Abstract
This IDC study examines the application outsourcing (AO) services market and provides a forecast for 2008-2012. In addition to the forecast for application management and hosted AM in Canada, IDC analyzes key market assumptions, trends, and inhibitors and provides guidance for the next 12 months.
"Canadian spending on application management reached a total of C$1,368 million in 2007, while the emerging hosted AM market grew by 16% to C$132 million," says Nigel Wallis, research manager, Application Services research. "This reflects the increasing recognition by Canadian enterprises of the benefits of application outsourcing, despite the pressures of renewals, business process outsourcing, and software on demand. We anticipate that the overall AO market will grow at a CAGR of 7.2% through the forecast period."
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- IDC Opinion
- In This Study
- Methodology
- Situation Overview
- Delineating the Contract and Delivery Models
- Figure: Discrete Versus Bundled Application Management Services Spending
- Figure: Provisioning Application Services Through Multiple Contract Models and Delivery Methods
- Application Outsourcing Taxonomy
- Application Management
- Exceptions and Exclusions
- Hosted Application Management
- Understanding the Differences?
- Exceptions and Exclusions
- Figure: Application Outsourcing Model
- Table: Characteristics of Traditional Application Management Versus Hosted Application Management and Software on Demand
- Application Management
- Demand for Application Outsourcing
- Figure: Application Outsourcing Adoption Trends by Company Size, 2008 (% of Respondents)
- Figure: Application Outsourcing Adoption by Company Size: The Next Two Years (% of Respondents)
- Figure: Application Outsourcing Adoption Trends by Vertical, 2008 (% of Respondents)
- Figure: Application Outsourcing Adoption by Vertical: The Next Two Years (% of Respondents)
- Vendor Activities
- Future Outlook
- Forecast and Assumptions
- Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for the Canadian Application Outsourcing Market, 2008-2012
- Canadian Application Outsourcing Forecast, 2007-2012
- Table: Canadian Application Outsourcing Services Forecast, 2005-2012 (C$M)
- Figure: Canadian Application Outsourcing Services Forecast by Traditional and Hosted Application Management, 2005-2012 (C$M)
- Market Context
- Table: Canadian Application Outsourcing Forecast, 2005-2012 (C$M): Comparison of April 2007 and March 2008 Forecasts
- Application Management
- Renewals and Renegotiations
- Figure: Canadian Application Management 2006-2012: Comparison of April 2007 and March 2008 Forecasts (%)
- Hosted Application Management
- Figure: Canadian Hosted Application Management 2006-2012: Comparison of March 2008 and April 2007 Forecasts (%)
- Application Management
- Essential Guidance
- Actions to Consider
- Hosted Application Management Specific
- Actions to Consider
- Learn More
- Related Research
- Key Industry Announcements
- Synopsis

