Abstract
This IDC study is a translation of the Japanese report IDC #J7310110. In 2006,
the Japan software market registered a year-on-year growth rate of 5.9% and
totaled 2.1036 trillion yen. IDC forecasts that the market will have a CAGR of
4.3% from 2006 to reach 2.5996 trillion yen in 2011.
"While the Japan software market will maintain stable growth, it will be
impacted by changes in architectural styles such as SOA, delivery models such
as SaaS, and platforms such as multi-core systems. Vendors are required to have
the know-how and execution power to expand their businesses while responding to
such changes," observes Kazuyuki Ide, Group Director, Software, IDC Japan.