Over the last few years, enterprise users in Japan have become increasingly concerned about the returns on their IT investments. It is therefore very important for IT solutions vendors in this market to understand their customers' concerns, preferences, demands, and requirements. IDC's Japan Enterprise Applications and Solutions service provides detailed, comprehensive, and in-depth coverage of customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), supply chain management (SCM), application integration solutions, and business analytics solutions from both the software and IT services perspectives. This service includes timely and relevant information regarding market sizing, trend analysis, and competitive profiles of leading vendors in the Japan IT solutions market, hence providing essential and critical guidance to IT solutions vendors to help them stay ahead in this highly competitive and rapidly growing market segment.

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

• IT solutions market by segment (software, services, others)
• CRM, ERP, and SCM solutions market by industry
• Application software market

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

• Market highlights and dynamics
• Market buying trends
• Market share details
• Top market performers analysis
• Market best practices/critical success factors
• End-user survey
• Market forecast assumptions
• Future adoption plans and challenges

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

1. What is the current revenue opportunity for providers of CRM, ERP, SCM, and application integration solutions in Japan?
2. How do the top solution providers of software and IT services in Japan compare when evaluating the depth and extent of their respective portfolios?
3. How do solution vendors react to changing patterns of endusers' requirements and investments?
4. What are the key IT market dynamics influencing the CRM, ERP, SCM, and application integration solutions market in Japan?
5. Which industry is expected to provide the greatest growth opportunities for packaged software in Japan?

IDC's Japan Enterprise Applications and Solutions service examines how the service providers are positioning themselves to compete in the IT solutions market. This service reviews strategies, market positioning, and future direction of several providers, including:

Business Objects, Fujitsu, Hitachi, i2 Technologies, IBM, NEC, NTT Data, Oracle, Oracle Information Systems, SAP, SAS, Toshiba, and Unisys.

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 study includes market analysis, preliminary market sizing for calendar year 2008 and preliminary 2009-2013 forecast in the CRM, ERP, and SCM solutions market in Japan.

This document includes investment trends by industry, user requirements, and vendor perceptions, based on the Japan IT solutions user survey.

This report includes market analysis, market sizing and forecasting, and details of business opportunities in both software and IT services of the CRM solution market in Japan.

This study includes market analysis, market sizing and forecasting, and analysis of business opportunities in both software and IT services of the ERP solution market in Japan.

This study includes market analysis, market sizing and forecasting, and details of business opportunities in both software and IT services of the SCM solution market in Japan.

This document includes market analysis, market sizing and forecasting, and analysis of available business opportunities in both software and IT services of the business analytics solution market in Japan.

IDC offers a complete market intelligence solution customized to meet your business requirements. The array of products and services available to you includes:

• 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

To find out how our flexible packaging options can meet your specific business needs, please contact your IDC account manager.

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.