Abstract
This IDC study reviews the enterprise application market landscape in
Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) or APEJ in 2007. It also provides a five-year
forecast for specific application markets, such as enterprise resource
management (ERM), customer relationship management (CRM), product supply chain
(PSC), collaborative, content and engineering applications. The study examines
the major market trends, accelerators, and inhibitors within the region.
"Software as a service (SaaS) will offer enterprises, especially the small and
medium-sized businesses (SMBs), an alternative and affordable model in
acquiring software, allowing more companies to embrace IT to improve their
business efficiency," says Sheila Lam, senior market research analyst,
Asia/Pacific Enterprise Applications Research, IDC Hong Kong. "Meanwhile,
enterprises are cautious with the concern of security and data integration if
they move onto this delivery model."