Companies today are not only faced with the challenges of reducing costs and achieving higher profitability, they are also concerned about delivering value and quality services to their customers. Enterprise applications software such as ERP, CRM, and supply chain management are now considered critical in creating efficiencies and competitiveness for the organization. The enterprise applications suite has become a core technology platform for companies planning to develop their ebusiness potential. IDC's Japan Semiannual Enterprise Applications Tracker aims to closely examine the market growth of these three enterprise applications categories from the supply perspective. It tracks the performance of leading vendors in the enterprise applications space and analyzes in detail the key drivers responsible for their current market positioning. It also provides a comprehensive market outlook and a five-year forecast period 2009-2013.

This product covers the following segments of the Japan software market:

• Supply chain specific applications software
• Enterprise resource management software (Finance)
• Enterprise resource management software (HR)
• Customer relationships management software
• Enterprise resource planning suite

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

• Market size of the two software markets and forecast
• Vendor revenue and market share
• Vendor revenue by functional category
• Buying trends by customer size and future opportunities

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

1. What is the current market size of enterprise applications including ERP, SCM, and CRM in Japan? What is the future opportunity of these three enterprise applications?
2. Who are the top vendors in each market or functional category and what are their key success factors?
3. Which vertical segment and company size is the most attractive for enterprise applications in terms of business opportunity?

IDC's Japan Semiannual Enterprise Applications Tracker examines how software players are positioning themselves to compete in the market. This product reviews strategies, market positioning, and future direction of several players, including:

Avaya, Fujitsu, Genesys, Hitachi, Infor, OBIC, Oki Electric Industry, Oracle, Oracle information systems, salesforce.com, SAP, Sumisho Computer Systems, Works Applications, and Toshiba Solutions.

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

• Japan Semiannual Enterprise Applications Tracker, 2H07
• Japan Semiannual Enterprise Applications Tracker, 1H08

• Historical data from 1H03 onwards
• Market forecast for the period 2009-2013
• Functional market size by vendor share
• Revenue segmentation by customer size band
• Revenue segmentation by vertical industry
• Market forecast by customer size and vertical industry

• Pivot table files in Excel format
• Data tables in Excel format
• Market summary in PowerPoint format

• April
• October

• Interviews with major global and local vendors and feedback from their key channel players
• Data verification exercise with IDC's worldwide software group

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.