The workstation market, along with the IT industry, has been impacted by the mass economic development and growth across Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan). IDC has seen significant investments across different architectures as organizations strive to provide the best technology to their workforce to stay competitive. Although this market offers significant growth opportunities, it also requires creative marketing strategies to succeed. In recent years, the availability of commodity graphic solutions, significant performance improvement of x86 processors and broad application availability on the Windows and Linux operating systems have enabled personal workstations to enter high-end visualization markets, which were previously the domain of traditional workstations running on RISC/Unix operating platform. What will be the impact of multi-core processor PCs on the workstation market? IDC's Asia/Pacific Quarterly Workstation Tracker helps vendors answer these questions and also offers in-depth insights to help them with their strategic decision-making and tactical planning to stay ahead in this highly competitive but rapidly emerging market.

This product covers the following segments of the Workstation market:

• Personal Workstations - Branded & Non-Branded
• Traditional Workstations

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

• Workstation market size by segments
• Vendor market share analysis & key vendor strategies
• Workstation shipments and spending by applications and vertical segments
• Technology transition issues
• Workstation shipments and spending by distribution channel

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

1. What is the size of the workstation market by segment in each country in Asia/Pacific?
2. Which vendors are gaining market share and why?
3. What is the 5-year outlook for the workstation market in each country?
4. Which vertical segments and workstation applications are responsible for fueling the growth in the workstation market?
5. Which technologies will impact the workstation market and how will technology changes alter the competitive landscape?

IDC's Asia/Pacific Quarterly Workstation Tracker analyzes product strategies, market shares, competitive positioning and overall strategic directions of leading workstation vendors in Asia/Pacific. Examples of vendors tracked include:

Dell, HP, IBM, SGI, and Sun Microsystems.

Throughout the year, this product will offer insight into the latest trends impacting the market. Potential studies include:

• Workstation unit shipments and revenue by market segment (Traditional, Itanium and Personal workstations )
• Workstation shipments and spending by vertical segments
• Workstation shipments and spending by applications
• Workstation shipments and spending by channels
• 5-year workstation unit shipment and spending forecast by market segment

• A preliminary report is issued 40 days after the close of quarter which provides vendor market shares & rankings by segment in each country
• Final report is sent 50 days after the quarter ends. The report contains detailed country tables and is accompanied by a pivot to enable clients to do custom data cuts. The qualitative report, which analyzes key market dynamics and provides competitive review and market outlook, is delivered to clients 85 days from the end of quarter.

• A soft copy of the preliminary and final reports will be provided via email in an Excel format unless the client chooses another custom format. Choices include .xls, .pdf, etc. A soft copy of the database is provided via email in an Excel format, unless the client wishes to obtain the data in a custom format.
• In addition, the soft copies of all the quarterly deliverables and the database will be delivered to clients 85 days from the end of quarter on a CD-ROM along with hard copies of the deliverables.

As a privately held company, IDC believes that our customers are our primary constituency. A large percentage of every revenue dollar is reinvested back into our products, including more analysts, more geographic coverage, and extensive primary research.

Our steady growth over the past 10-plus years reflects our commitment to investing in our customers.