Most companies in Japan are increasingly assigning top priority to infrastructure management solutions in their IT investment agendas. IDC's Japan Semiannual Infrastructure Management Software Tracker examines two specific growth markets in this area - system and network management software and storage software markets in Japan. The product closely monitors the performance of leading vendors in this space and analyzes the key success factors responsible for their current market positioning. It also analyzes the latest trends and market movements and provides a five-year forecast based on the investment trends.

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

• System and network management software
• Storage software

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

• Market size of the two software segments and forecast
• Vendor revenue and market share
• Vendor revenue by functional category
• Buying trends by vertical industry and future opportunities
• 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 respective market size of the system and network management software and storage software by functional category?
2. Who are the top market vendors in each market or functional category and what are their key success factors?
3. Which vertical segment and company size in Japan has the highest demand for infrastructure management software?

IDC's Japan Semiannual Infrastructure Management Software Tracker examines how software vendors are positioning themselves to compete in the infrastructure management software market. This product reviews strategies, market positioning, and future direction of several providers, including:

Bakbone Software, BMC, Computer Associates, EMC, Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, IBM, Landesk, NEC, NetIQ, Quality, and Veritas Software.

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

• Japan Semiannual Infrastructure Management Tracker, 2H07
• Japan Semiannual Infrastructure Management 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/vertical industry

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

• April
• October

• Interviews with major local and global vendors and feedback from their key channel partners
• 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.