IDC expects business intelligence (BI) software to enjoy very healthy growth on the back of strong deployment of enterprise applications in the region over the years. Vendors should capitalize on cementing a sustainable partnership ecosystem with application players so that cross-selling strategies can be effectively carried out. For greenfield markets like the SMB, BI vendors must first gain the confidence of these customers by scaling down complexity and delivering simple and practical solutions, before they can further penetrate this segment. IDC's Asia/Pacific Business Intelligence Software Tracker regularly produces insight into current trends and new market opportunities. It also tracks vendors' revenue performances and highlights their successful competitive strategies.

This product covers the following segments of the Business Intelligence Software market:

• End-user query, reporting and analysis
• Advanced analytic
• Financial performance and strategy management (FPSM)

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 verticals and customer segments are spending the most in business intelligence software?
5. Which BI functional areas are expected to be in demand within the next 12 months?

IDC's Asia/Pacific Semiannual Business Intelligence 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. Detailed data is provided at the software functional level, enabling users to be more effective in planning resources and formulating strategic directions. Vendors covered include:

Actuate Corp., Arcplan, Business Objects, Cincom Systems Inc., CODA, Cognos Inc., ComOps, ecMiner, Enovation, Fenet Royalstone, FOR-CS, Hummingbird Ltd., IBM, Infor, Information Builders Inc., Insightful, Lawson Software, M2Soft, Microsoft Corp., MicroStrategy, New & Grand, Oracle Corp., Samsung SDS, SAP AG, SAS Institute, SPSS, Sybase Inc., Visual Numerics Inc., WISE iTech, 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.