Booming consumer sales and a growing awareness of the advantages of multifunction peripherals (MFP) have rapidly extended MFP's reach from a niche market to the mainstream technology playing field. Today's MFP have thrown off the earlier generation's burden of high prices, and no longer face a trade-off in performance against their single-function cousins. Armed with software functionality and print speed as their competitive advantage, MFPs are attracting attention as its market share continues to grow. Vendors from both the printer and copier MFP camps acknowledged that a key success differentiator for MFP lies in its software. Keeping a close watch on software functionality could prove to be the key to staying ahead of the competition. IDC's Asia/Pacific Quarterly MFP Tracker provides an in-depth analysis and forecast of the MFP industry across the region on a quarterly basis. With such valuable insight into the fast changing market landscape, industry players will be able to better equip themselves to take advantage of the growth opportunities in this expanding marketplace.

This product covers the following segments of the MFP market:

• Inkjet MFP (flatbed and sheetfed)
• Laser MFP (copy, print and fax-based)

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

• Market size and forecast of the inkjet and laser MFP markets
• Vendor market shares in the inkjet and laser MFP markets
• Vendor competitive analysis/positioning
• Economic and political factors influencing market development
• Emerging color laser MFP segment

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

1. What is the size of the inkjet and laser MFP markets in Asia/Pacific?
2. Where are the growth opportunities in the inkjet and laser MFP markets?
3. What are the key strategies for gaining market share in the inkjet and laser MFP markets?
4. Which technology or speed segment will have the greatest impact on shaping future product directions in the Asia/ Pacific MFP market?
5. Which configurations will be highly demanded in the Asia/Pacific region?
6. How is technology migration influencing prices and market share?

IDC's Asia/Pacific Quarterly MFP Tracker analyzes the product and vendor strategies, competitive positioning, financial viability and overall strategic direction of leading and emerging MFP players in Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan). Examples of companies tracked include:

Brother, Canon, Epson, HP, Konica Minolta, Kyocera Mita, Lenovo, Lexmark, Panasonic, Ricoh, Samsung, Sindoricoh Toshiba, Trigem, Xerox, etc.

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

• Inkjet and laser MFPs
• Monochrome and color laser MFPs
• Print/copy speed
• Model level data
• Countries

• Inkjet and laser MFPs
• Monochrome and color laser MFPs
• Print/copy speed
• Forecast assumptions

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.