Infrastructure management software has been growing in the region as organizations build-up their IT infrastructures and become more mature in their use of technology, as well as deployment of software capabilities, to enhance performance and manage system efficiency. IDC's Asia/Pacific Semiannual Infrastructure Management Software Tracker reviews the market trends regularly and forecasts new market opportunities. It also monitors vendors' business performance and highlights their major success stories. This product delivers valuable information that will help subscribers in areas such as strategic business alignments and tactical product messaging.

This product covers the following segments of the Infrastructure Management Software market:

• System and network management software
• Storage software

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

• Key market drivers
• Market trends by industry and company size
• Vendor market share
• Vendor performance highlights
• New market opportunities

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

1. What are the market opportunities?
2. What are the major drivers influencing market growth?
3. How are your competitors faring in the market, and what are their critical success factors?
4. Which vertical industries and customer segments are spending the most in infrastructure software?
5. Which infrastructure software functional areas are expected to be in demand within the 12 months?

IDC's Asia/Pacific Semiannual Infrastructure Management Software Tracker identifies the software market opportunities in major Asia/Pacific countries. In addition to sizing the markets, this tracker offers regular updates on vendors' market shares, as well as discusses leading vendors' winning strategies and market penetration. Data is detailed at the software functional level, enabling users to be more effective in planning resources and providing strategic directions. Vendors covered include:

Alcatel Lucent, Attachmate, Avocent, BMC, CA, Cisco, Compuware, EMC, FrontRange Solutions, Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, IBM, Microsoft, NEC, Nortel Networks, Novell, Quest Software, SAS, Sun Microsystems, Symantec and others.

Throughout the year, this service will offer insight into the latest historical and forecast trends.

• Country trends
• Vendor revenue share
• Industry trends
• Customer size trends
• Forecast outlook

• Vendor share and forecast pivot tables in Excel
• Market summary slides in PowerPoint

• Every April-May and October-November

• Country level: Interviews with major global and local vendors, and channel players
• Regional level: Interviews with key global vendors
• Worldwide level: Vendor revenue reconciliation and trends review
• Others: Cross-referencing with other relevant product groups

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 years reflects our commitment to investing in our customers.