Abstract
This IDC study presents the results and analysis of the IDC' s Asia/Pacific
Software Survey, 2008 conducted among 1,004 participants across the key
Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) or APEJ countries - Australia, India, Korea, and
the People' s Republic of China (PRC). The results found in this survey provide
insights into the respondents' investment plans, challenges, and considerations
with regard to application development and deployment (AD&D) software and
related services.
"The AD&D software market in the APEJ region was estimated at US$3,777.3
million in 2007 and is expected to reach US$6,331.3 million by 2012,
significantly driven by the PRC and India. Security remains the pinnacle of
these enterprises' concerns while they struggle to cope with the lack of
expertise resources, resulting in bottlenecks for growth in this highly
diversified yet promising region," says Adren Lim, market analyst, System
Infrastructure and Middleware Software Research, IDC Asia/Pacific.