Abstract
In this IDC study, IDC services analysts come together to review the current year and discuss the emerging trends and market changes that will impact and drive the future of the IT services market. One of the outcomes of this process is a short list of our top 10 predictions for the coming year. The list, discussed in this study, includes factors that IDC believes will have the biggest commercial impact on the services market across Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) or APEJ in 2008.
"The nature of the region makes it potentially a golden pot of opportunity for vendors that are prepared to innovate, with sufficient pitfalls to trip up those that cannot deliver in a cost-effective and customer-centric manner," says Philip Carter, associate research director, IT Services Research, IDC Asia/Pacific.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Predictions
- In This Study
- Situation Overview
- Figure: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Services Forecast by Macro Market, 2007-2011
- Future Outlook
- Prediction #1: Global Delivery Will Become "Top of Mind" for Asia/Pacific Organizations
- Prediction #2: The Tigers of India Will Take on Asia/Pacific
- Prediction #3: Service Oriented Architecture Will Move into the Service Realm
- Figure: Services Oriented Architecture Adoption in Asia/Pacific
- Prediction #4: Product Vendors Will Eye More Services Revenue
- Figure: Sun Microsystems Server Shipments Versus Services Revenue, 1H06-1H07
- Figure: Dell Server Shipments Versus Services Revenue, 1H06-1H07
- Prediction #5: Green IT Will Drive Growth in the Services Market
- Figure: Green IT - The Services Opportunity
- Prediction #6: The Importance of Organization Alignment Will Drive Demand for a Combination of Business and IT Services
- Prediction #7: The New Era of the Digital Marketplace and Web 2.0 Will Open up New Opportunities to Integrate Consumers into the Delivery of Services
- Prediction #8: Vendors Will Pull Together Specific IP Around Certain Solution Areas to Improve Ease and Cost of Delivery of Services
- Prediction #9: The Roles of Local Service Providers and the Future of the Channel Ecosystem Will be Revolutionized
- Prediction #10: Services Aggregators Will Emerge as New Stakeholders in the Services Ecosystem
- Essential Guidance
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- Related Research
- Synopsis
