As competition in the IT services market intensifies, it is becoming increasingly critical for IT vendors to differentiate their business models effectively in order to gain significant competitive edge. IDC's Japan IT Services Opportunities and Contenders service helps these vendors in their strategic and business planning by providing an in-depth and comprehensive analysis of the IT services spending of user companies in Japan. In addition, this service presents a detailed forecast of the IT services market by 12 segments and by 17 vertical industries. Research topics include revenue rankings of top vendors and competitive analysis together with results of the annual user survey which tracks and analyzes IT services spending of user companies, their vendor selection criteria, vendor mind shares, and challenges faced by these companies.

This service covers the following segments of the IT services market:

• IT consulting
• Systems integration
• Custom application development
• Network consulting and integration
• Hardware deployment and support
• Software deployment and support
• IT education and training
• IS outsourcing
• Network and desktop outsourcing
• Application management
• Hosting infrastructure services
• Hosted Application Management

Throughout the year, this service will address the following topics:

• Usage of IT services by users and their challenges
• Vendor trends and competitive analysis
• Market dynamics
• Market forecast over the next five years

Our research addresses the following issues that are critical to your success:

1. What is the market dynamics in each segment of the IT services market in Japan?
2. What is the most promising business model for IT services in Japan?
3. Who are the leading vendors in the IT services market in Japan?
4. What are the services offered and marketing strategies of leading vendors and what is the size of their existing customer base?
5. What is the current trends and future outlook of the Japan IT services spending in each market segment and vertical industry?

IDC's Japan IT Services Opportunities and Contenders service examines how vendors are positioning themselves to compete in the IT services market. This service reviews strategies, market positioning, and future direction of several providers, including:

CSK, Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, IBM, NEC, Nihon Unisys, NRI, NTT Data, Toshiba Solutions, and others.

This service focuses on the following core research. In addition to the insight provided in this service, IDC may conduct additional research on specific topics, or emerging market segments, via research offerings that require additional IDC funding and client investment.

This details IDC's top ten predictions of the Japan services market for 2009.

This document provides an analysis of the Japan IT services market, including IT outsourcing, as well as the market forecast from 2009 to 2013.

This document presents the results of IDC's annual user survey on spending trends, outsourcing usage, CIO's challenges, and the vendor selection criteria, etc.

This study presents the leading vendor rankings of 2008 and analyzes their positioning in the IT services/outsourcing market.

This is an update of the 2009-2013 forecast of the Japan IT services market, including IT outsourcing.

This is a study of the 2nd tier services vendors' strategies and positioning.

This study presents the top ten vendor ranking and analyzes their positioning in major vertical industries in the Japan IT services market.

This study provides an analysis of users' perception and the vendors' positioning relating to SOA.

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• The opportunity to have your specific questions answered through personal interaction with industry experts who cover the topics and markets in your service
• Around-the-clock access to our market intelligence on idc.com, IDC's personalized Web experience
• A view of the market's future with 12 months of continuous intelligence about its direction and the reasons behind it, along with actionable advice for taking advantage of existing and emerging opportunities
• Special client discount pricing on purchases of research from other services
• Two complimentary admissions to IDC Japan's annual Directions conference, where you'll hear our latest forecasts and network with IDC analysts and other industry professionals
• Complimentary invitations to monthly executive telebriefings, interactive forums designed to provide you with insights about research and strategies directly from IDC analysts

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