IDC's supply-side surveys continue to highlight the criticality of advanced security deployments in any IT investment budgets. As a result, the market has become increasingly competitive with many new local players, as well as niche specialist vendors, entering into the space to challenge the incumbent global players. IDC's Asia/Pacific Semiannual Security Software Tracker provides the latest market trends and analyzes new opportunities across the region. It also discusses the success elements of leading players and offers both practical and strategic recommendations to increase competitive advantages.

This product covers the following segments of the Security Software market:

• Identity and access management
• Security and vulnerability management
• Secure content and threat management

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 the 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 security software?
5. Which security functional areas are expected to be in demand within the 12 months?

IDC's Asia/Pacific Semiannual Security 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:

Ahnlab Inc., Alps System Integration, ArcSight, Attachmate, BeTrusted, BMC, CA, Canon System Solutions, Check Point Software Technologies, Cisco, Citrix, Clearswift Corp., Digital Arts, Dream Security, EMC, Entrust Inc., F-Secure Corp., Fujitsu, Future Systems, Guanqun Jinchen, Hauri Inc., Hitachi, HP, IBM, Igloo Security, Inca Internet, Infosec, Initech, Inzen, Jiangmin, JIT, Kaspersky Lab, Kingsoft, Ksign, LGNSYS, Lumension Security, McAfee, Microsoft, NEC, Netsecure Technology, Network Appliance, New Technology Wave, Nilesoft, Novell, Oracle, Oullim Information Technology, Panda Security, Penta Security Systems, PGP Corporation, Quality Corp., Rising, Scan Associates, Secure Computing Corp., Secuve, Shanghai Koal, Softforum, SoftRun, Sophos, Sun Microsystems, SUNV, Symantec, Trend Micro, Unet System, VeriSign Inc., Websense, Webspy, WINS Technet 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.