of economic data and corporate earnings coming out across the world continue to paint a picture of an economic slowdown. As discussed in an earlier event flash (The Impact of a United States Economic Slowdown — Will the Outsourcing and Managed Services Well Run Dry? [IDC #207115Q]), IDC believes that this industry will be one of the more resilient ones in any slowdown for several reasons, primarily because a lot of outsourcing and managed services contracts are long term and are also cost savings driven, which become more critical during an economic slowdown. The wild card to this could be a sudden collapse in the U.S. economy that could potentially drag the rest of the world into a long drawn out recession. This could ultimately trigger a halt in new spending in "transformational" types of outsourcing and managed services that usually involve a certain amount of capital outlay. These concerns have been echoed, which is one of the potential outcomes that IDC has discussed in our recently revised overall IT spending forecast, and this could derail growth in the industry. At present, there are no dramatic or large-scale changes to the forecast compared with the one published in January 2008.>>more

In this IDC study, we expect the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) or APEJ hardware deployment and support market to grow at a rate of some 9.2% and will be worth an estimated US$8.4 billion by 2012. This growth will continue to come from the region's emerging markets that will be expected to continue with infrastructure buildouts, technology refreshes, and will enjoy the use of new services delivery models, all of which are discussed in this study. The market, however, will also have its growth impeded by some key factors. According to Eugene Wee, research manager of IT Services, "market maturity and a greater acceptance of outsourcing, consolidation, and virtualization and even Green IT are forcing enterprises to use less hardware or even take them out of the equation; this will impede hardware growth and therefore the services around the support of this hardware.".>>more

IDC's interactions with the market highlighted the following concerns among key decision makers in global delivery.>>more