Low utilization rates and declining charge rates promise continued competitive pressures in the Asia/Pacific consulting and systems integration markets, leading to further market fragmentation, and increased demand from end-users for better insight as to how vendors are performing in each of the sub-segments. IDC's Asia/Pacific Semiannual Consulting and Systems Integration Services Tracker helps clients develop a comprehensive view of this fragmented yet dynamic market. Despite the competitive landscape, the Asia/Pacific consulting and systems integration markets still promise lucrative opportunities to the IT vendors. This product analyzes the Asia/Pacific marketplace and enables better positioning and partnering strategies. In addition, this product shows the opportunities present in different vertical industries among the countries covered, and reveals the buying trends to help IT vendors plan their vertical strategies more effectively.

This product covers the following segments of the Consulting and Systems Integration Services market:

• IT consulting
• Custom application development
• Systems integration

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

• Revenue and market share changes during the two half-year cycles
• Indicative consulting and systems integration contracts
• Marketing strategies that contributed to revenue and market share changes

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

For End Users: For Vendors:

1. Who are the vendors I need to consider in the Asia/Pacific consulting & systems integration market and what is their market share?
2. Which vendors are strong performers in the vertical industries I operate in?
3. Which service providers' business portfolio makes them attractive as a partner for my business?
4. What is my market share in the Asia/Pacific consulting and systems integration marketplace?
5. What changing strategies have leading competitors undertaken in the past six months?
6. Which vertical marketplaces and market segments present opportunities for leadership in Asia/Pacific?

IDC's Asia/Pacific Semiannual Consulting and Systems Integration Services Tracker examines how service providers are positioning themselves to compete in the consulting and systems integration services market. This product reviews strategies, market positioning, and future direction of various providers including:

Accenture, Alcatel-Lucent, AsiaInfo, Atos Origin, AT&T, Bearing Point, Cap Gemini, CSC, Daewoo Information Systems, Dell, Digital China, Datacom, Deloitte Consulting, Dimension Data (Datacraft), EDS, EMC, Fujitsu, Gen-i, HCL, HeiTech Padu, HP, Hitachi, Huawei, Hyundai Information Technology, IBM, Infosys, LG CNS, Logica, KT, Microsoft, NTT Data, NEC, NCS, NIIT, Nihon Unisys, Novell, Optus, Oracle, PCCW Solutions, Samsung SDS, SAP, SK C&C, Sun Microsystems, Sybase, Systex Corporation, TCS, Telstra, Tongyang Systems, Toshiba, Unisys, UXC, VADS and Wipro.

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

• Consulting and systems integration revenue by foundation
• Ranking and market share of top 5 players
• Consulting and systems integration revenue by vertical segments
• 2 half-year consulting and systems integration revenue forecast by foundation market

• Qualitative analysis of the players in the consulting and systems integration marketplace along with key insights on the wins and strategies
• Master dataset of the noteworthy companies tracked along with their half-yearly revenues and segmentation in the consulting and systems integration market

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.